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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Sweden, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.
How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing
The next public holiday in Sweden is
All Saints' Day
In 69 days · expected; set by announcement
Computed · local time Europe/Stockholm
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Sweden public holidays in 2026
16 national closures in 2026. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.
| Date | Observance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | New Year's Day expected | Verified |
| 6 January 2026 | Epiphany expected | Verified |
| 3 April 2026 | Good Friday expected | Verified |
| 5 April 2026 | Easter Sunday expected | Verified |
| 6 April 2026 | Easter Monday expected | Verified |
| 1 May 2026 | Labour Day expected | Verified |
| 14 May 2026 | Ascension Thursday expected | Verified |
| 24 May 2026 | Whit Sunday expected | Verified |
| 6 June 2026 | National Day expected | Verified |
| 19 June 2026 | Midsummer Eve expected | Verified |
| 20 June 2026 | Midsummer Day expected | Verified |
| 31 October 2026 | All Saints' Day expected | Verified |
| 24 December 2026 | Christmas Eve expected | Verified |
| 25 December 2026 | Christmas Day expected | Verified |
| 26 December 2026 | Boxing Day expected | Verified |
| 31 December 2026 | New Year's Eve expected | Verified |
The shape of Sweden’s year
Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.
16 closuresevery other day
Long weekends in Sweden, 2026
7 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. National closures only, computed on a Monday–Friday week — an assumption, not something the corpus records for this jurisdiction.
| When | Length | Because of | Leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan – 4 Jan | 4 days | New Year's Day | take Fri 2 Jan |
| 3 Jan – 6 Jan | 4 days | Epiphany | take Mon 5 Jan |
| 3 Apr – 6 Apr | 4 days | Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday | no leave needed |
| 1 May – 3 May | 3 days | Labour Day | no leave needed |
| 14 May – 17 May | 4 days | Ascension Thursday | take Fri 15 May |
| 19 Jun – 21 Jun | 3 days | Midsummer Eve, Midsummer Day | no leave needed |
| 24 Dec – 27 Dec | 4 days | Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day | no leave needed |
How we know this
Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Sweden, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.
| Layer | Records | How we know | Last checked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory closures | 13 | 13 verified | 2026-08-03 | |
| Religious observances | 9 | 9 verified | 2026-08-03 | |
| Optional and restricted days | 3 | 3 verified | 2026-08-03 | |
| School terms and breaks | 20 | — | — | 4 calendars |
| Exchanges | 1 | — | — | XSTO (29) |
| Tax and filing deadlines | 4 | — | — | |
| Elections | 9 | — | — |
Not held for Sweden: Statutory weekly rest, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open, Substitution and in-lieu rules, Subdivision calendars. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.
3 named documents, issued by 2 bodies, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:
Sveriges riksdag internal
How Sweden keeps time
| Observances | 16 across the national calendar |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 16 verified · 0 corroborated · 0 compiled, from 1 named source |
| Languages | English, Swedish |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | XSTO |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-03 |
The Sweden dossier
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All 16 dated closures here were read from the instrument itself — the gazette, statute or order — across 1 named source.
Contents are emitted when the dossier is compiled, so this list and the PDF cannot disagree.
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We do not promise a calendar that never changes. Dates move: authorities declare holidays at short notice and publish corrections of their own. Every record here shows what stands behind it, and when a date changes we correct it, publish it, and tell the people it affects.