Emva kweenyanga ezininzi zokubanda nobumnyama, kubonakala kusengqiqweni ukuba abemi baseSweden beze ehlotyeni belungele ukulahla indlu ngefestile. Ngaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi, yinto eyenzekayo ngoJuni 24 xa ibhiyozelwa midsommar. Ngolo suku, abaseSweden bayo yonke iminyaka bakhupha incasa yabo ngaphandle behlela iipiknikhi emahlathini - kukho amawaka kuwo wonke umzi - okanye uhambo oluya elwandle. Kule mibhiyozo kukho izinto ezintathu ezingenakuphoswa: iintyatyambo, iinwele ezimhlophe zihonjiswe ngezithsaba ezincinci; I-herring kunye neelitha ezininzi ze-aguavit, ivodka yaseScandinavia.
Ukushiya uloyiko lwabaphambukeli, inyani kukuba lelinye lawona mabhiyozo abalulekileyo kule ndawo, kunye neKrisimesi. Ehlathini, uhlala ubona amaqela awonwabileyo edanisa ejikeleze uhlobo lomnqamlezo owenziwe ngomthi ogcwele iintyatyambo zasendle ngelixa ucula iingoma ezaziwa ngumntu wonke. Kwaye ngaphezu kwayo yonke into eyinyani, eyona ngoma ixhaphakileyo ibizwa ngokuba yi "Hlotyana lifutshane." Njengoko kunokuqikelelwa emva kokunyamezela ubusika ukuya kuthi ga kwiidigri ezingama-20 ngaphantsi kweqanda, wonke umntu wonwabile ukubhiyozela usuku lwasebusika.
Ngaphandle kwezona ndawo ziphazamisayo kubakhenkethi ukuba iMidsommar lisiko eSweden. Ibali liya kuthi konke kwaqala ngexesha leViking. Yayingumbhiyozo wokuchuma kunye namasiko ahlukeneyo ahambelana nendalo kunye nethemba lekwindla elungileyo. Emva kwexesha, lo mbhiyozo wonke ubuKrestu kwaye kuthiwa uyabhiyozelwa ngomhla weSan Juan Bautista. Sele iinyawo kumaxesha anamhlanje, yonke into ibonakala ngathi ayichaphazeli kuphela ingqele esemthethweni okanye ukuchuma, kodwa nesiqalo seenyanga ezintathu zeholide.