Your official calendar of all the holidays and important dates to know in Sweden for 2016.
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= Observance day
= Public holiday
January
1 January – New Year’s Day
5 January – Twelfth Night
6 January – Epiphany
29 January – 8 February – Goteborg International Film Festival
February
1 – 3 February – Stockholm Fashion Week AW16
27 – 29 February – Sonar Stockholm
March
20 March – March Equinox
24 March – Maundy Thursday
25 March – Good Friday
27 March – Easter Sunday
28 March- Easter Monday
April
30 April – Walpurgis Night
May
1 May – International Worker’s Day
5 May – Ascension Day
14 May – Pentecost Eve
15 May – Whit Sunday
16 May – Whit Monday
29 May – Mother’s Day
June
4 June – Stockholm Marathon
6 June – National Day of Sweden
6 June – 5 July Ramadan
8 – 11 June – Sweden Rock Festival
20 June – June Solstice
24 June – St. John’s Eve / Midsummer’s Eve
25 June Midsummer’s Day
27 June – 3 July Bergman Week
30 June – 2 July Bråvalla Festival
July
25 – 31 July – Stockholm Pride
29 – 30 July – Into the Valley Festival
August
Anything happening in August 2016? Tell us about it!
September
22 September – September Equinox
October
31 October – Halloween
November
4 November – All Saint’s Eve
5 November – All Saint’s Day
13 November – Father’s Day
13 November – Father’s Day
27 November – First advent
December
4 December – Second advent
11 December – Third advent
13 December – St Lucy’s Day: Luciadag
20 December – Forth advent
21 December – December Solstice
24 December – Christmas Eve
25 December – Christmas Day
26 December – Second Day of Christmas/ Boxing Day
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.