16 official public holidays in 1986, with 0 still ahead and around 249 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Jan 1 | Wednesday | New Year's Day Nyårsdagen | Public |
| Mon, Jan 6 | Monday | Epiphany Trettondedag jul | Public |
| Fri, Mar 28 | Friday | Good Friday Långfredagen | Public |
| Sun, Mar 30 | Sunday | Easter Sunday Påskdagen | Public |
| Mon, Mar 31 | Monday | Easter Monday Annandag påsk | Public |
| Thu, May 1 | Thursday | International Workers' Day Första maj | Public |
| Thu, May 8 | Thursday | Ascension Day Kristi himmelsfärdsdag | Public |
| Sun, May 18 | Sunday | Pentecost Pingstdagen | Public |
| Mon, May 19 | Monday | Whit Monday Annandag Pingst | Public |
| Fri, Jun 20 | Friday | Midsummer Eve Midsommarafton | Public |
| Sat, Jun 21 | Saturday | Midsummer Day Midsommardagen | Public |
| Sat, Nov 1 | Saturday | All Saints' Day Alla helgons dag | Public |
| Wed, Dec 24 | Wednesday | Christmas Eve Julafton | Public |
| Thu, Dec 25 | Thursday | Christmas Day Juldagen | Public |
| Fri, Dec 26 | Friday | St. Stephen's Day Annandag jul | Public |
| Wed, Dec 31 | Wednesday | New Year's Eve Nyårsafton | Public |
Wed, Jan 1 · Wednesday
New Year's Day
Nyårsdagen
Public
Mon, Jan 6 · Monday
Epiphany
Trettondedag jul
Public
Fri, Mar 28 · Friday
Good Friday
Långfredagen
Public
Sun, Mar 30 · Sunday
Easter Sunday
Påskdagen
Public
Mon, Mar 31 · Monday
Easter Monday
Annandag påsk
Public
Thu, May 1 · Thursday
International Workers' Day
Första maj
Public
Thu, May 8 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Kristi himmelsfärdsdag
Public
Sun, May 18 · Sunday
Pentecost
Pingstdagen
Public
Mon, May 19 · Monday
Whit Monday
Annandag Pingst
Public
Fri, Jun 20 · Friday
Midsummer Eve
Midsommarafton
Public
Sat, Jun 21 · Saturday
Midsummer Day
Midsommardagen
Public
Sat, Nov 1 · Saturday
All Saints' Day
Alla helgons dag
Public
Wed, Dec 24 · Wednesday
Christmas Eve
Julafton
Public
Thu, Dec 25 · Thursday
Christmas Day
Juldagen
Public
Fri, Dec 26 · Friday
St. Stephen's Day
Annandag jul
Public
Wed, Dec 31 · Wednesday
New Year's Eve
Nyårsafton
Public
Total holidays
16
in 1986
Working days remaining
249
across all of 1986
Upcoming holidays
0
during 1986
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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.