Bridge days in Sweden 2026
31 vacation days → 70 days off.
🇸🇪 Every public holiday in Sweden 2026, every bridge day worth taking, and exactly what each one buys you — computed, not guessed.
Sweden practically invented the bridge day — klämdagen, the workday squeezed between a public holiday and a weekend. In 2026 the red days line up so that 31 well-placed vacation days buy you 70 days off in total, with the best single play returning ×4.
The Swedish calendar is generous but uneven: spring is stacked (Easter, May Day, Ascension, National Day) while autumn is a desert until Christmas. The table below is every bridge worth taking, sorted by exchange rate — how many days off each booked vacation day returns.
Assumption: Midsummer Eve, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are treated as days off — standard at most Swedish workplaces (kollektivavtal). Toggle it off in the app if yours differs.
If you take every bridge below
11 bridge plays, best exchange rate first
| Book these days | Days | You are off | Total | Rate | Anchor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Jan | 1 | Thu 1 Jan – Sun 4 Jan | 4 | ×4.0 | New Year's Day |
| Mon 5 Jan | 1 | Sat 3 Jan – Tue 6 Jan | 4 | ×4.0 | Epiphany |
| Fri 15 May | 1 | Thu 14 May – Sun 17 May | 4 | ×4.0 | Ascension Day |
| Mon 28 Dec – Wed 30 Dec | 3 | Thu 24 Dec – Sun 3 Jan | 11 | ×3.7 | Christmas Day |
| Mon 21 Dec – Wed 23 Dec | 3 | Sat 19 Dec – Sun 27 Dec | 9 | ×3.0 | Christmas Day |
| Mon 30 Mar – Thu 2 Apr | 4 | Sat 28 Mar – Mon 6 Apr | 10 | ×2.5 | Good Friday |
| Tue 7 Apr – Fri 10 Apr | 4 | Fri 3 Apr – Sun 12 Apr | 10 | ×2.5 | Good Friday |
| Mon 27 Apr – Thu 30 Apr | 4 | Sat 25 Apr – Sun 3 May | 9 | ×2.3 | May Day |
| Mon 15 Jun – Thu 18 Jun | 4 | Sat 13 Jun – Sun 21 Jun | 9 | ×2.3 | Midsummer Day |
| Wed 7 Jan – Fri 9 Jan | 3 | Tue 6 Jan – Sun 11 Jan | 6 | ×2.0 | Epiphany |
| Mon 11 May – Wed 13 May | 3 | Sat 9 May – Thu 14 May | 6 | ×2.0 | Ascension Day |
Sweden-specific fine print
Eves are the hidden red days
Midsummer Eve, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are not official public holidays, but virtually every Swedish workplace treats them as full days off. That is why the Christmas math works so well — the eves extend the chain for free.
National Day is a wildcard
June 6 falls on a different weekday every year. When it lands mid-week it opens a cheap bridge; when it lands on a weekend, Sweden — unlike the UK — gives you nothing back.
Ascension is the crown jewel
Ascension Day is always a Thursday, which makes the Friday after it the most reliable ×4 bridge in the Swedish calendar, every single year.
Every public holiday in Sweden 2026
| Date | Holiday | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Jan | New Year's Day | day off |
| Tue 6 Jan | Epiphany | day off |
| Fri 3 Apr | Good Friday | day off |
| Sun 5 Apr | Easter Sunday | on a weekend |
| Mon 6 Apr | Easter Monday | day off |
| Fri 1 May | May Day | day off |
| Thu 14 May | Ascension Day | day off |
| Sun 24 May | Whit Sunday | on a weekend |
| Sat 6 Jun | National Day | on a weekend |
| Fri 19 Jun | Midsummer Eve | eve (de facto) |
| Sat 20 Jun | Midsummer Day | on a weekend |
| Sat 31 Oct | All Saints' Day | on a weekend |
| Thu 24 Dec | Christmas Eve | eve (de facto) |
| Fri 25 Dec | Christmas Day | day off |
| Sat 26 Dec | Boxing Day | on a weekend |
| Thu 31 Dec | New Year's Eve | eve (de facto) |
The app does this for any year
These numbers come straight from Vacationmaxxing's optimizer — the app computes public holidays for any year (no hardcoded tables), finds every bridge, and lets you tap them into a plan. Sweden and six more countries. No ads, no accounts, no data collection.