Name days in Sweden
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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.
| January Nyårsdagen (no name) Svea Alfred Rut Hanna Trettondedag jul (no name) August Erland Gunnar Sigurd Jan Frideborg Knut Felix Laura Hjalmar Anton Hilda Henrik Fabian Agnes Vincent Emelie Erika Paulus Botilda Göte Karl (*) Valter Gunilla Ivar | February Max Kyndelsmässodagen (no name) Disa Ansgar 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) | March Ernst Gunborg Adrian Tora Ebba Camilla Filippa Torbjörn 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 Amalia Anselm Albertina Georg Vega Markus Teresia Engelbrekt Ture Tove Mariana |
| May Valborg Filip Göta Monika Gotthard Sigmund Gustava Åke Johann 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 Robert Salomon Börje Svante Bertil Eskil Aina Håkan Justina Axel Torborg Björn Germund Flora Alf Paulina Adolf Johannes Döparens dag David 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/Madeleine Emma, Emmy Kristina Jakob Jesper Marta Botvid Olof, Olle Algot Helena, Elin | August Per Kajsa Tage Arne Ulrik Sixten Dennis Sylvia (*) Roland Lars Susanna Klara Hillevi Ebbe Stella Brynolf Verner Helena Magnus Bernhard Josefina Henrietta Signe Bartolomeus Lovisa Östen Rolf Fatima, Leila Hans Albert Arvid |
| September Samuel Justus Alfhild, Alva Moses 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 Bror Jenny, Jennifer Birgitta 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 Mårten Konrad Christian Emil Leopold Edmund Napoleon Magnhild Elisabet Pontus Helga Cecilia Klemens Gudrun Katarina Torkel Astrid (changed from Estrid in 1907) Malte Sune Anders | December Oskar/Oscar Beata Lydia, Cornelia Barbro Sven Nikolaus Agaton Virginia Anna Malin Daniel Alexander Lucia Sten Gottfrid Assar Inge Abraham Isak Israel Tomas Natalie Adam Eva Juldagen (no name) Stefan—Staffan Johannes Menlösa barns dag (no name) Abel Set Sylvester |
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