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Holidays in Sweden for 2009, 2010
Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by the Oresund Bridge. Government – parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. King – Carl XVI Gustaf. Official language – Swedish.
Stockholm – the capital and largest city. Main industries – telecommunications equipment, wood pulp and paper products, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel.
Human Development Index 2007/2008 rankings for Sweden is 0.956 (6th, high) in High Human Development countries. Currency – Swedish krona (SEK). Gini coefficient – 23% (low). Fiscal year – Calendar year. Inflation rate – 1.4% (2006). Trade organisations – EU, OSCE, WTO, OECD, etc. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Business Day" refers to Monday through Friday (Weekend: Saturday and Sunday). Time Zone: CET (UTC+1). Summer(DST) – CEST (UTC+2).
| Holidays (by Swedish) | 2009 | 2010 |
| New Year's Day (nyårsdagen) | January 1 (Thu) | January 1 (Fri) |
| Eve of Epiphany (banks only) | January 5 (Mon) | January 5 (Tue) |
Epiphany(trettondedag jul)
| January 6 (Tue) | January 6 (Wed) |
Good Friday (långfredagen)
The Friday before Easter Sunday | April 10 (Fri) | April 2 (Fri) |
Easter Monday (annandag påsk)
| April 13 (Mon) | April 5 (Mon) |
St. Walpurgis
(businesses & banks close earlier) | April 30 (Thu) | April 30 (Fri) |
| May Day (första maj) | May 1 (Fri) | May 1 (Sat) |
Ascension (Kristi himmelsfärdsdag)
40 days after Easter | May 21 (Thu) | May 13 (Thu) |
| National Day of Sweden (Sveriges nationaldag) | June 6 (Sat) | June 6 (Sunt) |
| Midsummer's Eve (banks only) | June 19 (Fri) |
June 25 (Fri) |
Midsummer's Day or Johannus Paiva in Finland
(midsommardagen) | June 20 (Sat) | June 26 (Sat) |
| All Hallow's Eve (businesses & banks close earlier) | October 30 (Fri) |
November 5 (Fri) |
All Saints' Day (alla helgons dag)
Saturday between October 31 and November 6 | October 31 (Sat) | November 6 (Sat) |
| Christmas Eve (banks only) | December 24 (Thu) | December 24 (Fri) |
Christmas Day (juldagen)
Catholic or protestant | December 25 (Fri) | December 25 (Sat) |
| St. Stephen's Day (annandag jul) | December 26 (Sat) | December 26 (Sun) |
New Year's Eve (banks are closed)
| December 31 (Thu) | December 31 (Fri) |
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