röd dag

A public holiday, called a red day because such days are printed in red in Swedish calendars. On red days most offices and many shops are closed, and Systembolaget is shut.

Some of the most important Swedish celebrations fall on eves that are not red days at all: Midsummer Eve, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are ordinary days in law but in practice holidays for most people, and many employers give them off.

A klämdag is a working day squeezed between a red day and a weekend, which many people take off. The site's calendar lists red days, eves and klämdagar for each year.