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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, 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 i ...

#Erland #

Gunnar Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrior ...

#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 Fa ...

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 # Agnes #

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 # 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 Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austri ...

( *) #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 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 # Valentin #

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 #

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 #(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, Norwegian and Danish forms of the Old Norse and Icelandic name ''Þorbjörn'', meaning thunder (from the name Thor) and bear. Other variants of the name include t ...

#Ethel #Edvin #Viktoria ( *) Regina #Greger #Matilda #Kristoffer #Herbert #Gertrud #

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), ...

# 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 Georg may refer to: * Georg (film), ''Georg'' (film), 1997 *Georg (musical), Estonian musical * Georg (given name) * Georg (surname) * , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker See also

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#Vega # Markus #Teresia # Engelbrekt #Ture # Tove #Mariana

May

# Valborg #Filip #Göta #Monika #Gotthard #Sigmund #Gustava #

Åke Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name ''Anicho'', derived from ''ano'' meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/ Norwegi ...

#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") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

# Rakel #Selma #Leo # Petrus #Elof

July

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 #

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 # Magdalena #Emma #Kristina # Jakob #Jesper #Marta #Botvid #Olof, Olle # Algot #Helena, Elin

August

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 #

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 #

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 # Bartolomeus #Lovisa #Östen #Rolf #Fatima,Leila #Hans #Albert #Arvid

September

#Samuel #Justus #Alfhild, Alva #

Moses Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu ( Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pr ...

#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''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis''. Given name * Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diploma ...

#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. Birgitta and its alternate forms Birgit and Britta became common ...

#Nils #Ingrid #Helmer #Erling #Valfrid #Teofil #Manfred #Hedvig #Finn #Antoinetta #

Lukas Lukas is a form of the Latin name Lucas. Popularity In 2013 it was the ninth most popular name for boys in Australia. Meaning and different spellings * Amharic - Luqas (ሉቃስ) * Arabic - Luqa (لوقا) / Luqas (لوكاس) * Armenian - Ղ� ...

#Tore # Sibylla (changed from Kasper in 1934) #Birger #Seved #Sören #Evert #Inga #Amanda #Sabina #

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

# 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, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...

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

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 wh ...

#Magnhild # Elisabet #Pontus #Helga #Cecilia #

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 #

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 #

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

# Oskar #Beata #Lydia, Cornelia #Barbro #Sven #

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 #

Daniel Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

#Alexander # Lucia #Sten #Gottfrid #Assar #Inge #

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 ...

# Isak #

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 ...

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 #

Adam Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...

# 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 '' ...

# Menlösa barns dag (no name) #

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 ...

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 ...

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