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Swedish Midsommar Festival

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Category: Celebration
Start date: 16 Jun 2017 01:00 PM
End date: 18 Jun 2017 06:30 PM
City / town: Stromsburg
Country: Nebraska, USA
Organizer: SCC Swedish Midsommar Committee
Email: mhengelfelt@cornerstoneconnect.com
Phone: (402) 314-1757
Homepage: theswedishfestival.com

Swedish food, costumes and dancing, plenty of free entertainment in the downtown square, the Stromsburg Public Library and around town.
The Skjaldborg Vikings will educate and entertain while they reenact Viking life.
The chicken and pork chop BBQ on Friday night is a Stromsburg tradition.
Softball, basketball and horseshoe tournaments are annual events as is the Sunday car show.
The kids can look forward to hours of entertainment at the carnival while you enjoy crafts in the square or in the local shops.
Don't miss the grand parade on Saturday evening.

The city of Stromsburg traces its roots to Ockelbo Sweden. In 1856, 155 people from Ockelbo sailed to America searching for a new life. Many of these people settled in the Galva, Illinois area. Lewis Headstrom led a group of these Swedes to start a new town in Polk County, Nebraska. In 1872 Stromsburg was founded and it was named after a section of Ockelbo called Stromsborg. Stromsburg continued to grow as friends and family of the original group followed from other areas of America and from Sweden.