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Midsummer / Midsummer Eve and Midsummer Day

Visit Sweden’s current public-holiday and tradition pages identify Midsummer as a major Swedish celebration and give the 2026 Midsummer dates.

Date / ruleMidsummer Eve 19 June and Midsummer Day 20 June in Sweden in 2026; dates move by year
ScopeSwedish seasonal and cultural tradition
VerificationOfficial Tourism Current 2026
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-07
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Midsummer / Midsummer Eve and Midsummer Day?

Visit Sweden’s current public-holiday and tradition pages identify Midsummer as a major Swedish celebration and give the 2026 Midsummer dates.

Date and recurrence

Midsummer Eve 19 June and Midsummer Day 20 June in Sweden in 2026; dates move by year

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Swedish seasonal and cultural tradition. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Midsummer

Classification

Topic and context

Celebrations & Social →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Visit Sweden — Public holidays 2026Official Tourism
  2. Visit Sweden — Midsummer traditionOfficial Tourism
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Midsummer / Midsummer Eve and Midsummer Day?

Midsummer Eve 19 June and Midsummer Day 20 June in Sweden in 2026; dates move by year The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: Midsummer Eve 19 June and Midsummer Day 20 June in Sweden in 2026; dates move by year.

Does Midsummer / Midsummer Eve and Midsummer Day fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Midsummer / Midsummer Eve and Midsummer Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Swedish seasonal and cultural tradition. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Midsummer / Midsummer Eve and Midsummer Day?

The stored designation basis is: Visit Sweden’s current public-holiday and tradition pages identify Midsummer as a major Swedish celebration and give the 2026 Midsummer dates.. Supporting provenance includes Visit Sweden — Public holidays 2026. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Midsummer / Midsummer Eve and Midsummer Day international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Swedish seasonal and cultural tradition. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.

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