5 must-dos for a Swedish Midsummer How to use the video This videos shows five Swedish Midsummer traditions. It is available with English and Arabic text and as a clean version without text. You can use the clean version to add text in your local language.
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Videos Download video with English text (MP4 27.8 MB) Video with English text Download video with Arabic text (MP4 21.3 MB) Video with text in Arabic Download clean version (MP4 16.2 MB) Video without text (clean version) Captions Ahead of the festivities, we give you five must-dos for a 🌼 🍓 Swedish Midsummer! 🇸🇪 ☀️
Raise the maypole! 🌿 It’s not Midsummer until the leafy pole is up and proud. Once it's raised, dance around it like you mean it!!
Dance the 'Frog Dance'! 🐸 ('Små grodorna' in Swedish) Yes, you must hop in a circle pretending to be a frog. We don’t question it!
Make a flower wreath! 🌸 Crown yourself in wildflowers – and feel like a Scandinavian woodland fairy.
Feast on 'sill och potatis' 🐟 🥔 – that's Swedish for pickled herring and boiled new potatoes! Then as many strawberries as you like for dessert. Trust the tradition!
Sing schnapps songs ALOUD!! 🍻 🎶 Every sip deserves a song, if you ask us. Bonus points for dramatic eye contact during the toast. Glad midsommar! 💃 🌞 🎉
Music: Scandinavian Folk 3 - Traditional / Epidemic Sound
Text in the video 5 Swedish Midsummer musts
1. Raise the maypole
2. 'Little Frogs' dance
3. Make a flower wreath
4. Eat herring & salmon
5. SING schnapps songs!
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