Perhaps you’ve seen the viral YouTube clip of the Hollywood actress Alicia Vikander explaining to talk show host Jimmy Kimmel what Swedish Midsummer is all about (she even taught him the classic “frog ...

What's fascinating about Midsommar, the new horror movie from Ari Aster, is how it slowly settles you into into an isolated Swedish village, and gently elevates the tension of their customs until it's ...

Families filled Geneva’s Good Templar Park on Sunday to celebrate a tradition that’s been part of the community for more than 110 years. The Swedish Midsummer Festival — or Svenskarnas Dag — has been ...

For Swedish-born chef Emma Bengtsson, of New York City's Aquavit, Midsummer celebrations back home are filled with flower gathering, picnics of gravlox and first-harvest potatoes, and plenty of her ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). As my Swedish army bike rattles down the last hill, I place a hand on the basket to secure my Midsummer contributions: two king-size ...

The Swedish celebration of summer and the season of fertility is marked with a huge smorgasbord, maypole dancing and partying late into the night. “You don’t normally have hot food at Midsummer: it’s ...