Public holidays in Sweden, 2026

How Sweden public holidays work in 2026

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.

Working days in Sweden

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.