Holiday calendar in Sweden in May

Wednesday 1 May - International Workers’ Day (May Day)

Friday 3 May - No Pants Day (It is held on the first Friday in May)

Thursday 9 May - Christ's Ascension (or Kristi Himmelfartsdag in Norway); Ascension of Jesus

Sunday 19 May - Day of the Holy Trinity. Pentecost

Monday 20 May - Whit Monday (celebrated on the day after Pentecost)

Tuesday 21 May - European Natura 2000 Day

Sunday 26 May - Mother's Day in France (also Algeria, Dominican Republic. First Sunday of June, if Pentecost occurs on this day, Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia; celebrated on the last Sunday in May)

Thursday 6 June - National Day in Sweden (marks the end of the Danish-ruled Kalmar Union)

Thursday 20 June - Summer Solstice (International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice)

Friday 21 June - Midsommardagen in Sweden (celebrated on Friday, falling between June 20 and 26)

Sunday 23 June - St John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations (Roman Catholic Church, Europe: - Bonfires of Saint John in Spain; Festa del Poble in Andorra; First night of Festa de São João do Porto; First day of Golowan Festival in Cornwall; Jaaniõhtu in Estonia; Jāņi in Latvia; Kupala Night in Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine; Last day of Drăgaica fair in Buzău, Romania)

Monday 24 June - International Day of Women in Diplomacy

Sunday 30 June - Alexanderson Day in Sweden (celebrated on the Sunday closest to July 2)

Sunday 14 July - Birthday of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, an official flag day (Sweden)

Friday 19 July - Fallens Dagar or The Waterfall Days in Trollhättan, Sweden (Held on the third Friday every year since 1959, the festival is famous for its great music, fun activities, entertaining performances and exciting competitions.)

Monday 29 July - Olsok or St. Olaf's Day (King Olaf II Haraldsson of Norway is remembered as Rex perpetuus Norvegiae, the Eternal King of Norway. Olsok is a national day of celebration in the Nordic countries of Norway and the Faroe Islands, and also in the provinces of Härjedalen in Sweden and Savonlinna in Finland)

Tuesday 30 July - International Embroidery Day or World Embroidery Day (founded by the Swedish 'Broderiakademin, BRAK' in 2011)

Thursday 8 August - Namesday of the Queen in Sweden (On this day in 1901, the Swedish naming calendar, established by the Swedish Academy, was published. Namesday of the Queen, dedicated to this event, gained official status by 1972)

Sunday 22 September - Autumnal Equinox Day

Sunday 29 September - National Coffee Day; Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael's Day (Catholic)

Friday 4 October - Cinnamon Roll Day (Sweden. Kanelbullens dag and Finland - Korvapuustipäivä)

Sunday 27 October - Daylight saving time (autumn)

Friday 1 November - All Saints' Day a holy day of obligation (a national holiday in many historically Catholic countries. And its related observance: Day of the Innocents, The first day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. - Mexico, Haiti)

Saturday 2 November - All Saints Day (Celebrated on Saturday between October 31 and November 6 in Finland, Sweden, El Salvador)

Wednesday 6 November - Gustavus Adolphus Day in Sweden (death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and official flag day)

Thursday 7 November - National Mud Cake Day in Sweden (Kladdkakans dag)

Sunday 10 November - Father's Day in Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden (Celebrated on the second Sunday in November)

Wednesday 20 November - Universal Children’s Day

Monday 9 December - Anna's Day (Sweden, Finland and Norway. Marks the day to start the preparation process of the lutefisk to be consumed on Christmas Eve, as well as a Swedish name day, celebrating all people named Anna)

Tuesday 10 December - Alfred Nobel Day or Nobeldagen (Sweden)

Friday 13 December - Lucia Festival (a tradition that is widespread in the countries of Northern Europe: Sweden, Denmark, Norway); Saint Lucia Day (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and parts of Italy. Dedicated to Saint Lucia's independence from the United Kingdom in 1979)

Monday 23 December - Birthday of the Queen Silvia in Sweden (an official Flag Day)

Tuesday 24 December - Christmas Eve in Austria, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Botswana; Christmas Eve

Wednesday 25 December - Christmas Day

Thursday 26 December - Boxing Day (Belgium, Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa...)

Tuesday 31 December - New Year’s Eve

Wednesday 1 January - New Year’s Day

Sunday 5 January - The Twelfth day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night of Christmas (Western Christianity)

Monday 6 January - Three Kings’ Day or Epiphany

Monday 13 January - St. Knuts Day in Norway and Sweden (the 20th and last day of the Christmas season)

Thursday 6 February - Sami National Day (Russia, Finland, Norway and Sweden)

Friday 14 February - Valentine’s Day

Sunday 2 March - Fastelavn in Denmark and Norway (day on which Shrove Monday can fall)

Friday 7 March - World Day of Prayer

Thursday 20 March - World Fairy Tale Day (arose on the initiative of Sweden in 1991)

Tuesday 25 March - Waffle Day in Sweden, Norway & Denmark (Vårfrudagen or Våffeldagen); Crane Day in Sweden (Swedish Trandagen)

Tuesday 1 April - Easter Monday (Påskedag in Norway)

Friday 18 April - Good Friday

Sunday 20 April - Easter in Western Christianity (Første påskedag in Norway); Easter

Wednesday 30 April - King Day in Sweden (Birthday of the King Carl XVI Gustaf, one of the official flag days of Sweden); May Eve (the eve of the first day of summer in the Northern hemisphere; Beltane begins at sunset in the Northern hemisphere, Samhain begins at sunset in the Southern hemisphere; Carodejnice in Czech Republic and Slovakia; Walpurgis Night - Central and Northern Europe)