Flag flying days in Sweden

Template:Use dmy dates By an ordinance issued by the government of Sweden, a number of days of the calendar year are designated as official flag flying days<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> when the Swedish flag is flown on all public flagpoles and buildings. Hoisting of the Swedish flag on private flagpoles on these days is strongly encouraged but not mandatory.

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The Swedish flag

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Swedish flag flying from a flagpole

The time of day at which the flag is raised and lowered is generally dictated by the position of the sun, but there are also guidelines specified by military tradition. The flag is hoisted at 08:00 in the summer and 09:00 in the winter, and it is lowered by sunset but never later than 21:00. In parts of Sweden north of the Arctic Circle, the sun does not rise at all for several weeks during winter. For example, in the northern town of Kiruna, the flag is flown from 09:00 until 11:50.<ref>https://kiruna.se/download/18.22bd3f5d17597b58e4e4da/1604915975019/riktlinjer-for-flaggning-vid-kommunala-byggnader-i-kiruna-kommun-beslut-ks-201005--240.pdf Template:Webarchive Template:Bare URL PDF</ref>

List of official flag flying days

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
1 January	New Year's Day	lang}}
28 January	Name day of the King	lang}}	King Carl XVI Gustaf
12 March	Name day of the Crown Princess	lang}}	Crown Princess Victoria
First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March	Easter Sunday	lang}}
30 April	King's Birthday	lang}}	King Carl XVI Gustaf
1 May	May Day	lang}}
29 May	Veterans Day	lang}}
Seventh Sunday after Easter Sunday	Pentecost	lang}}	50 days after Easter
6 June	National Day of Sweden and Flag Day	lang}}, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	Flag day since c. 1900, officially observed as national day since 1983, holiday since 2005
Saturday between 20 and 26 June	Midsummer Day	lang}}
14 July	Victoria Day	lang}}	Crown Princess Victoria
8 August	Name day of the Queen	lang}}	Queen Silvia
Second Sunday of September during election years	Election Day	lang}}	Elections held every four years
24 October	United Nations Day	lang}}
6 November	Gustavus Adolphus Day	lang}}	Battle of Lützen (1632)
10 December	Alfred Nobel Day	lang}}	The Nobel awards ceremony
23 December	Queen's Birthday	lang}}	Queen Silvia
25 December	Christmas Day	lang}}

See also

• Flag flying day
• Public holidays in Sweden
• Swedish festivities
• Name days in Sweden
• Du gamla, du fria
• Flag flying days in Finland
• Flag flying days in Norway