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Holidays and Observance Days in Sweden So You Don’t Miss Out in 2016

Your official calendar of all the holidays and important dates to know in Sweden for 2016.

Download all these dates for your iCal!

Danish-flag-small  = Observance day
Calendar-small  = Public holiday

 

January

Swedish flag day and Public holiday  1 January – New Year’s Day
Blank  5 January – Twelfth Night
Blank  6 January – Epiphany
Blank  29 January – 8 February – Goteborg International Film Festival

 

February

Blank  1 – 3 February – Stockholm Fashion Week AW16
Blank  27 – 29 February – Sonar Stockholm

 

March

Blank  20 March – March Equinox
Calendar-small  24 March – Maundy Thursday
Swedish flag day and Public holiday  25 March – Good Friday
Swedish flag day and Public holiday  27 March – Easter Sunday
Blank  28 March- Easter Monday

 

April

Blank  30 April – Walpurgis Night

 

May

Blank  1 May – International Worker’s Day
Swedish flag day and Public holiday  5 May – Ascension Day
Calendar-small  14 May – Pentecost Eve
Calendar-small  15 May – Whit Sunday
Calendar-small  16 May – Whit Monday
Blank  29 May – Mother’s Day

 

June

Blank  4 June – Stockholm Marathon
Flag day and Public holiday  6 June – National Day of Sweden
Blank  6 June – 5 July Ramadan
Blank  8 – 11 June – Sweden Rock Festival
Blank  20 June – June Solstice
Blank  24 June – St. John’s Eve / Midsummer’s Eve
Blank  25 June Midsummer’s Day
Blank  27 June – 3 July Bergman Week
Blank  30 June – 2 July Bråvalla Festival

 

July

Blank  25 – 31  July  – Stockholm Pride
Blank  29 – 30  July  – Into the Valley Festival

 

August

Anything happening in August 2016? Tell us about it!

 

September

Blank  22 September – September Equinox

 

October

Blank  31 October – Halloween

 

November

Blank  4 November – All Saint’s Eve
Blank  5 November – All Saint’s Day
Blank  13 November – Father’s Day
Blank  13 November – Father’s Day
Blank  27 November – First advent

 

December

Blank  4 December – Second advent
Blank  11 December – Third advent
Blank  13 December – St Lucy’s Day: Luciadag
Blank  20 December – Forth advent
Blank  21 December – December Solstice
Calendar-small  24 December – Christmas Eve
Swedish flag day and Public holiday  25 December – Christmas Day
Calendar-small  26 December – Second Day of Christmas/ Boxing Day
Blank  31 December – New Year’s Eve

There are so many exciting events in 2016. Let us know about any we missed!

Featured image is the Playtype 2016 Calendar Poster in White.
 

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Rebecca Thandi Norman

Rebecca Thandi Norman is a co-founder and Editor-in-Chief at Scandinavia Standard.