Swedish Holidays and Traditions

Public holidays:
Swedish public holidays in 2001:

1 Jan: New Year’s Day

6 Jan: Twelfth Night

13 April: Good Friday

15 April: Easter Sunday

16 April: Easter Monday

1 May: Labour Day

24 May: Ascension Day

3 June: Whit sun

4 June: Whit-Monday

22-23 June: Midsummer Festival

3 Nov: All Saints´ Day

25 Dec: Christmas Day

26 Dec: Boxing Day

Some more descriptions of our holidays you will find here:


Easter and Walpurgis Night



Midsummer


Swedish crayfish


All Hallo’s day and All Saint’s day


Advent and Lucia


Christmas and New Year