Once again we went to Skansen – for midsummer this time. They hold traditional Swedish midsummer celebrations there and the place was the busiest we’ve ever seen it. Still, there was a rain shower which cleared a lot of the people.
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Midsummer celebration
We went to a midsummer Blót, these days more of a maypole style festival than the original blood sacrifice (incidentally also related to the origin of the word ‘bless’…to mark with blood). Quite a number of us collected and we wandered off into the woods to find a clearing where we could erect the ‘maypole’ and […]