Sweden's Midsummer Day is set between June 20 and what date?

Sweden’s Midsummer Day is set between June 20 and June 26.

The date is not fixed to June 24. Swedish Midsummer Day is defined as the Saturday falling between June 20 and June 26, creating a movable holiday. The main social celebration usually begins on Midsummer’s Eve, the preceding Friday, which falls between June 19 and June 25.

This arrangement helps preserve a weekend celebration while keeping the holiday close to the traditional midsummer period. Midsummer’s Eve is one of Sweden’s most important annual celebrations, and many people leave cities for the countryside or summer homes.

Typical customs include raising and dancing around a decorated maypole, wearing flower crowns, eating new potatoes, pickled herring, sour cream, and strawberries, and drinking snaps. Another well-known tradition says that placing seven or nine kinds of flowers under one’s pillow may reveal a future spouse in a dream. The date range is therefore broader than the familiar June 24 observance used in some countries.