Sweden public holidays 2026

2026 at a glance

• National Day falls on Saturday 6 June and is not moved; Second Day of Christmas falls on Saturday 26 December and is not moved, because Sweden has no statutory substitute days.
• In 2026, public holidays fall on 7 weekdays in Sweden, two fewer than in 2025.

Sweden has no statutory substitute days: a public holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is not moved to a weekday, so the following Monday stays a working day in these counts. Midsummer Eve, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are not public holidays by law, but most workplaces close; they are listed but not counted, so a workplace that closes on them has up to three working days fewer in a year.

Public holidays in 2026

13 dates are counted as non-working in Sweden in 2026; 7 of them fall on a weekday.

• not counted some employers only

Also observed by some

3 more days are holidays only for some employers, sectors or areas in 2026. They are not counted as non-working days here.

Working days and hours by month

Working days are Monday to Friday minus the counted holidays. Hours are shown for a 7.5-hour and an 8-hour working day.

• Jan 20 working days in January, 2 holidays
• Feb 20 working days in February
• Mar 22 working days in March
• Apr 20 working days in April, 3 holidays
• May 19 working days in May, 3 holidays
• Jun 22 working days in June, 2 holidays
• Jul 23 working days in July
• Aug 21 working days in August
• Sep 22 working days in September
• Oct 22 working days in October, 1 holiday
• Nov 21 working days in November
• Dec 22 working days in December, 2 holidays

Long weekends in 2026

Runs of three or more days off in a row without taking leave.

• 4 days Friday 3 April 2026 to Monday 6 April 2026
• 3 days Friday 1 May 2026 to Sunday 3 May 2026
• 3 days Friday 25 December 2026 to Sunday 27 December 2026

Best days to take leave in 2026

The longest single break for each number of leave days, built around a public holiday.

Leave plans for the whole year

Non-overlapping breaks that give the most days off for a given number of leave days.

Try any budget from 1 to 30 days in the leave planner

Countdown

The days to the next holiday appear here when JavaScript is on.

The working days left this month and this year appear here when JavaScript is on.

Count working days between two dates

Calendar and data downloads

The subscription works in Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar. The CSV file also lists the days observed by some.

About public holidays in Sweden

Sweden has a short, precise statute for its holidays: the Public Holidays Act (lag 1989:253 om allmänna helgdagar). Apart from Sundays, it names New Year's Day, Epiphany (6 January), Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, 1 May, Ascension Day, Whit Sunday, National Day (6 June), Midsummer Day, All Saints' Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day (26 December). That makes thirteen days, and this site counts all thirteen.

Two of them are tied to a Saturday rather than to a date. Midsummer Day is the Saturday that falls between 20 and 26 June, and All Saints' Day is the Saturday that falls between 31 October and 6 November. Because of that, both are always on a Saturday and never cost an employee a working weekday. Easter Sunday and Whit Sunday are Sundays by definition, so they are in the table but also change nothing for people who work Monday to Friday.

Sweden does not move a holiday that falls on a weekend. National Day is a good example: it is Saturday 6 June in 2026 and Sunday 6 June in 2027, and no weekday is given in exchange. Similarly, Boxing Day falls on a Saturday in 2026 and a Sunday in 2027. Counting only the days that land on a Monday to Friday, there are seven in 2026 and five in 2027.

The three eves are the main source of confusion. Midsummer Eve (the Friday before Midsummer Day), Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are not in the Public Holidays Act. The Annual Leave Act (semesterlagen), at section 3 a, does treat them like Sundays when leave days are counted, but the Working Hours Act (arbetstidslagen) does not mention them at all. In practice most workplaces are closed on them, often under collective agreements. They are not statutory holidays, though, so HolidayTally lists them among the days observed by some and does not subtract them. A workplace that closes on all three has up to three working days fewer in a year than the figures here show.

The same applies to the afternoons before several holidays, such as Walpurgis Night on 30 April, and to the so-called squeeze day between Ascension Day and the weekend. Many employers shorten or close those days, but there is no general right, so they are not listed in the tables.

Dates that follow Easter need no announcement. In 2026 Good Friday is 3 April, Easter Monday 6 April and Ascension Day 14 May; in 2027 they are 26 March, 29 March and 6 May. The Midsummer and All Saints' dates in 2026 are 20 June and 31 October, and in 2027 they are 26 June and 6 November.

Source and last check

Dates are calculated with the python-holidays library 0.108 and checked against the official sources below. Last checked: 15 November 2026.

Sources

• https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/lag-1989253-om-allmanna-helgdagar_sfs-1989-253/
• https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/semesterlag-1977480_sfs-1977-480/
• https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/arbetstidslag-1982673_sfs-1982-673/

How the counts are made