Swedish Public Holidays 1856, Sweden

Below you can find public holidays in Sweden for 1856. In bold text is marked official Swedish public holidays (bank holidays). With regular text is marked days counted as a Sunday eventhough they are not officially a public holiday. Marked with regular text are also days which are sometimes counted as half working days as many companies ans shops are closed or have shorter opening hours. See the right column for comments related to each public holiday.
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Date Day Holiday
1856-01-01

Tuesday

New Year's Day
1856-01-05

Saturday

Twelfth Day Eve *
1856-01-06

Sunday

Epiphany
1856-03-20

Thursday

Maundy Thursday *
1856-03-21

Friday

Good Friday
1856-03-22

Saturday

Holy Saturday
1856-03-23

Sunday

Easter Day
1856-03-24

Monday

Easter Monday
1856-03-29

Saturday

Pentecost Eve
1856-03-30

Sunday

Whit Sunday
1856-04-30

Wednesday

Walpurgis Eve *
1856-05-01

Thursday

Ascension Day
1856-05-01

Thursday

May 1st
1856-06-06

Friday

Sweden's National Day
1856-06-20

Friday

Midsummer Eve #
1856-06-21

Saturday

Midsummer Day
1856-10-31

Friday

All Saints Eve *
1856-11-01

Saturday

All Saints day
1856-12-24

Wednesday

Christmas Eve #
1856-12-25

Thursday

Christmas Day
1856-12-26

Friday

Boxing Day
1856-12-31

Wednesday

New Year's eve #
* = Not an official public holiday, but is often a half working day
# = Counted as a Sunday and is work free according to Swedish vacation legislation