One such case is the April 30 which is immediately followed by May 1. There are instances where official holidays, de facto half days, official flagdays and other observances clash and several celebrations may run concurrently. It has a long history, originally a calendar of saints, some names have stuck throughout centuries while others have been modernized. The Name days in Sweden calendar is also denoted. The official National holiday of Sweden is celebrated on June 6, a status which it was finally granted in 2005, removing Whit Monday as a public holiday. Many flag flying days are ordinary workdays. There is no formal connection between flag flying days and holiday. Flag flying days are in some cases official holidays or the birthdays and namedays for the Royal family and informal holidays like Gustavus Adolphus Day (November 6) or the Nobel Day (December 10). The Swedish calendar also provides for special flag flying days. There are also de facto half-day holidays (with some variation depending on employer): Twelfth Night, Maundy Thursday, Walpurgis Night, the day before Ascension Day, and the day before All Saints' Day. These days are however only de facto holidays. Christmas Eve, Midsummer Eve, and New Year's Eve might very well be the single most important holidays during the entire year for the Swedish. This is especially significant on Christmas Eve, Holy Saturday, and Midsummer Eve, but also on New Year's Eve however, in this case it is not really unique. In Swedish tradition many holidays have their main celebrations not on the Day but on the Eve of the holiday, meaning one day earlier. 4.2.5 Christmas week and the first days of January.It is quite common for some businesses to close at noon the day before certain holidays, and also if a holiday falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday, Swedes will commonly take off the klämdag (squashed in days, or squeeze day) that falls between the holiday and the weekend. In Sweden, a public holiday is sometimes referred to as röd dag (red day), as it is printed in red in most calendars.
The same is also true for many holidays in Sweden. The celebration, which, however, is not a public holiday, always takes place on 13 December and retains many pre-Christian traditions. She is the only saint to be celebrated in Lutheran Sweden (as well as those parts of Norway and Finland, where Swedish influence has historically been prominent).
Part of the Swedish tradition is the celebration of Lucia ( Saint Lucia Day). Holy Saturday, Midsummer's Eve, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve are also de facto holidays.
When the standard working week in Sweden was reduced to 40 hours by the Riksdag, all Saturdays became de facto public holidays. Easter Sunday and Pentecost are always on Sundays, but they are seen more like main holidays than ordinary Sundays. The names of the Sundays follow the liturgical calendar and they should be categorized as Christian holidays. In addition to this, all Sundays are official holidays, but they are not as important as the main holidays. Midsummer is, however, officially also a Christian holiday to celebrate John the Baptist's birthday. The non-Christian holidays are: nyårsdagen ( New Year's Day), första maj ( International Workers' Day), Sveriges nationaldag ( National Day), and midsommar ( Midsummer). The Christian holidays are jul ( Christmas), trettondedag jul ( Epiphany), påsk ( Easter), Kristi himmelsfärds dag ( Ascension Day), pingstdagen ( Pentecost), and alla helgons dag ( All Saints' Day). The official holidays can be divided into Christian and non-Christian holidays. Public holidays in Sweden ( Swedish: helgdagar) in Sweden are established by acts of Parliament (the Riksdag).
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