Public Holidays

The official public holidays in Sweden:

New Year's day (Nyårsdagen): January 1st

Epiphany (Trettondag jul): January 6th

Good Friday (Långfredagen): April 6th

Easter Sunday (Påskdagen): April 8th

Easter Monday (Annandag påsk): April 9th

Labour Day (1:a maj): May 1st

Ascension Day (Kristi Himmelfärdsdag): May 17th

National holiday (Sveriges nationaldag): June 6th

Whitsunday (Pingstdagen): May 27th

Midsummer's Day (Midsommardagen): June 23th

All Saints' Day (Alla helgons dag): November 3rd

Christmas Day (Juldagen): December 25th.

Boxing Day (Annandag jul): December 26th
  
  
More information:
Swedish public holidays on Wikipedia.org
Swedish public holidays on Sweden.se

At Midsummer, people often begin the day by picking flowers and making wreaths to place on the maypole.