In Sweden Midsommarafton (Midsummer's Eve) and Midsommardagen (Midsummer's Day) are celebrated on the Friday and Saturday between June 19 and 26. It is one of the most important holidays of the year. The main celebrations take place on Friday, and the traditional events include raising and dancing around a midsommarstång, literally a midsummer's pole.
Midsummer was linked to an ancient fertility festival in this time of year. Perhaps the Midsummer pole was originally a phallic fertility symbol, meant to impregnate the earth.
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