In addition to this all Sundays are official holidays but they not as important as the main holidays. The names of the Sundays follow the liturgical calendar and they should be categorized as Christian holidays. When the standard working week in Sweden was reduced to 40 hours by an act of Parliament it also meant that all Saturdays became a sort of de facto public holidays, though not official ones. Easter Sunday and Pentecost are Sundays that form part of a main holiday and they are preceded by a kind of special Saturdays.
The Swedish calendar also provides for special flag days. Flag days are in some cases official holidays or the birthdays and namedays for the Royal family and informal holidays like Gustav Adolph Day or the Nobel Day. A day's status as a flag day has no formal link with an eventual status as an official or as a de facto holiday.
Sweden has an official National Day, June 6. However this day is neither an official nor a de facto holiday. It does however have a status as an official flag day. Some minor observances are also denoted in the Swedish calendar, though they have not been judged worthy of either holiday or flag day status.
Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
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January 1 | New Year's Day | Nyårsdagen | |
January 5 | Epiphany Eve | Trettondagsafton | Non official - however a de facto half day |
January 6 | Epiphany | Trettondagen | |
Moveable Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Skärtorsdag | Non official - however a de facto half day |
Moveable Friday | Good Friday | Långfredag | The Friday before Easter Sunday |
Moveable Sunday | Easter Sunday | Påskdagen | |
Moveable Monday | Easter Monday | Annandag påsk | The day after Easter Sunday |
April 30 | Walpurgis Night | Valborgsmässoafton | Non official - however a de facto half day |
May 1 | May Day | Första maj | Also Walpurgis Day |
Moveable Wednesday | Day before Ascension | Dag före Kristi himmelsfärd | Non official - however a de facto half day |
Moveable Thursday | Ascension Day | Kristi himmelsfärdsdag | 40 days after Easter |
Moveable Sunday | Pentecost | Pingstdagen | 50 days after Easter |
Moveable Monday | Whitmonday | Annandag Pingst | 51 days after Easter |
Third Friday of June | Midsummer Eve | Midsommarafton | Non official - however a de facto full holiday |
Third Saturday of June | Midsummer Day | Midsommardagen | |
Friday in Oct/Nov | All Saints Eve | Dag före Allhelgona | Non official - however a de facto half day |
First Saturday of November | All Saints Day | Alla helgons dag | Moved from November 1 - Allhelgonadagen |
December 24 | Christmas Eve | Julafton | Non official - however a de facto full holiday |
December 25 | Christmas Day | Juldagen | |
December 26 | Boxing Day | Annandag jul | |
December 31 | New Year's Eve | Nyårsafton | Non official - however a de facto full holiday |
See also: National Day of Sweden, Flag days in Sweden, Namesdays in Sweden
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