Swedish Public Holidays for Foreigners
I never know when I am getting the day off because of a public holiday. At some point in 2020 this got so bad I went looking for an open-source solution. Because every problem is an engineering problem (or not).
On my search I found the Holidata project and then created a PR to introduce the Swedish locale.
But now the problem is I do not actually use anything that is based on Holidata… so instead I have been referring to the laws that I refer to in my PR description every time I discuss time off. I would rather go somewhere else. Like this post!
| Date | Name | Legal Specification |
|---|---|---|
| ▓▒▒░ -01-01 | Nyårsdagen | den 1 januari |
| ▓▒▒░ -01-06 | Trettondedag jul | den 6 januari |
| ▓▒▒░ -03-20–04-23 | Långfredagen | fredagen närmast före påskdagen |
| ▓▒▒░ -03-22–04-25 | Påskdagen | söndagen närmast efter den fullmåne som infaller på eller närmast efter den 21 mars |
| ▓▒▒░ -03-23–04-26 | Annandag påsk | dagen efter påskdagen |
| ▓▒▒░ -04-30–06-03 | Kristi himmelsfärdsdag | sjätte torsdagen efter påskdagen |
| ▓▒▒░ -05-01 | Första maj | den 1 maj |
| ▓▒▒░ -05-10–06-13 | Pingstdagen | sjunde söndagen efter påskdagen |
| ▓▒▒░ -06-06 | Nationaldagen | den 6 juni |
| ▓▒▒░ -06-19–25 | Midsommarafton | fredagen närmast före midsommardagen† |
| ▓▒▒░ -06-20–26 | Midsommardagen | den lördag som infaller under tiden den 20-26 juni |
| ▓▒▒░ -10-31–11-06 | Alla helgons dag | den lördag som infaller under tiden den 31 oktober-6 november |
| ▓▒▒░ -12-24 | Julafton | den 24 december† |
| ▓▒▒░ -12-25 | Juldagen | den 25 december |
| ▓▒▒░ -12-26 | Annandag jul | den 26 december |
| ▓▒▒░ -12-31 | Nyårsafton | den 31 december† |
† These holidays do not seem to have a defined date in law, other than the suffix afton suggesting it is the day before another day. The definitions were added by me for the sake of completing the table.