Talk:National Day of Sweden

Something is wrong here
I've made a number of minor edits in the interest of clarity and making this short article 'flow' better. I am no expert on Swedish history. I only stumbled into this article and felt that it could benefit from some minor revisions. Now upon re-reading the article I'm puzzled.

In the first sentence of the History section, we're stating that this holiday was founded in honor of the crowning of King Gustav Vasa. In the next sentence we are saying that this holiday isn't closely related to a significant event in Sweden's history. Was King Gustav Vasa not a significant figure? Wouldn't his crowning be a significant event in any case?


 * Hi. I was made ware of your question by a post on my personal discussion page, and it seems to be confusing for more than you. Based on the corresponding article on Swedish wikipedia, the Swedish National Day has always been questioned because it is not CLOSELY related to a significant event in Sweden's history. Gustav Vasas crowning was not honoured until centuries later, and in the mean while Sweden seems to have had no National Day. This day has never been regarded as important as, say, the American Independance Day, which in effect create the U.S. nation., which is also the reason this day wasn't declared a national day until the 1980's. I hope  this will anser you question, in other cases, just ask again :-)
 * Fred-Chess 20:32, August 31, 2005 (UTC)


 * Very good. I'll summarize your response and add it to the article. This should clarify the situation for anyone who is interested. Gregmg 21:04, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Well I would say that the "In the next sentence we are saying that this holiday isn't closely related to a significant event in Sweden's history." might that Swedes don't see this day as very significant. Not that many celebrate it, if you read online polls from the biggest Swedish newspapers they all have from 60 to 70% voting No on "Will/Do you celebrate the national day?". I myself don't really celebrate it either... I would rather have Midsommarafton (Midsummers eve) as the national day as much more Swedes celebrate it. But it's not either "celebrated because of Sweden, or that you're Swedish", that's one of the main reasons why the national day isnt widely celebrated, as many Swedes draw parallels from nationalism/patriotism to racism. The later has been discussed in television shows and other medias. Its like "We think we're the best country in the world, but we can't say it out loud because that wouldn't be very nice to the others, or we'd be seen as racists."
 * p.s. the only reason why I'll be wearing a Swedish t-shirt today is because of the Euro 2008 qualifier against Iceland :) CHANDLER 03:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I learned that Sweden's National Day is celebrated in memory of the election of King Gustav Vasa on 6 June 1523. Gustav Vasa declared Sweden independent from the so called Kalmar Union (Kalmarunionen), so the election of Vasa as king is actually an independent day. Something notable is that the Julian calendar was in use at that time, so although the anniversary of Sweden's independence is celebrated on 6 June it is actually wrong, as the Julian calendar was 10 days behind the Gregorian calendar; the national day should therefore actually be celebrated on 16 June. I hope the Swedish national day may be changed to 16 June in the future, at least in 2023 when it is the 500th anniversary of the Swedish independence from the Kalmar Union. 213.65.211.63 (talk) 11:11, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Images without explanation
There are pictures of Swedish Nazis at the bottom of the page, but no explanation at all for this in the text. Can someone please clarify? --nk, 05:59, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I removed those pictures, they don't have any linkage to the article itself, they are also not present in the swedish version of this article, which this article clearly is a translation of. Bluray (talk) 16:03, 6 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I was the one who took those pictures and I included them in this article. They occured on National Day 2007 and was reported in the news. If you feel two is too much, please remove one, but saying they're irrelevant to the article is going a bit too far. National Day in Sweden is always plagued by controversy concerning nationalist demonstrations.
 * If you want to remove the pictures again, please provide a motivation.
 * Peter Isotalo 19:57, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Prehaps a slight bias?
Wikipedia prides itself on being a website that provides information without bias. The picture of the far-right wing demonstration is labeled as "extreme". My friends, "extreme" is a very emotive word, and to me suggests heavy bias, after all, just what does "extreme" actually mean? To some United Kingdomites, merely the picture of patriotic Swedes waving flags could be deemed extreme, as in Britain patriotism and pride is rarely expressed. Baring this in mind, surely wouldn't it be more logical to simply label the photo as "far-right demonstration", or simply "nationalist demonstration".

I know there is an "extreme" left-wing bias in Sweden, but please, keep this in Sweden and not on a reputable website that is trying to promote the access and availability of non-biased, reliable information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.203.81 (talk) 21:17, 17 March 2010 (UTC)


 * The organizations in the depicted parade are all but universally described as "extreme right-wing" (extremhöger) in Sweden. All of them openly advocate segregation, "repatriation" and other policies typical of the extreme right. Some of them, like the Swedish Resistance Movement are even openly Neo-Nazi. I see nothing particularly biased or unreliable about the current description.
 * Peter Isotalo 10:18, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Something else is wrong here too!
The first parag states that this became the official national day in 1983 by parliamentary decree, then the second parag says the tradition dates back to (only) 2004...

Where does this 2004/Olympic Stadium reference come from? Does it have any factual basis? Mrfranco (talk) 11:52, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

To remove uncertainty: the day became the National Day of Sweden in 1983, and has had that status ever since. Until 2005, it was not a holiday (i.e. people had to work) on that day. From 2005 on, it is a holiday, as explained in the article. (83.253.11.51 (talk) 19:15, 6 June 2011 (UTC))

Swedish National Day
To me, "National Day of Sweden" doesn't sound right. That formulation has more in common with such phrases as "National day of mourning", "National Day of Prayer", "National Day of Remembrance", etc. Fêtes nationales of the type being referred to in this article (that is to say, celebrations of the idea of the nation itself) are much more commonly designated by the likes of "Belgian National Day", "Slovenian National Day", "Swiss National Day", etc. I therefore propose the article's title be changed to Swedish National Day. -- Picapica (talk) 18:58, 7 June 2018 (UTC)