16 official public holidays in 2012, with 0 still ahead and around 250 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Jan 1 | Sunday | New Year's Day Nyårsdagen | Public |
| Fri, Jan 6 | Friday | Epiphany Trettondedag jul | Public |
| Fri, Apr 6 | Friday | Good Friday Långfredagen | Public |
| Sun, Apr 8 | Sunday | Easter Sunday Påskdagen | Public |
| Mon, Apr 9 | Monday | Easter Monday Annandag påsk | Public |
| Tue, May 1 | Tuesday | International Workers' Day Första maj | Public |
| Thu, May 17 | Thursday | Ascension Day Kristi himmelsfärdsdag | Public |
| Sun, May 27 | Sunday | Pentecost Pingstdagen | Public |
| Wed, Jun 6 | Wednesday | National Day of Sweden Sveriges nationaldag | Public |
| Fri, Jun 22 | Friday | Midsummer Eve Midsommarafton | Public |
| Sat, Jun 23 | Saturday | Midsummer Day Midsommardagen | Public |
| Sat, Nov 3 | Saturday | All Saints' Day Alla helgons dag | Public |
| Mon, Dec 24 | Monday | Christmas Eve Julafton | Public |
| Tue, Dec 25 | Tuesday | Christmas Day Juldagen | Public |
| Wed, Dec 26 | Wednesday | St. Stephen's Day Annandag jul | Public |
| Mon, Dec 31 | Monday | New Year's Eve Nyårsafton | Public |
Sun, Jan 1 · Sunday
New Year's Day
Nyårsdagen
Public
Fri, Jan 6 · Friday
Epiphany
Trettondedag jul
Public
Fri, Apr 6 · Friday
Good Friday
Långfredagen
Public
Sun, Apr 8 · Sunday
Easter Sunday
Påskdagen
Public
Mon, Apr 9 · Monday
Easter Monday
Annandag påsk
Public
Tue, May 1 · Tuesday
International Workers' Day
Första maj
Public
Thu, May 17 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Kristi himmelsfärdsdag
Public
Sun, May 27 · Sunday
Pentecost
Pingstdagen
Public
Wed, Jun 6 · Wednesday
National Day of Sweden
Sveriges nationaldag
Public
Fri, Jun 22 · Friday
Midsummer Eve
Midsommarafton
Public
Sat, Jun 23 · Saturday
Midsummer Day
Midsommardagen
Public
Sat, Nov 3 · Saturday
All Saints' Day
Alla helgons dag
Public
Mon, Dec 24 · Monday
Christmas Eve
Julafton
Public
Tue, Dec 25 · Tuesday
Christmas Day
Juldagen
Public
Wed, Dec 26 · Wednesday
St. Stephen's Day
Annandag jul
Public
Mon, Dec 31 · Monday
New Year's Eve
Nyårsafton
Public
Total holidays
16
in 2012
Working days remaining
250
across all of 2012
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2012
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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.