This year’s junior and senior court pose for a photo onstage in traditional folk costumes.
Scandinavian festival celebrates park dedication, heritage events
BY M.J. CODY
Above the Arctic Circle,
including in many parts of Nor-
way, Sweden, Finland and Ice-
land, the longest of summer days
never quite disappear from sight.
The midnight sun, a phenome-
non in which skies experience
daylight for weeks, even months
on end, is cause for celebration.
PRESERVE
YESTERDAY
INFORM
TODAY
“It’s all about celebrating the
midnight sun” Yvonne Sund-
strom said of the Astoria Scan-
dinavian Midsummer Festival.
“It’s exciting to finally emerge
from winter,” she added. As the
festival’s publicity chairperson,
Sundstrom is enthused about cel-
ebrating the event’s 55th year.
And while the sun may set
on even the longest of sum-
mer nights in Astoria, the fes-
tival will remain, stretching
across Friday, Saturday and Sun-
day with music, dancing and
entertainment.
The annual festival is a tribute
to Scandinavian heritage in the
Columbia-Pacific region, recog-
nizing Nordic immigrants who
55th Annual Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival
Clatsop County Fairgrounds, 92937 Walluski Loop, Astoria
2 to 11 p.m. on Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and 7 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on
Sunday
Three day wristbands are $10 for adults, $4 for children ages 6 to 12 and free
for children 5 and under. There is a $5 parking fee for the weekend
www.astoriascanfest.com
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