Public holidays in Sweden 2021-2025

The public holidays of the Swedes are strongly oriented towards Christianity - no wonder with a population that consists almost exclusively of Lutherans. As in many other countries, Easter Sunday and Pentecost Sunday are not public holidays, as they fall on a free Sunday anyway. Some holidays like All Saints' Day are kept variable and always fall on a Saturday.

Since many holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday, some employees, such as civil servants, have a shortened working day before such holidays. Then one may already leave work after 4-6 hours and go home.

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Non-movable holidays

Non-statutory holidays are written in gray.

date	holiday	Local name
Jan, 1st	New Year	Nyårsdagen
Jan, 6th	Epiphany	Trettondedag jul
Jan, 13th	Day 20 Knut	Tjugondedag Knut
Feb, 14th	Valentine's Day	Alla hjärtans dag
Mar, 25th	Annunciation	Marie Bebådelsedag
Apr, 30th	Walpurgis Evening	Valborgsmässoafton
May, 1st	Labor Day	Valborg
Jun, 6th	National holiday	National dag
Dec, 13th	Lucia festival	Luciadagen
Dec, 24th	Christmas Eve	Julafton
Dec, 25th	1st Christmas Holiday	Juldagen
Dec, 26th	2nd Christmas Holiday	Annandag jul
Dec, 31st	New Year's Eve	Nyårsafton

Moving Holidays in Sweden

holiday	Local name	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Vasa run	Vasaloppet	Mar, 6th	Mar, 5th	Mar, 4th	Mar, 2nd	Mar, 8th
Good Friday	Långfredagen	Apr, 2nd	Apr, 15th	Apr, 7th	Mar, 29th	Apr, 18th
Easter Monday	Annandag påsk	Apr, 5th	Apr, 18th	Apr, 10th	Apr, 1st	Apr, 21st
Ascension of Christ	Kristi himmelfärds dag	May, 13th	May, 26th	May, 18th	May, 9th	May, 29th
Whit Sunday	Pingstdag	May, 23rd	Jun, 5th	May, 28th	May, 19th	Jun, 8th
Whit Monday	Pingst annandad	May, 24th	Jun, 6th	May, 29th	May, 20th	Jun, 9th
Mother's Day	Mors dag	May, 30th	May, 29th	May, 28th	May, 26th	May, 25th
Midsummer evening	Midsommarafton	Jun, 25th	Jun, 24th	Jun, 23rd	Jun, 21st	Jun, 20th
Midsummer Day	midsommar dag	Jun, 26th	Jun, 25th	Jun, 24th	Jun, 22nd	Jun, 21st
Thanksgiving	Skördefest	Sep, 26th	Sep, 25th	Sep, 24th	Sep, 29th	Sep, 28th
All Saints' Day	Alla Helgons dag	Nov, 6th	Nov, 5th	Nov, 4th	Nov, 2nd	Nov, 1st
Father's Day	Fars dag	Nov, 14th	Nov, 13th	Nov, 12th	Nov, 10th	Nov, 9th

Midsummer Festival

A special feature of the Swedish calendar is the midsummer festival. The day of the summer solstice is the longest day of the year and in the northern regions the sun actually shines 24 hours a day. This is celebrated with the Midsommarfest on the following Saturday. If the solstice falls on a Sunday, it is also celebrated purely and the Saturday before it is also declared a holiday.

After Midsummer's Day there is a long period of work. Because up to the celebration of the all saints' day in the first November week there are no further work-free days. And also All Saints' Day has a special feature in Sweden: "Alla helgons dag" is not always celebrated on November 1, but on the first Saturday in November. From 1772 to 1953, the day was even on the first Sunday of the month and thus never became a work-free day.

A long way to the national holiday

The Swedish national holiday a, June 6, has a long history behind it. While almost every country has its own national holiday, the Swedes have to wait until 2005 to make it official. The 6.6. was already known as the day of the Swedish flag, but it was not a public holiday. But the date is actually quite obvious: June 6th 1523 Gustav Vasas was crowned king, which made Sweden independent from Denmark. And also on 6 June - but in 1809 - the current constitution was adopted.

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