Snuggle up for a Midsummer night's dream
Lori Ann Reinhall
Editor-in-chief
The Norwegian American
Midsummer is a magical time of the year in Norway and all of Scandinavia. It is the time of the midnight sun, when the sun never sets in northernmost regions, and there is a plenitude of food, drink, dancing, and merriment.
It’s no wonder that there is an abundance of old folk beliefs on Midsummer Eve. As the evening wears on and takes you into a trance-like state, it may evoke the feeling that you are in a dream, a midsummer night’s dream when just about anything can happen. It was on this night that revelations about
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Lori Ann Reinhall
Lori Ann Reinhall, editor-in-chief of The Norwegian American, is a multilingual journalist and cultural ambassador based in Seattle. She is the president of the Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association, and she serves on the boards of several Nordic organizations.
