Name days in Sweden explained

This is the old Swedish name day 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.^[1]

January

1. Nyårsdagen (no name)
2. Svea
3. Alfred
4. Rut
5. Hanna
6. Trettondedag jul (no name)
7. August
8. Erland
9. Gunnar
10. Sigurd
11. Jan
12. Frideborg
13. Knut
14. Felix
15. Laura
16. Hjalmar
17. Anton
18. Hilda
19. Henrik
20. Fabian
21. Agnes
22. Vincent
23. Emelie
24. Erika
25. Paulus
26. Botilda
27. Göte
28. Karl ()
29. Valter
30. Gunilla
31. Ivar

February

1. Max
2. Kyndelsmässodagen (no name)
3. Disa
4. Ansgar
5. Agata
6. Dorotea
7. Rikard
8. Berta
9. Fanny
10. Eugenia
11. Yngve
12. Evelina
13. Agne
14. Valentin
15. Sigfrid
16. Julia
17. Alexandra
18. Frida
19. Gabriella
20. Hulda
21. Hilding
22. Martina
23. Torsten
24. Mattias
25. Sigvard
26. Torgny
27. Lage
28. Maria, Maja
29. (only in Leap Years)^[2]

March

1. Ernst
2. Gunborg
3. Adrian
4. Tora
5. Ebba
6. Camilla
7. Filippa
8. Torbjörn
9. Ethel
10. Edvin
11. Viktoria ()
12. Regina
13. Greger
14. Matilda
15. Kristoffer
16. Herbert
17. Gertrud
18. Edvard
19. Josef
20. Joakim
21. Bengt
22. Viktor
23. Gerda
24. Gabriel
25. Marie bebådelsedag (no name)
26. Emanuel
27. Rudolf
28. Malkolm
29. Jonas
    1. Holger
30. Ester, Noa

April

1. Harald
2. Gudmund
3. Ferdinand
4. Ambrosius
5. Nanna
6. Vilhelm
7. Ingemund
8. Hemming
9. Otto
10. Ingvar
11. Ulf
12. Julius
13. Artur
14. Tiburtius
15. Olivia
16. Patrik
17. Elias
18. Valdemar
19. Olaus Petri
20. Amalia
21. Anselm
22. Albertina
23. Georg
24. Vega
25. Markus
26. Teresia
27. Engelbrekt
28. Ture
29. Tove
30. Mariana

May

1. Valborg
2. Filip
3. Göta
4. Monika
5. Gotthard
6. Sigmund
7. Gustava
8. Åke
9. Bille
10. Esbjörn
11. Märta
12. Carlos
13. Linnea
14. Halvard
15. Sofia
16. Hilma
17. Rebecka
18. Erik
19. Alrik
20. Karolina
21. Konstantin
22. Henning
23. Desideria
24. Ragnvald
25. Urban
26. Vilhelmina
27. Blenda
28. Ingeborg
29. Baltsar
30. Fritjof
31. Isabella

June

1. Gun, Gunnel
2. Rutger
3. Ingemar
4. Holmfrid
5. Bo
6. Gustav
7. Robert
8. Salomon
9. Börje
10. Svante
11. Bertil
12. Eskil
13. Aina
14. Håkan
15. Justina
16. Axel
17. Torborg
18. Björn
19. Germund
20. Flora
21. Alf
22. Paulina
23. Adolf
24. Johannes Döparens dag
25. David
26. Rakel
27. Selma
28. Leo
29. Petrus
30. Elof

July

1. Aron
2. Rosa
3. Aurora
4. Ulrika
5. Melker
6. Esaias
7. Klas
8. Kjell
9. Götilda
10. Anund
11. Eleonora
12. Herman
13. Joel
14. Folke
15. Ragnhild
16. Reinhold
17. Alexis
18. Fredrik
19. Sara
20. Margareta
21. Johanna
22. Magdalena
23. Emma
24. Kristina
25. Jakob
26. Jesper
27. Marta
28. Botvid
29. Olof, Olle
30. Algot
31. Helena, Elin

August

1. Per
2. Kajsa
3. Tage
4. Arne
5. Ulrik
6. Sixten
7. Dennis
8. Sylvia ()
9. Roland
10. Lars
11. Susanna
12. Klara
13. Hillevi
14. Ebbe
15. Stella
16. Brynolf
17. Verner
18. Helena
19. Magnus
20. Bernhard
21. Josefina
22. Henrietta
23. Signe
24. Bartolomeus
25. Lovisa
26. Östen
27. Rolf
28. Fatima,Leila
29. Hans
30. Albert
31. Arvid

September

1. Samuel
2. Justus
3. Alfhild, Alva
4. Moses
5. Adela
6. Sakarias
7. Regina
8. Alma
9. Augusta
10. Tord
11. Dagny
12. Tyra
13. Ambjörn
14. Ida
15. Sigrid, Siri
16. Eufemia
17. Hildegard
18. Alvar
19. Fredrika
20. Lisa
21. Matteus
22. Maurits
23. Tekla
24. Gerhard
25. Signild
26. Einar
27. Dagmar
28. Lennart
29. Mikael
30. Helge

October

1. Ragnar
2. Love, Ludvig
3. Evald
4. Frans
5. Bror
6. Jenny, Jennifer
7. Birgitta
8. Nils
9. Ingrid
10. Helmer
11. Erling
12. Valfrid
13. Teofil
14. Manfred
15. Hedvig
16. Finn
17. Antoinetta
18. Lukas
19. Tore
20. Sibylla (changed from Kasper in 1934)
21. Birger
22. Seved
23. Sören
24. Evert
25. Inga
26. Amanda
27. Sabina
28. Simon
29. Viola
30. Elsa
31. Edit

November

1. Allhelgonadagen
2. Tobias, Tim
3. Hubert
4. Sverker (changed from Nore in 1905)
5. Eugen
6. Gustav Adolf
7. Ingegerd
8. Vendela
9. Teodor
10. Martin Luther
11. Mårten
12. Konrad
13. Christian
14. Emil
15. Leopold
16. Edmund
17. Napoleon
18. Magnhild
19. Elisabet
20. Pontus
21. Helga
22. Cecilia
23. Klemens
24. Gudrun
25. Katarina
26. Torkel
27. Astrid (changed from Estrid in 1907)
28. Malte
29. Sune
30. Anders

December

1. OskarOscar
2. Beata
3. Lydia, Cornelia
4. Barbro
5. Sven
6. Nikolaus
7. Agaton
8. Virginia
9. Anna
10. Malin
11. Daniel
12. Alexander
13. Lucia
14. Sten
15. Gottfrid
16. Assar
17. Inge
18. Abraham
19. Isak
20. Israel
21. Tomas
22. Natalie
23. Adam
24. Eva
25. Juldagen (no name)
26. Stefan—Staffan
27. Johannes
28. Menlösa barns dag (no name)
29. Abel
30. Set
31. Sylvester

External links

• Name days - Svenska akademien

Notes and References

1. Web site: Levush. Ruth. 2017-07-31. FALQs: Name Day Celebrations in Sweden In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress. 2020-07-18. blogs.loc.gov.
2. 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.