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Sweden : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

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    Monday march 4, 2024Winter holiday (end)School holidays
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    Thursday march 7, 2024Stockholm International Boat ShowTradeshows
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    Thursday march 28, 2024Bank Holiday (from 13:00)Banks only
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    Friday march 29, 2024Good FridayCatholic or protestant
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    Friday march 29, 2024Easter holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Saturday march 30, 2024Holy SaturdayEvents, celebrations...
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    Sunday march 31, 2024EasterCatholic or protestant
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    Sunday march 31, 2024Daylight Saving TimeSpecial Events
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    Monday april 1, 2024April Fools DayEvents, celebrations...
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    Monday april 1, 2024Easter MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Monday april 8, 2024Easter holiday (end)School holidays
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    Monday april 15, 2024International science festivalEvents, celebrations...
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    Monday april 29, 2024Passovercards/flowers
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    Tuesday april 30, 2024St Walpurgis (businesses & banks close earlier)Banks only
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday may 8, 2024Mid-term holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday may 9, 2024AscensionCatholic or protestant
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    Monday may 13, 2024Mid-term holiday (end)School holidays
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    Saturday may 18, 2024Whit SaturdayCatholic or protestant
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    Sunday may 19, 2024PentecostCatholic or protestant
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    Sunday may 26, 2024Mother's Daycards/flowers
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    Saturday june 1, 2024Stockholm MarathonSports events
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    Thursday june 6, 2024National DayNational Day
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    Sunday june 9, 2024European electionsSpecial Events
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    Wednesday june 12, 2024Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Friday june 21, 2024Midsummer's Eve (banks only)Banks only
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    Saturday june 22, 2024Midsummer's DaySecular holiday
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    Monday july 15, 2024Båstad Catella Tennis OpenSports events
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    Tuesday august 13, 2024World AthleticsSports events
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    Wednesday august 28, 2024Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Winter holiday (end)

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    Monday march 4, 2024
    School holidays : Applies to Stockholm

    Stockholm International Boat Show

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    Thursday march 7, 2024
    Tradeshows : Www.stockholmsmassan.se lasts 10 days 2024 edition confirmed

    Bank Holiday (from 13:00)

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    Thursday march 28, 2024
    Banks only : Commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist (Lord's Supper) celebrates and His washing of the disciples' feet Maundy Thursday is not an official public holiday. But since it is the day before long Friday, many people has their workday shortened, and banks are closed in the afternoon.

    Good Friday

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    Friday march 29, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.

    Easter holiday (beginning)

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    Friday march 29, 2024
    School holidays : Applies to Stockholm

    Holy Saturday

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    Saturday march 30, 2024
    Culture :

    Easter

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    Sunday march 31, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday

    Daylight Saving Time

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    Sunday march 31, 2024
    Special Events : At 1:00 am local times

    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 : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s 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. Howe’s 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 women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s 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
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    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