Swedish Public Holidays 1956, Sweden

Below you can find public holidays in Sweden for 1956. 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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1955

Public Holidays 1956

1957

Date	Day	Holiday
1956-01-01	Sunday	New Year's Day
1956-01-05	Thursday	Twelfth Day Eve *
1956-01-06	Friday	Epiphany
1956-03-29	Thursday	Maundy Thursday *
1956-03-30	Friday	Good Friday
1956-03-31	Saturday	Holy Saturday
1956-04-01	Sunday	Easter Day
1956-04-02	Monday	Easter Monday
1956-04-07	Saturday	Pentecost Eve
1956-04-08	Sunday	Whit Sunday
1956-04-30	Monday	Walpurgis Eve *
1956-05-01	Tuesday	May 1st
1956-05-10	Thursday	Ascension Day
1956-06-06	Wednesday	Sweden's National Day
1956-06-22	Friday	Midsummer Eve #
1956-06-23	Saturday	Midsummer Day
1956-11-02	Friday	All Saints Eve *
1956-11-03	Saturday	All Saints day
1956-12-24	Monday	Christmas Eve #
1956-12-25	Tuesday	Christmas Day
1956-12-26	Wednesday	Boxing Day
1956-12-31	Monday	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