Swedish Public Holidays 2012, Sweden

Below you can find public holidays in Sweden for 2012. 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
2012-01-01

Sunday

New Year's Day
2012-01-05

Thursday

Twelfth Day Eve *
2012-01-06

Friday

Epiphany
2012-04-05

Thursday

Maundy Thursday *
2012-04-06

Friday

Good Friday
2012-04-07

Saturday

Holy Saturday
2012-04-08

Sunday

Easter Day
2012-04-09

Monday

Easter Monday
2012-04-14

Saturday

Pentecost Eve
2012-04-15

Sunday

Whit Sunday
2012-04-30

Monday

Walpurgis Eve *
2012-05-01

Tuesday

May 1st
2012-05-17

Thursday

Ascension Day
2012-06-06

Wednesday

Sweden's National Day
2012-06-22

Friday

Midsummer Eve #
2012-06-23

Saturday

Midsummer Day
2012-11-02

Friday

All Saints Eve *
2012-11-03

Saturday

All Saints day
2012-12-24

Monday

Christmas Eve #
2012-12-25

Tuesday

Christmas Day
2012-12-26

Wednesday

Boxing Day
2012-12-31

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