Upcoming Holidays and Festivals in Sweden
- Before planning a trip around a festival, verify the festival dates on the festival’s website or with a local tourist information office. For more information about these and other events, visit the official tourism site for Sweden.
- This list includes major festivals in major cities, plus national holidays observed throughout Sweden. Many sights and banks close down on national holidays — keep it in mind when planning your itinerary. Note that this isn’t a complete list; holidays can strike without warning.
- See upcoming holidays and festivals across Europe
2015
January 1: New Year’s Day
January 6: Epiphany
April 3–6: Easter weekend (Good Friday through Easter Monday)
April 30: Walpurgis Night (bonfires, choirs)
May 1: May Day (parades, some closures)
May 14: Ascension Day
May 24–25: Pentecost and Whit Monday
June 3–7: Smaka på Stockholm (“Taste of Stockholm,” outdoor food vendors)
June 6: National Day (parades, businesses open)
Early June: Archipelago Boat Day (steamboat parade, Stockholm)
June 19–20: Midsummer’s Eve and Midsummer’s Day (Midsommarafton and Midsommardagen; traditional dancing, feasts)
July 4: Fourth of July festivities (Stockholm)
October 9–18: Stockholm Jazz Festival
November 1: All Saint’s Day (businesses open)
December 10: Nobel Prize Day (businesses open, Stockholm)
December 13: St. Lucia Day (festival of lights, parade)
December 24–25: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
December 26: Boxing Day