Editing 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 day]]s<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/forordning-1982270-om-allmanna-flaggdagar_sfs-1982-270 | title = Förordning (1982:270) om allmänna flaggdagar | publisher = [[Riksdag]] | accessdate = 2 August 2019 | language = sv | archive-date = 2 August 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190802072814/https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/forordning-1982270-om-allmanna-flaggdagar_sfs-1982-270 | url-status = live }}</ref> when the [[Flag of Sweden|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.

[[File:Flag of Sweden.svg|thumb|The Swedish flag]]
[[File:Swedish flag (8044071047).jpg|thumb|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 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202103205/https://kiruna.se/download/18.22bd3f5d17597b58e4e4da/1604915975019/riktlinjer-for-flaggning-vid-kommunala-byggnader-i-kiruna-kommun-beslut-ks-201005--240.pdf |date=2 December 2022 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

== List of official flag flying days ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! English Name
! Local Name
! Remarks
|-
| 1 January
| [[New Year's Day]]
| {{lang|sv|Nyårsdagen}}
| 
|-
| 28 January
| Name day of the King 
| {{lang|sv|Konungens namnsdag}}
| King [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|Carl XVI Gustaf]]
|-
| 12 March
| Name day of the Crown Princess
| {{lang|sv|Kronprinsessans namnsdag}}
| Crown Princess [[Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden|Victoria]]
|-
| First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March
| [[Easter]] Sunday
| {{lang|sv|Påskdagen}}
| 
|-
| 30 April
| [[King's Birthday]]
| {{lang|sv|Konungens födelsedag}}
| King [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|Carl XVI Gustaf]]
|-
| 1 May 
| [[May Day]]
| {{lang|sv|Första maj}}
| 
|-
| 29 May 
| [[Veterans Day (Sweden)|Veterans Day]]
| {{lang|sv|Veterandagen}}
| 
|-
| Seventh Sunday after Easter Sunday
| [[Pentecost]]
| {{lang|sv|Pingstdagen}}
| 50 days after Easter
|-
| 6 June
| [[National Day of Sweden]] and [[Flag Day]]
| {{lang|sv|Sveriges nationaldag}}, {{lang|sv|svenska flaggans dag}}
| Flag day since c. 1900, officially observed as national day since 1983, holiday since 2005
|-
| Saturday between 20 and 26 June
| [[Midsummer]] Day
| {{lang|sv|Midsommardagen}}
| 
|-
| 14 July
| [[Victoria Day (Sweden)|Victoria Day]]
| {{lang|sv|Kronprinsessans födelsedag}}
| Crown Princess [[Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden|Victoria]]
|-
| 8 August
| Name day of the Queen
| {{lang|sv|Drottningens namnsdag}}
| Queen [[Queen Silvia of Sweden|Silvia]]
|-
| Second Sunday of September during election years
| [[Elections in Sweden|Election Day]]
| {{lang|sv|Dag för val i hela riket till riksdagen}}
| Elections held every four years
|-
| 24 October
| [[United Nations Day]]
| {{lang|sv|FN-dagen}}
| 
|-
| 6 November
| [[Gustavus Adolphus Day]]
| {{lang|sv|Gustav Adolfsdagen}}
| [[Battle of Lützen (1632)]]
|-
| 10 December
| [[Nobel Prize|Alfred Nobel Day]]
| {{lang|sv|Nobeldagen}}
| The [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] awards ceremony
|-
| 23 December
| [[Queen's Birthday]]
| {{lang|sv|Drottningens födelsedag}}
| Queen [[Queen Silvia of Sweden|Silvia]]
|-
| 25 December
| [[Christmas]] Day
| {{lang|sv|Juldagen}}
| 
|}

==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]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Culture of Sweden]]
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[[Category:Flag flying days|Sweden]]