Bridge days in Sweden 2027
28 vacation days → 60 days off.
🇸🇪 Every public holiday in Sweden 2027, 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 2027 the red days line up so that 28 well-placed vacation days buy you 60 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
9 bridge plays, best exchange rate first
| Book these days | Days | You are off | Total | Rate | Anchor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 7 May | 1 | Thu 6 May – Sun 9 May | 4 | ×4.0 | Ascension Day |
| Mon 4 Jan – Tue 5 Jan | 2 | Fri 1 Jan – Wed 6 Jan | 6 | ×3.0 | New Year's Day |
| Thu 7 Jan – Fri 8 Jan | 2 | Wed 6 Jan – Sun 10 Jan | 5 | ×2.5 | Epiphany |
| Mon 22 Mar – Thu 25 Mar | 4 | Sat 20 Mar – Mon 29 Mar | 10 | ×2.5 | Good Friday |
| Tue 30 Mar – Fri 2 Apr | 4 | Fri 26 Mar – Sun 4 Apr | 10 | ×2.5 | Good Friday |
| Mon 27 Dec – Thu 30 Dec | 4 | Fri 24 Dec – Sun 2 Jan | 10 | ×2.5 | Christmas Day |
| Mon 21 Jun – Thu 24 Jun | 4 | Sat 19 Jun – Sun 27 Jun | 9 | ×2.3 | Midsummer Day |
| Mon 20 Dec – Thu 23 Dec | 4 | Sat 18 Dec – Sun 26 Dec | 9 | ×2.3 | Christmas Day |
| Mon 3 May – Wed 5 May | 3 | Sat 1 May – Thu 6 May | 6 | ×2.0 | May 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 2027
| Date | Holiday | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 Jan | New Year's Day | day off |
| Wed 6 Jan | Epiphany | day off |
| Fri 26 Mar | Good Friday | day off |
| Sun 28 Mar | Easter Sunday | on a weekend |
| Mon 29 Mar | Easter Monday | day off |
| Sat 1 May | May Day | on a weekend |
| Thu 6 May | Ascension Day | day off |
| Sun 16 May | Whit Sunday | on a weekend |
| Sun 6 Jun | National Day | on a weekend |
| Fri 25 Jun | Midsummer Eve | eve (de facto) |
| Sat 26 Jun | Midsummer Day | on a weekend |
| Sat 6 Nov | All Saints' Day | on a weekend |
| Fri 24 Dec | Christmas Eve | eve (de facto) |
| Sat 25 Dec | Christmas Day | on a weekend |
| Sun 26 Dec | Boxing Day | on a weekend |
| Fri 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.