Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in Sweden 2027

Sweden has 16 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 8 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.

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Sweden 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays: 16
Of those, on a working day: 8
Of those, on a weekend: 8
Regional only: 0
Longest break: 4 days (26 March to 29 March)
Bridge days: 1
Most nationwide holidays in: December (4)

The weekend is taken as Saturday and Sunday for the working-day count, the long weekends and the bridge days.

All public holidays in Sweden, 2027

Public holidays in Sweden in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	Nyårsdagen	Nationwide
6 January	Wednesday	Epiphany	Trettondedag jul	Nationwide
26 March	Friday	Good Friday	Långfredagen	Nationwide
28 March	Sundayweekend	Easter Sunday	Påskdagen	Nationwide
29 March	Monday	Easter Monday	Annandag påsk	Nationwide
1 May	Saturdayweekend	International Workers' Day	Första maj	Nationwide
6 May	Thursday	Ascension Day	Kristi himmelsfärdsdag	Nationwide
16 May	Sundayweekend	Pentecost	Pingstdagen	Nationwide
6 June	Sundayweekend	National Day of Sweden	Sveriges nationaldag	Nationwide
25 June	Friday	Midsummer Eve	Midsommarafton	Nationwide
26 June	Saturdayweekend	Midsummer Day	Midsommardagen	Nationwide
6 November	Saturdayweekend	All Saints' Day	Alla helgons dag	Nationwide
24 December	Friday	Christmas Eve	Julafton	Nationwide
25 December	Saturdayweekend	Christmas Day	Juldagen	Nationwide
26 December	Sundayweekend	St. Stephen's Day	Annandag jul	Nationwide
31 December	Friday	New Year's Eve	Nyårsafton	Nationwide

Source: Nager.Date, checked on 3 November 2026. Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.

Long weekends and bridge days in Sweden

A long weekend is three or more days off in a row made by a nationwide holiday and the weekend. A bridge day is a working day with a day off on both sides: one leave day there joins a holiday to the weekend, or two holidays to each other.

Long weekends (5)

Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
Friday 26 March to Monday 29 March 2027: 4 days off, with Good Friday, Easter Monday.
Friday 25 June to Sunday 27 June 2027: 3 days off, with Midsummer Eve.
Friday 24 December to Sunday 26 December 2027: 3 days off, with Christmas Eve.
Friday 31 December 2027 to Sunday 2 January 2028: 3 days off, with New Year's Eve.

Bridge days (1)

Friday 7 May: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 6 May to Sunday 9 May 2027 (next to Ascension Day).

Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.

Regional holidays

Every public holiday in Sweden applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.

Add Sweden to your calendar

Download the 2027 calendar (.ics), or paste its address into Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar to subscribe. It holds one all-day event per public holiday and marks none of them as busy.

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