{
  "entity_type": "data_package",
  "dataset_id": "calcgrid-sweden-public-holidays",
  "dataset_version": "se-statutory-public-holidays-2026-2027.1",
  "jurisdiction": "SE (Sweden nationwide statutory public holidays for 2026-2027)",
  "year": 2026,
  "coverage": {
    "start": "2026-01-01",
    "end": "2027-12-31"
  },
  "weekend_days": [
    "Saturday",
    "Sunday"
  ],
  "scope": "Sweden nationwide statutory public holidays for 2026-2027",
  "holiday_policy": "Swedish statutory public holidays under Lag (1989:253), including date-rule holidays; customary equivalent office closures are not inferred.",
  "substitute_day_policy": "No nationwide substitute-day closure is inferred when a statutory holiday falls on a weekend.",
  "limitation": "Nationwide statutory list only. Midsummer Eve, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, employer, collective-agreement, sector, school, bank and local closures are not inferred; Sunday is already excluded by the weekday baseline.",
  "events": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "name": "New Year's Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Swedish statutory public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-01-06",
      "name": "Epiphany",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Swedish statutory public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-03",
      "name": "Good Friday",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Swedish statutory public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-05",
      "name": "Easter Sunday",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Sunday is a statutory public holiday under Swedish law"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-06",
      "name": "Easter Monday",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Swedish statutory public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-01",
      "name": "May Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Swedish statutory public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-14",
      "name": "Ascension Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Swedish statutory public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-24",
      "name": "Whit Sunday",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Sunday is a statutory public holiday under Swedish law"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-06",
      "name": "National Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Swedish statutory public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-20",
      "name": "Midsummer Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Saturday selected by the statutory date rule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-31",
      "name": "All Saints' Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Saturday selected by the statutory date rule"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-25",
      "name": "Christmas Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Swedish statutory public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-26",
      "name": "Boxing Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Swedish statutory public holiday"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Sveriges riksdag – Lag (1989:253) om allmänna helgdagar",
      "url": "https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/lag-1989253-om-allmanna-helgdagar_sfs-1989-253/",
      "type": "government_legal_text",
      "scope": "current statutory public-holiday definitions and date rules"
    },
    {
      "name": "Government Offices of Sweden – Public Holidays in Sweden 2026",
      "url": "https://www.government.se/press-releases/2025/11/circular-note-22025-public-holidays-in-sweden-2026/",
      "type": "government_guidance",
      "scope": "2026 dated government circular; equivalent office-closure dates are not treated as statutory holidays"
    }
  ]
}