This is the old Swedish
name day
In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a ...
calendar, sanctioned by the
Swedish Academy in 1901, with official status until 1972. Some days still refer to traditional or religious feasts rather than personal names. Some of the names below are linked to the original saints or martyrs from which they originate. A work group, consisting of the Swedish Academy, publishers and others, agreed to adopt a
new name day list in 2001, very similar to the old one but with more names. It is intended that this list will be updated every 15 years. In the year of 2022 seven new names will be added .
In Sweden, it is not uncommon for people to celebrate their name day.
The tradition originated with the
Calendar of Saints.
January
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Nyårsdagen (no name)
#Svea
#Alfred
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Rut
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Hanna
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Trettondedag jul (no name)
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August
August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...
#Erland
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Gunnar
#Sigurd
#Jan
#Frideborg
#Knut
#Felix
#Laura
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Hjalmar
Hjalmar () and Ingeborg () were a legendary Swedish duo. The male protagonist Hjalmar and his duel for Ingeborg figures in the '' Hervarar saga'' and in '' Orvar-Odd's saga'', as well as in ''Gesta Danorum'', '' Lay of Hyndla'' and a number of Fa ...
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Anton
Anton may refer to: People
*Anton (given name), including a list of people with the given name
*Anton (surname)
Places
*Anton Municipality, Bulgaria
**Anton, Sofia Province, a village
*Antón District, Panama
**Antón, a town and capital of th ...
#Hilda
#Henrik
#Fabian
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Agnes
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Vincent
Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer'').
People with the given name Artists
*Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor
*Vincent van Gogh ...
#Emelie
#Erika
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Paulus
#Botilda
#Göte
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Karl Karl may refer to:
People
* Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name
* Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne
* Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer
* Karl of Austria, last Austria ...
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#Valter
#Gunilla
#Ivar
February
#Max
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Kyndelsmässodagen (no name)
#Disa
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Ansgar
Ansgar (8 September 801 – 3 February 865), also known as Anskar, Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks. Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North" b ...
#Agata
#Dorotea
#Rikard
#Berta
#Fanny
#Eugenia
#Yngve
#Evelina
#Agne
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Valentin
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Sigfrid
Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements ''sig'' "victory" and ''frithu'' "protection, peace".
The German name has the Old Norse cognate ''Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr'', which gives rise to Swedish ''Sigfrid' ...
#Julia
#Alexandra
#Frida
#Gabriella
#Hulda
#Hilding
#Martina
#Torsten
#Mattias
#Sigvard
#Torgny
#Lage
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Maria
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
* 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
, Maja
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[In leap years February 24 was considered leap day with no name associated to it, thus moving the following February name days one day forward.]
March
#Ernst
#Gunborg
#Adrian
#Tora
#Ebba
#Camilla
#Filippa
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Torbjörn
#Ethel
#Edvin
#Viktoria (
*) Regina
#Greger
#Matilda
#Kristoffer
#Herbert
#Gertrud
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Edvard
Edvard is a form of Edward and may refer to:
* Edvard Askeland (born 1954), Norwegian jazz musician
* Edvard Befring (born 1936), Norwegian educationalist
* Edvard Beneš (1884–1948), Czech politician
* Edvard Christian Danielsen (1888–1964), ...
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Josef
#Joakim
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Bengt
#Viktor
#Gerda
#Gabriel
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Marie bebådelsedag (no name)
#Emanuel
#Rudolf
#Malkolm
#Jonas
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#Holger
#Ester, Noa
April
#Harald
#Gudmund
#Ferdinand
#Ambrosius
#Nanna
#Vilhelm
#Ingemund
#Hemming
#Otto
#Ingvar
#Ulf
#Julius
#Artur
#Tiburtius
#Olivia
#Patrik
#Elias
#Valdemar
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Olaus Petri
Olof Persson, sometimes Petersson (6 January 1493 – 19 April 1552), better known under the Latin form of his name, Olaus Petri (or less commonly, Olavus Petri), was a clergyman, writer, judge, and major contributor to the Protestant Reformatio ...
#Amalia
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Anselm
#Albertina
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Georg
#Vega
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Markus Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to:
* Marcus (name), a masculine given name
* Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name
Places
* Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44
* Mărcuş, a village in Dobârl ...
#Teresia
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Engelbrekt Engelbrecht (or Englebrecht, Engelbrekt) is a common family name ( surname) of Germanic origin. The name ''Engelbrecht'' has multiple translations, including "Angel Glorious" and "Bright Angel". The Surname Database says the name is a Dutch varian ...
#Ture
# Tove
#Mariana
May
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Valborg
Walpurgis Night (), an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German ), also known as Saint Walpurga's Eve (alternatively spelled Saint Walburga's Eve), is the eve of the Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess i ...
#Filip
#Göta
#Monika
#Gotthard
#Sigmund
#Gustava
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Åke
#Bille
#Esbjörn
#Märta
#Carlos
#Linnea
#Halvard
#Sofia
#Hilma
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Rebecka
#Erik
#Alrik
#Karolina
#Konstantin
#Henning
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Desideria
#Ragnvald
#Urban
#Vilhelmina
#Blenda
#Ingeborg
#Baltsar
#Fritjof
#Isabella
June
#Gun, Gunnel
#Rutger
#Ingemar
#Holmfrid
#Bo
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Gustav
Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to:
*Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film
* ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short cart ...
#Robert
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Salomon
#Börje
#Svante
#Bertil
#Eskil
#Aina
#Håkan
#Justina
#Axel
#Torborg
#Björn
#Germund
#Flora
#Alf
#Paulina
#Adolf
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Johannes Döparens dag
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David
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
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Rakel
#Selma
#Leo
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Petrus
#Elof
July
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Aron
Aron may refer to:
Characters
*Aron (comics), from the Marvel Universe comic ''Aron! HyperSpace Boy!''
*Aron (Pokémon), in the ''Pokémon'' franchise
* Aron Trask, from John Steinbeck's novel ''East of Eden''
*Áron or Aaron, the brother of Mos ...
#Rosa
#Aurora
#Ulrika
#Melker
#Esaias
#Klas
#Kjell
#Götilda
#Anund
#Eleonora
#Herman
#Joel
#Folke
#Ragnhild
#Reinhold
#Alexis
#Fredrik
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Sara
Sara may refer to:
Arts, media and entertainment Film and television
* ''Sara'' (1992 film), 1992 Iranian film by Dariush Merhjui
* ''Sara'' (1997 film), 1997 Polish film starring Bogusław Linda
* ''Sara'' (2010 film), 2010 Sri Lankan Sinhal ...
#Margareta
#Johanna
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Magdalena
#Emma
#Kristina
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Jakob
#Jesper
#Marta
#Botvid
#Olof, Olle
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Algot
#Helena, Elin
August
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Per
Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita.
Per or PER may also refer to:
Places
* IOC country code for Peru
* Pér, a village in Hungary
* Chapman code for Perthshire, historic county in Scotland
Math ...
#Karin
#Tage
#Arne
#Ulrik
#Sixten
#Dennis
#Sylvia (
*)
#Roland
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Lars
Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries.
Origin
''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel".
A homonymous Etruscan name was bo ...
#Susanna
#Klara
#Hillevi
#Ebbe
#Stella
#Brynolf
#Verner
#Helena
#Magnus
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Bernhard
Bernhard is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar
* Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 194 ...
#Josefina
#Henrietta
#Signe
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Bartolomeus
#Lovisa
#Östen
#Rolf
#Fatima,Leila
#Hans
#Albert
#Arvid
September
#Samuel
#Justus
#Alfhild, Alva
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Moses
#Adela
#Sakarias
#Regina
#Alma
#Augusta
#Tord
#Dagny
#Tyra
#Ambjörn
#Ida
#Sigrid, Siri
#Eufemia
#Hildegard
#Alvar
#Fredrika
#Lisa
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Matteus
#Maurits
#Tekla
#Gerhard
#Signild
#Einar
#Dagmar
#Lennart
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Mikael
#Helge
October
#Ragnar
#Love, Ludvig
#Evald
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Frans
Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis''.
Given name
* Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat ...
#Bror
#Jenny, Jennifer
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Birgitta
Birgitta is the Swedish and Icelandic form of the Irish Gaelic female name ''Brighid''. Brighid or Brigid was the name of an ancient Celtic goddess, and its English form is Bridget. Birgitta and its alternate forms Birgit and Britta became common ...
#Nils
#Ingrid
#Helmer
#Erling
#Valfrid
#Teofil
#Manfred
#Hedvig
#Finn
#Antoinetta
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Lukas
#Tore
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Sibylla (changed from Kasper in 1934)
#Birger
#Seved
#Sören
#Evert
#Inga
#Amanda
#Sabina
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Simon
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
* Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon
* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
#Viola
#Elsa
#Edit
November
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Allhelgonadagen
#Tobias, Tim
#Hubert
#Sverker (changed from Nore in 1905)
#Eugen
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Gustav Adolf
#Ingegerd
#Vendela
#Teodor
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Martin Luther
Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...
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Mårten
#Konrad
#Christian
#Emil
#Leopold
#Edmund
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
#Magnhild
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Elisabet
#Pontus
#Helga
#Cecilia
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Klemens
Klemens is a masculine given name derived from Clemens. It may refer to the following people:
* Klemens of Brzeźnica (died 1241), Polish nobleman, Voivode of Opole and Castellan of Kraków
* Klemens Janicki (1516–1543), Polish poet
* Klemens v ...
#Gudrun
#Katarina
#Torkel
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Astrid
Astrid is a feminine given name of Scandinavian origin, a modern form of the name Ástríðr. Derived from the Old Norse Ássfriðr, a compound name composed of the elements (a god) and (beautiful, fair).
Variants
* Assan (diminutive) (Swed ...
(changed from Estrid in 1907)
#Malte
#Sune
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Anders
Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres via metathesis.
In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names fo ...
December
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Oskar Oskar may refer to:
* oskar (gene), the Drosophila gene
* Oskar (given name) Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of Irish origin.
Etymology
The name is derived from two elements in Irish: the first, ''os'', means "deer"; the second element, ' ...
#Beata
#Lydia, Cornelia
#Barbro
#Sven
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Nikolaus
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its ...
#Agaton
#Virginia
#Anna
#Malin
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Daniel
#Alexander
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Lucia
#Sten
#Gottfrid
#Assar
#Inge
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Abraham
Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Je ...
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Isak
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Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
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Tomas Tomas may refer to:
People
* Tomás (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Gaelic given name
* Tomas (given name), a Swedish, Dutch, and Lithuanian given name
* Tomáš, a Czech and Slovak given name
* Tomas (surname), a French and Croatian su ...
#Natalie
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Adam
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Eva
Eva or EVA may refer to:
* Eva (name), a feminine given name
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters
* Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment
* Eva (''Devil May Cry''), Dante's mother in t ...
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Juldagen (no name)
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Stefan—Staffan
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Johannes
Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...
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Menlösa barns dag (no name)
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Abel
Abel ''Hábel''; ar, هابيل, Hābīl is a Biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He was the younger brother of Cain, and the younger son of Adam and Eve, the first couple in Biblical history. He was a shepherd ...
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Set
Set, The Set, SET or SETS may refer to:
Science, technology, and mathematics Mathematics
*Set (mathematics), a collection of elements
*Category of sets, the category whose objects and morphisms are sets and total functions, respectively
Electro ...
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Sylvester
Notes
External links
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