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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

# Nyårsdagen (no name) #Svea #Alfred # Rut # Hanna # Trettondedag jul (no name) #

August August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, August ...

#Erland # Gunnar #Sigurd #Jan #Frideborg #Knut #Felix #Laura #

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 F ...

# Anton #Hilda #Henrik #Fabian # Agnes #

Vincent Vincent (Latin: ''Vincentius'') is a masculine given name originating from the Roman name ''Vincentius'', which itself comes from the Latin verb ''vincere'', meaning "to conquer." People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003) ...

#Emelie #Erika # Paulus #Botilda #Göte #

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 of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cac ...

( *) #Valter #Gunilla #Ivar

February

#Max # Kyndelsmässodagen (no name) #Disa #

Ansgar Ansgar (8 September 801 – 3 February 865), also known as Anskar, Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishopric of Bremen, Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks. Ansgar became known as the ...

#Agata #Dorotea #Rikard #Berta #Fanny #Eugenia #Yngve #Evelina #Agne # Valentin # Sigfrid #Julia #Alexandra #Frida #Gabriella #Hulda #Hilding #Martina #Torsten #Mattias #Sigvard #Torgny #Lage # Maria, Maja #(only in Leap Years)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 #

Torbjörn Torbjörn, Thorbjörn, Torbjørn, or Thorbjørn (given name) are modern Swedish language, Swedish, Norwegian language, Norwegian and Danish language, Danish forms of the Old Norse and Icelandic language, Icelandic name ''Þorbjörn'', meaning thund ...

#Ethel #Edvin #Viktoria ( *) #Regina #Greger #Matilda #Kristoffer #Herbert #Gertrud # Edvard # Josef #Joakim # Bengt #Viktor #Gerda #Gabriel # Marie bebådelsedag (no name) #Emanuel #Rudolf #Malkolm #Jonas # #Holger #Ester, Noa

April

#Harald #Gudmund #Ferdinand #Ambrosius #Nanna #Vilhelm #Ingemund #Hemming #Otto #Ingvar #Ulf #Julius #Artur #Tiburtius #Olivia #Patrik #Elias #Valdemar #

Olaus Petri Olof Persson, sometimes Petersson (6 January 1493 – 19 April 1552), better known under the Latinisation of names, Latin form of his name, Olaus Petri (or less commonly, Olavus Petri), was a clergyman, writer, judge, and major contributor to the ...

#Amalia # Anselm #Albertina # Georg #Vega # Markus #Teresia # Engelbrekt #Ture # Tove #Mariana

May

# Valborg #Filip #Göta #Monika #Gotthard #Sigmund #Gustava # Åke #Bille #Esbjörn #Märta #Carlos #Linnea #Halvard #Sofia #Hilma # Rebecka #Erik #Alrik #Karolina #Konstantin #Henning # Desideria #Ragnvald #Urban #Vilhelmina #Blenda #Ingeborg #Baltsar #Fritjof #Isabella

June

#Gun, Gunnel #Rutger #Ingemar #Holmfrid #Bo #

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 # Salomon #Börje #Svante #Bertil #Eskil #Aina #Håkan #Justina #Axel #Torborg #Björn #Germund #Flora #Alf #Paulina #Adolf # Johannes Döparens dag #

David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...

# Rakel #Selma #Leo # Petrus #Elof

July

# Aron #Rosa #Aurora #Ulrika #Melker #Esaias #Klas #Kjell #Götilda #Anund #Eleonora #Herman #Joel #Folke #Ragnhild #Reinhold #Alexis #Fredrik # Sara #Margareta #Johanna # Magdalena #Emma, Emmy #Kristina # Jakob #Jesper #Marta #Botvid #Olof, Olle # Algot #Helena, Elin

August

# Per #Kajsa #Tage #Arne #Ulrik #Sixten #Dennis #Sylvia ( *) #Roland #

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", and is therefore related to the name ...

#Susanna #Klara #Hillevi #Ebbe #Stella #Brynolf #Verner #Helena #Magnus #

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 1946 ...

#Josefina #Henrietta #Signe # Bartolomeus #Lovisa #Östen #Rolf #Fatima, Leila #Hans #Albert #Arvid

September

#Samuel #Justus #Alfhild, Alva #

Moses In Abrahamic religions, Moses was the Hebrews, Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the The Exodus, Exodus from ancient Egypt, Egypt. He is considered the most important Prophets in Judaism, prophet in Judaism and Samaritani ...

#Adela #Sakarias #Regina #Alma #Augusta #Tord #Dagny #Tyra #Ambjörn #Ida #Sigrid, Siri #Eufemia #Hildegard #Alvar #Fredrika #Lisa # Matteus #Maurits #Tekla #Gerhard #Signild #Einar #Dagmar #Lennart # Mikael #Helge

October

#Ragnar #Love, Ludvig #Evald #

Frans Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of '' François'' or '' Franciscus''. One cognate of Frans in English is '' Francis''. Given name * Frans van Aarssens (1572� ...

#Bror #Jenny, Jennifer #

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 (given name), Bridget. Birgitta and its alternate forms Birgit (dis ...

#Nils #Ingrid #Helmer #Erling #Valfrid #Teofil #Manfred #Hedvig #Finn #Antoinetta # Lukas #Tore # Sibylla (changed from Kasper in 1934) #Birger #Seved #Sören #Evert #Inga #Amanda #Sabina # Simon #Viola #Elsa #Edit

November

# Allhelgonadagen #Tobias, Tim #Hubert #Sverker (changed from Nore in 1905) #Eugen # Gustav Adolf #Ingegerd #Vendela #Teodor #

Martin Luther Martin Luther ( ; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, Theology, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Reformation, Pr ...

# Mårten #Konrad #Christian #Emil #Leopold #Edmund #

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

#Magnhild # Elisabet #Pontus #Helga #Cecilia # Klemens #Gudrun #Katarina #Torkel # Astrid (changed from Estrid in 1907) #Malte #Sune #

Anders Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering, Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres (name), Andres via metathesis (linguistics), metathesis. In Sweden, A ...

December

# Oskar/Oscar #Beata #Lydia, Cornelia #Barbro #Sven # Nikolaus #Agaton #Virginia #Anna #Malin # Daniel #Alexander # Lucia #Sten #Gottfrid #Assar #Inge #

Abraham Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father who began the Covenant (biblical), covenanta ...

# Isak #

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

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 * Tomàs, a Catalan given name and surname * ...

#Natalie #

Adam Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human-being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems (including Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism and Islam). According to Christianity, Adam ...

# Eva # Juldagen (no name) # Stefan—Staffan #

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 '' Y ...

# Menlösa barns dag (no name) #

Abel Abel ( ''Hébel'', in pausa ''Hā́ḇel''; ''Hábel''; , ''Hābēl'') is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within the Abrahamic religions. Born as the second son of Adam and Eve, the first two humans created by God in Judaism, God, he ...

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 ...

Sylvester Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective ''silvestris'' meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun ''silva'' meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with ''i''. In Classical Latin, ''y'' represented a ...

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