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==== Illinois ==== [[File:Birgit Ridderstedt, sons Lars & Stefan & TV group 1959.jpg|thumb|[[Birgit Ridderstedt]] and suburban Chicagoland youths celebrate Midsummer on [[WTTW]] television in 1958]] In the [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] area, Midsummer is celebrated in several locations. The historically Swedish neighborhood of [[Edgewater, Chicago|Andersonville]] is prominent among them.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Midsommarfest {{!}} Swedish American Museum |url=https://swedishamericanmuseum.org/midsommarfest/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> A stretch of Clark street is sectioned off for three days and there are vendors, live music, and a raising of the maypole. [[Geneva, Illinois|Geneva]] hosts a Swedish Day ({{langx|sv|Svenskarnas Dag}}) festival on the third Sunday of June. The event, featuring maypole-raising, dancing, and presentation of an authentic Viking ship, dates back to 1911.
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