April Fools Day
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Monday april 1, 2024
Culture : When someone has been fooled in Sweden, to disclose that it was a joke, the fooler says the rhyme April April din dumma sill, jag kan lura dig vart jag vill ( April, April, you stupid herring, I can fool you to wherever I want ) [Wikipedia]
Easter Monday
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Monday april 1, 2024
Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
Easter holiday (end)
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Monday april 8, 2024
School holidays : Applies to Stockholm
International science festival
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Monday april 15, 2024
Culture : Http://vetenskapsfestivalen.se lasts 5 days -- in Goteborg 2024 edition confirmed
Passover
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Monday april 29, 2024
cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus
St Walpurgis (businesses & banks close earlier)
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Tuesday april 30, 2024
Banks only : Both a Christian and pagan holiday. The day of the witches announces the arrival of spring.
Labor Day/May Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday may 8, 2024
School holidays :
Ascension
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Thursday may 9, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday may 13, 2024
School holidays :
Whit Saturday
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Saturday may 18, 2024
Catholic or protestant :
Pentecost
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Sunday may 19, 2024
Catholic or protestant : paid holiday
Mother's Day
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Sunday may 26, 2024
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation.
Stockholm Marathon
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Saturday june 1, 2024
Sports events : Www.stockholmmarathon.se 2024 edition confirmed
National Day
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Thursday june 6, 2024
Secular holiday : Anniversary of the adoption of the constitution of 1809. Jointly celebrated with Sweden's Flag Day which commemorates June 6, 1523, when Gustavus I ascended to the throne.
European elections
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Sunday june 9, 2024
Special Events :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday june 12, 2024
School holidays : Applies to Stockholm
Midsummer's Eve (banks only)
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Friday june 21, 2024
Banks only : Some banks may remain open in the morning
Midsummer's Day
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Saturday june 22, 2024
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Båstad Catella Tennis Open
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Monday july 15, 2024
Sports events : Www.atptennis.com/ 2024 edition confirmed
World Athletics
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Tuesday august 13, 2024
Sports events : Https://www.worldathletics.org lasts 2 weeks -- in Goteborg
Summer holiday (end)
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Wednesday august 28, 2024
School holidays : Applies to Stockholm
Rosh Hashanah
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Thursday october 3, 2024
cards/flowers : Jewish New Year
Yom Kippur
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Sunday october 13, 2024
cards/flowers :
Autumn holiday (beginning)
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Friday october 25, 2024
School holidays : may vary from school to school
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday october 27, 2024
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times