12 official public holidays in 2026, with 4 still ahead and around 140 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Jan 1 | Thursday | New Year's Day Nyårsdagen | Public |
| Tue, Jan 6 | Tuesday | Epiphany Trettondedag jul | Public |
| Fri, Apr 3 | Friday | Good Friday Långfredagen | Public |
| Sun, Apr 5 | Sunday | Easter Sunday Påskdagen | Public |
| Mon, Apr 6 | Monday | Easter Monday Annandag påsk | Public |
| Fri, May 1 | Friday | Labour Day Första maj | Public |
| Thu, May 14 | Thursday | Ascension Day Kristi himmelsfärdsdag | Public |
| Sat, Jun 6 | Saturday | National Day of Sweden Sveriges nationaldag | Public |
| Sat, Jun 20 | Saturday | Midsummer Day Midsommardagen | Public |
| Sat, Oct 31 | Saturday | All Saints' Day Alla helgons dag | Public |
| Fri, Dec 25 | Friday | Christmas Day Juldagen | Public |
| Sat, Dec 26 | Saturday | St. Stephen's Day Annandag jul | Public |
Thu, Jan 1 · Thursday
New Year's Day
Nyårsdagen
Public
Tue, Jan 6 · Tuesday
Epiphany
Trettondedag jul
Public
Fri, Apr 3 · Friday
Good Friday
Långfredagen
Public
Sun, Apr 5 · Sunday
Easter Sunday
Påskdagen
Public
Mon, Apr 6 · Monday
Easter Monday
Annandag påsk
Public
Fri, May 1 · Friday
Labour Day
Första maj
Public
Thu, May 14 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Kristi himmelsfärdsdag
Public
Sat, Jun 6 · Saturday
National Day of Sweden
Sveriges nationaldag
Public
Sat, Jun 20 · Saturday
Midsummer Day
Midsommardagen
Public
Sat, Oct 31 · Saturday
All Saints' Day
Alla helgons dag
Public
Fri, Dec 25 · Friday
Christmas Day
Juldagen
Public
Sat, Dec 26 · Saturday
St. Stephen's Day
Annandag jul
Public
Total holidays
12
in 2026
Working days remaining
140
between today and year end
Upcoming holidays
4
from today onward
See Sweden's holidays side by side with another country to plan cross-border work.
Suggested pairs: Nordic ring.
Sweden recognises thirteen public holidays under the Lag om allmänna helgdagar 1989:253. The list combines Lutheran dates (Epiphany, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension, Whit Sunday, All Saints' Day) with civic dates (New Year's Day, Labour Day, National Day on 6 June added as a public holiday only in 2005) and Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Midsummer Day. Midsummer Day floats to the Saturday between 20 and 26 June and is for many Swedes the most important holiday of the year, more so than Christmas. The Lutheran calendar drove the national list because the Church of Sweden was the state church until 2000.
Swedish working time law in the Arbetstidslagen sets a 40-hour standard week. The Code of Judicial Procedure (rättegångsbalken) and the Söndagsregeln in the Lag om Söndagar och Helgdagar roll procedural deadlines falling on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday to the next working day. The standard private-sector week is Monday to Friday with banks operating Monday to Friday. Settlement of Swedish krona transactions runs on the Sveriges Riksbank's RIX system, which observes the statutory thirteen-day list and additionally closes for the half-day eves under banking sector agreement.
For people planning cross-border meetings, the practical move is to overlay Sweden's calendar with the calendars of the other countries on your team. A week that looks completely clear from your end might be a national holiday on theirs. The compare tool above pairs two country calendars and highlights the overlapping closures, so you can spot the weeks where almost no one is at their desk before you put a launch on the board.