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
2024
December 13: St. Lucia Day (festival of lights, parade)
December 24–25: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
December 26: Boxing Day (closures)
2025
January 1: New Year's Day (closures)
January 5 & 6: Twelfth Night and Epiphany (closures)
March 29–April 1: Easter weekend (Good Friday through Easter Monday; closures)
April 30: Walpurgis Night (bonfires, choirs; closures)
May 1: May Day (parades, some closures)
May 9: Ascension (closures)
June 2–8 (likely): Smaka på Stockholm ("Taste of Stockholm," outdoor food vendors)
June 6: National Day (parades, closures)
June 8: Pentecost (closures)
June 11: Archipelago Boat Day, Stockholm (steamboat parade)
June 20 & 21: Midsummer's Eve and Midsummer's Day (Midsommarafton and Midsommardagen; traditional dancing, feasts, closures)
July 4: Fourth of July festivities, Stockholm
July 18–19 (likely): Trästock ("Woodstock") Festival, Skellefteå (music and arts; far north coast)
August 3–10 (likely): Medieval Week, Visby, Gotland
August 6–9 (likely): Kalmar City Festival
August 7–9: Way Out West, Gothenburg (indie rock festival)
August 8–15: Malmö Festival (art, music, culture festival)
August 13–17 (likely): Stockholm Culture Festival
August 28–31: Gothenburg Culture Festival
October 11–19: Stockholm Jazz Festival
October 31 & November 1: All Saint's Eve and All Saints' Day (closures)
December 13: St. Lucia Day (festival of lights, parade)
December 24–25: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
December 26: Boxing Day (closures)