Arbetsdagar per år 2026 – Arbetsdagar per år

Month	Working days	Working hours	Sat & Sun.	Others
January	22	176	8	1
February	20	160	8	0
March	21	168	10	0
April	20	160	8	3
May	20	160	9	2
June	18	144	9	4
July	23	184	8	0
August	21	168	10	0
September	22	176	8	0
October	23	184	8	0
November	20	160	10	0
December	21	168	8	2
Total annual working hours	251	2008	104	12
Average / Month	20.92	167.33	8.67	1.00

Working hours per month

Working days per year 2025

Vanligtvis refererar man till ett genomsnitt på 160 arbetstimmar per månad eller 250 arbetsdagar per år när man diskuterar arbetsbelastning. Men dessa siffror är inte alltid exakta. För 2025 varierar till exempel antalet arbetstimmar från 144 till 184, med ett genomsnitt på 167 timmar varje månad. Totalt blir det 251 arbetsdagar, vilket lämnar 116 lediga dagar. I den nedanstående tabellen ger vi en detaljerad översikt över antalet arbetsdagar, arbetstimmar, lördagar, söndagar samt andra lediga dagar – som nationella helgdagar, Midsummer Eve, julafton och nyårsafton. Om en helgdag infaller på en lördag eller söndag räknas den in under ”Lör & Sön”. Vi baserar dessa beräkningar på en standard åtta timmars arbetsdag. Vilka dagar som betraktas som helgdagar i Sverige definieras av Lag (1989: 253) on public holidays. Most people have the following holidays off, even if they fall on a regular working day:

Feel free to check out our calendar here on the right, which contains information such as e.g. name days and a little history about what happened on that particular day.

Ascension Day

The name of the feast is revealing. The ascension of Christ falls on the 40th day after Easter. The weekend is based on the lunar cycles like many other festive weekends and therefore falls on different dates each year. This day the churches are decorated in white. On the Ascension of Christ, it is celebrated that Jesus left the earth and was taken to heaven. In Sweden, we have historically also called the holiday the grazing release, when the animals were now allowed to go out to pasture. This day has also been associated with being the first day of summer. Winter clothes are put away and women go barefoot. Ascension Day has also gone by the name of Metadar Day, when it was now that summer fishing began. In folklore, one can also call the day the "Pilot of Christ". Ascension Day always falls on a Thursday. There has been a fire like a valborg during the Ascension of Christ. The purpose of these fires is believed to be to scare away wolves. Since the date of the Ascension of Christ varies from year to year and extends between April 30 - June 3, it can fall on the same day as the first of May or Valborg. From this we probably see that these festivals share certain traditions. This day is historically marked with a stamp of freedom in Sweden. Something we have done through the ages is to take the first excursions of the year early in the morning, also called "cuckoo". This is to greet and welcome the warmth of the spring sun. The cuckoo is made at the time in the spring when the cuckoo starts to gala. In modern times, people usually go on picnics and bird watching under cuckoos. In church contexts, services are usually held. Finally, the Ascension of Christ was also a day off in the sense that young people could now socialize without being guarded as strictly by their parents. Outside the church and in modern society, few celebrate Ascension Day for special reasons. It is common for the day to lead to a long weekend when the Ascension of Christ always falls on a Thursday and Friday then becomes a squeezing day. Therefore, most people probably think that the day is somehow worth celebrating.

Midsummer Day

Midsommardagen och Midsummer Eve infaller mellan 20-26 juni. Det kan argumenteras för att denna högtid idag är en av de viktigaste i Sverige, bredvid julen. Olikt julen så firas midsommar oftast med bekanta snarare än enbart familjen. Vänner och vänners vänner. Firandet härstammar från Johannes Döparens födelsedag, den 24 juni. Midsommarstången, eller majstången är en av högtidens mest viktiga symboler. Den användes av djäknar (studenter) under 1600-1700 talet som rörde sig runt i städer, byar och sjöng/tiggde. Man tror att midsommarstången kommer från Tyskland. Ordet “majstång” härstammar inte från månaden maj, utan från att man “majade” stången; alltså beklädde den med löv. Midsommarstångens symbolik är inte riktigt bestämd. Vissa tror att det är en fallossymbol, medan vissa tror att det är en avbildning av det kristna korset. Runt stången dansas det och sjungs klassiska midsommarlåtar som exempelvis “Små grodorna”. Historiskt sett är midsommarnatten förknippad med magi. Växter sägs ha en viss magisk attribut under denna kväll, varpå det är extra bra att samla läkande växter denna kväll. Ritualer som förknippas med midsommar är bland annat att sju sorters blommor läggs under kudden, varpå man ska drömma om den man ska gifta sig med, eller att blommornas magi sparas efter att man gör en krans. Den magiska mystiken kring midsommar tros kunna ha och göra med att midsommarnatten oftast är speciellt ljus och symboliserar början på sommaren.

Much of the food eaten at other holidays is also consumed during midsummer. However, there is much more fresh food available. Fresh potatoes, strawberries, herbs and fish and more. Something that also belongs is stored cheese, butter, crispbread and at the right time nubbe. A classic dish eaten at the midsummer celebration is herring, new potatoes and sour cream. Midsummer is the holiday when most people gather in the same place from different circles of friends, who are all there to participate in a big party. Midsummer celebrations in Sweden have also become an internationally known phenomenon and are something that many outsiders in the country not least associate with Sweden but also travel to Sweden to experience.