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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

  • Currency: Krona (SEK)
  • Internet domain: .se - Telephone code: +46 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: +1 (DST: yes)
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Sunday november 10, 2024Fathers' Daycards/flowers
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    Tuesday december 10, 2024Nobel DayEvents, celebrations...
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    Friday december 13, 2024St. Lucia DayEvents, celebrations...
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    Friday december 20, 2024Christmas holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Tuesday december 24, 2024Customary holidayBanks only
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    Wednesday december 25, 2024Christmas DayCatholic or protestant
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    Thursday december 26, 2024St Stephen's DayProtestant
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    Tuesday december 31, 2024Banks are closedBanks only
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    Wednesday january 1, 2025New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Sunday january 5, 2025Twelfth NightEvents, celebrations...
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    Monday january 6, 2025EpiphanyCatholic or protestant
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    Tuesday january 7, 2025Christmas holiday (end)School holidays
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    Friday january 24, 2025Göteborg International Film FestivalEvents, celebrations...
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    Thursday february 13, 2025Uddeholm Swedish RallySports events
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    Friday february 14, 2025Valentine's Daycards/flowers
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    Friday february 21, 2025Winter holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Fathers' Day

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    Sunday november 10, 2024
    cards/flowers :

    Nobel Day

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    Tuesday december 10, 2024
    Culture : The Nobel Prize is one of the most important awards in the world. Sweden is the host of the awards event, which covers the categories of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace.

    St. Lucia Day

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    Friday december 13, 2024
    Culture : The holiday, which often coincides with the winter solstice, depicts St. Lucia -- Lucy in English -- as a young girl in a white dress and red sash, with a wreath of candles on her head.

    Christmas holiday (beginning)

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    Friday december 20, 2024
    School holidays :

    Customary holiday

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    Tuesday december 24, 2024
    Banks only :

    Christmas Day

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    Wednesday december 25, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Year’s Day on Christmas Day.

    St Stephen's Day

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    Thursday december 26, 2024
    Protestant : Called in Swedish: Annandag Jul or Annandagen.

    Banks are closed

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    Tuesday december 31, 2024
    Banks only : Not an official public holiday, but all financial and stock exchange activities, most bank as well as most businesses are closed.

    New Year's Day

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    Wednesday january 1, 2025
    Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Twelfth Night

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    Sunday january 5, 2025
    Culture : Epiphany - de facto half-day Holiday

    Epiphany

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    Monday january 6, 2025
    Catholic or protestant : The term comes from ancient Greek and means appearance . Celebrated on the 6th January, this feast corresponds to the presentation of Child Jesus to the Magi. This is the day of Jesus' first miracle, the Wedding in Cana , and the day of his own baptism Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Christmas holiday (end)

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    Tuesday january 7, 2025
    School holidays : Www.stockholm.se
    Stockholm school system only (winter holidays vary according the the region)
    Number of teaching days: 177
    Average class size: more than 21
    Winter holidays start one week earlier in Skane, Blekinge, Gotland, Västra Götaland, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, Kronoberg, Norrbotten, Östergötland,Södermanland, Västerbotten, Västernorrland,
    and two weeks ealier in Dalarnes, Gävleborg, Örebro, Uppsala,Värmland, Västmanland
    all study programs are aligned with the requirements of the Bologna Process
    PISA ranking (average 493): 493
    Usually no school on Saturday
    No uniform required
    QS Best Student Cities rating for Stockholm: #21
    2022 PISA ranking: #19 with a 488 score
    Stockholm University ranking: Times Higher Education #--/QS ranking #--/Shanghai (2023) #98

    We carry confirmed dates till July 2025
    ; Further dates are projected dates based on previous years

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    Göteborg International Film Festival

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    Friday january 24, 2025
    Culture : Https://goteborgfilmfestival.se/ in Göteborg 2025 edition confirmed

    Uddeholm Swedish Rally

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    Thursday february 13, 2025
    Sports events : Www.rallysweden.com/ lasts 3 days - in Karlstad 2027 edition confirmed

    Valentine's Day

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    Friday february 14, 2025
    cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February

    Winter holiday (beginning)

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    Friday february 21, 2025
    School holidays : - this date applies to Stockholm only - two weeks earlier in Dalarnes, Gävleborg, Örebro, Uppsala,Värmland, Västmanland - one week earlier in Västerbotten, Kronoberg, Blekinge, Gotland, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, Norrbotten, Östergötland, Södermanland, Västernorrland, Västra Götaland