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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Sweden

The list of Sweden bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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30 Apr 2004 (Dagens Nyheter-Stockholm) The former Swedish EU commissionaire Anita Gradin is expected to suggest that the June 6 national day be made into a full-fledged public holiday, starting in 2005, and that, to compensate, Whit Monday be dropped from the list of public holidays. • 07 Jun 2002 (Svenska Dagbladet-Stockholm) Sweden's Parliament is to make June 6, Sweden's National Day into a full public holiday (it is currently not a public holiday in Sweden). This change, however, is not likely to occur until a few years, as there is debate as to which other public holiday to cancel in exchange. Most Swedes would seem to favor making May 1st a normal working day, but MP's seem to prefer Whit Monday. • More News Updates For up-to-the-minute news about public holidays trends and changes, visit our public holidays news and updates pages, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example). • National Day was a public holiday for banks and civil servants only, until 2005, when it became a full-fledged holiday. In return, the holiday of Whit Monday is no longer recognized as a public holiday . • Ascension is officially only 1 day (always a Thursday), but often 2 are taken in practice (both the Thursday and Friday). • The eve of a holiday is as important as, or more so than, the holiday itself. Most Swedes have the day off, including civil servants, banks, public transport workers, hospitals, shops and media workers. Others have at least a half day. This applies especially to Midsummer's Eve, All Hallows' Eve and Christmas Eve. • Sami National Day, not an official public holiday, was set to be celebrated on February 6th, on the occasion of the 15th Sami conference in Helsinki in 1992. The Sami national day is common for all Sami, irrespective of where they live, whether in Sweden, Norway, Finland or Russia. The national day was celebrated for the first time in 1993 . • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Sweden, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Sweden, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Sweden, before planning any trip to Sweden. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.