Sweden public holidays 2028

2028 at a glance

• New Year's Day falls on Saturday 1 January and is not moved, because Sweden has no statutory substitute days.
• All 2028 dates are provisional – calculated from the rule, because official dates are published only through 2027.
• In 2028, public holidays fall on 8 weekdays in Sweden, three more than in 2027.

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 2028

13 dates are counted as non-working in Sweden in 2028; 8 of them fall on a weekday.

• provisional calculated from the rule
• not counted some employers only

Also observed by some

3 more days are holidays only for some employers, sectors or areas in 2028. 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 21 working days in February
• Mar 23 working days in March
• Apr 18 working days in April, 3 holidays
• May 21 working days in May, 2 holidays
• Jun 21 working days in June, 3 holidays
• Jul 21 working days in July
• Aug 23 working days in August
• Sep 21 working days in September
• Oct 22 working days in October
• Nov 22 working days in November, 1 holiday
• Dec 19 working days in December, 2 holidays

Long weekends in 2028

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

• 4 days Friday 14 April 2028 to Monday 17 April 2028
• 3 days Saturday 29 April 2028 to Monday 1 May 2028
• 4 days Saturday 23 December 2028 to Tuesday 26 December 2028
• 3 days Saturday 30 December 2028 to Monday 1 January 2029

Best days to take leave in 2028

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