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by Edward Mooney, Jr., 1998-Jul-20
See also:
New Years Day, 1 January
Nameday [Carl] of the King [Carl XVI Gustaf], 28 January
Nameday [Victoria] of the Crown Princess, 12 March
Easter Day
Birthday of the King, 30 April [Carl XVI Gustaf was born in 1946]
First of May, 1 May [Labour Day]
Whit Sunday
Sweden's National Day, 6 June - also Day of the Swedish Flag (Svenska flaggans dag)
Midsummer's Day [in Sweden always celebrated on the Saturday before the first Sunday after the summer solstice]
Birthday of the Crown Princess, 14 July [Victoria was born in 1977]
Nameday [Sylvia / Silvia] of the Queen [Silvia], 8 August
Day for general election to the parliament [the third Sunday of September every fourth year; an extra election can be held on another date, but always on a Sunday]
UN Day, 24 October
Gustavus Adolphus Day, 6 November [on this day in 1632, King Gustavus Adolphus the Great was killed in the battle of Lützen in the 30 Year's War]
Nobel Day, 10 December [death day of Alfred Nobel; on this day every year the Nobel prize laureates recieve their prizes]
Queen's birthday, 23 December [Silvia was born in 1944]
Christmas Day, 25 December
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