Guided Tour Midsummer!

In Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, Midsummer is observed through large, festive celebrations. The clear light and long days around the summer solstice and the so-called white nights immerse their landscapes in an entirely unique atmosphere. In the period between 1880 and 1920 – a time in which modern Scandinavian and Finnish art were flourishing – artists developed a new visual idiom which gives expression to the characteristics and temperaments of their homelands. Realism, naturalism, impressionism and symbolism were seen as new developments.