Flag flying days in Sweden

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By an ordinance issued by the Government of Sweden, a number of days of the calendar year are designated as official flag flying days. [1] This means that the Flag of Sweden is flown on all public flag poles and buildings. Hoisting of the Swedish flag on private flagpoles on these days is also strongly encouraged, but not mandatory.

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The Swedish flag Flag of Sweden.svg
The Swedish flag
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Swedish flag flying from a flagpole

Flying of the flag is in general governed by the sun, but there are guidelines specified by military tradition. The flag is hoisted at 8 AM in the summer and 9 AM in the winter, and is lowered by sunset but never later than 9 PM. In parts of Sweden north of the Arctic Circle, the sun does not rise at all for some weeks during winter. One example of handling this is the practice of the Infantry Regiment in Kiruna, which during this period flies the flag from 9 AM to 11.50 AM. [2]

List of Official flag flying days

DateEnglish NameLocal NameRemarks
1 January New Year's Day Nyårsdagen
28 JanuaryName day of the KingKonungens namnsdagKing Carl XVI Gustaf
12 MarchName day of the Crown PrincessKronprinsessans namnsdagCrown Princess Victoria
First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March Easter SundayPåskdagen
30 April King's Birthday Konungens födelsedagKing Carl XVI Gustaf
1 May May Day Första maj
29 May Veterans Day Veterandagen
Seventh Sunday after Easter Sunday Pentecost Pingstdagen50 days after Easter
6 June National Day of Sweden and Flag Day Sveriges nationaldag, svenska flaggans dagFlag day since c. 1900, officially observed as national day since 1983, holiday since 2005
Saturday between 20 and 26 June Midsummer DayMidsommardagen
14 July Victoria Day Kronprinsessans födelsedagCrown Princess Victoria
8 AugustName day of the QueenDrottningens namnsdagQueen Silvia
Second Sunday of September during election years Election Day Dag för val i hela riket till riksdagenElections held every four years
24 October United Nations Day FN-dagen
6 November Gustavus Adolphus Day Gustav Adolfsdagen Battle of Lützen (1632)
10 December Alfred Nobel Day NobeldagenThe Nobel Awards Ceremony
23 December Queen's Birthday Drottningens födelsedagQueen Silvia
25 December Christmas DayJuldagen

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References

  1. "Förordning (1982:270) om allmänna flaggdagar" (in Swedish). Riksdag. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. https://kiruna.se/download/18.22bd3f5d17597b58e4e4da/1604915975019/riktlinjer-for-flaggning-vid-kommunala-byggnader-i-kiruna-kommun-beslut-ks-201005--240.pdf Archived 2 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL PDF ]