Midsummer at Skansen

Discover Stockholm’s greatest Midsummer celebrations! At Skansen, Midsummer lasts for three days between 23 and 25 June, with activities from the morning and well into the bright summer night.

  • Midsummer's Eve June 21

    Midsummer wreaths
    Children can get help tying up their birch leaf wreaths. Price: SEK 30 per wreath.
    10:00–14:00, Orsakullen

    Midsummer market
    All kinds of goods for sale
    11:00–20:00 on Bollnäs Square and Market Street

    Raising the maypole
    Experience the festive raising of the decorated maypole!
    11:00–11:30, Tingsvallen

    Dancing and games
    Dancing and games for everyone around the maypole, together with Skansen’s folk dance group and Skansen’s folk musicians.  The programme will be presented in Swedish and English.

    The wise old woman
    Tales about the beings and spirits that appear at Midsummer

    Midsummer in folklore
    Be charmed and moved by Frispel in Seglora church

    Music by the lake
    Skansen’s folk musicians play at Motjärn

    Midsummer folk dancing
    Skansen’s folk dance group dances to music from Skansen’s folk musicians

    The Västanvinden trio invites you to dance
    Swinging folk music to dance to, and a trio with its own unique sound.

    Dance evening
    Modern dancing as Sandins takes to the stage

     

  • Midsummer's Day June 22

    Midsummer market
    All kinds of goods for sale

    The wise old woman
    Tales about the beings and spirits that appear at Midsummer

    Dancing and games
    Dancing and games for everyone around the maypole, together with Skansen’s folk dance group and Skansen’s folk musicians. The programme will be presented in Swedish and English.

    Midsummer in folklore
    Be charmed and moved by Frispel in Seglora church

    Midsummer folk dancing
    Skansen’s folk dance group dances to music from Skansen’s folk musicians

    The Västanvinden trio invites you to dance
    Swinging folk music to dance to, and a trio with its own unique sound.

    Dance evening
    Modern dancing as Sandins takes to the stage  at the Galejan dance floor

  • Sunday June 23

    Midsummer market
    All kinds of goods for sale at the Bollnäs Square and Market Street

    The wise old woman
    Tales about the beings and spirits that appear at Midsummer

    Dancing and games
    Dancing and games for everyone around the maypole, together with Skansen’s folk dance group and Skansen’s folk musicians. . The programme will be presented in Swedish and English.

    Folk dance demonstration
    Dance performance with Skansen’s folk dance group

  • Swedish midsummer traditions

    Are you curious about the Swedish midsummer traditions? Learn more here

Day Time
21 June 2024 10.00-23.59
22 June 2024 11.00-23.00
23 June 2024 11.00-16.00
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Find the Maypole

  • The Children´s zoo (Lill-Skansen) included in the entrance fee
    Jan-Mar weekdays10-15 weekends 10-16, April 10-16, May 10.00–17.00, Jun-Aug 10.00-18.00, Sept 10.00-17.00, Oct-Dec weekdays 10-15, weekends 10-16

  • Baltic Sea Science Center, included in the entrance fee
    Jan-Mar weekdays10-15 weekends 10-16, April 10-16, May 10.00–17.00, Jun-Aug 10.00-18.00, Sept 10.00-17.00, Oct-Dec weekdays 10-15, weekends 10-16

  • Funicular railway (Bergbanan)
    The funicular railwayruns daily during Easter, weekends in April and thereafter daily.

  • The Skansen-Aquarium
    Opens daily 10.00 see calendar for closing hours