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The National Day of Sweden and the Swedish Flag Day (Swedish: Sveriges nationaldag och svenska flaggans dag) is observed in Sweden on June 6 every year. The day was made into a national day by the Riksdag (Swedish parliament) in 1983, before which it was just revered as the Swedish flag day. Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ...
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State flag and civil ensign of Sweden. ...
June 6 is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The parliament building from outside. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
State flag and civil ensign of Sweden. ...
History The tradition of celebrating this date began in the 1910s at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium, in honour of the election of King Gustav Vasa in 1523, as this was considered the foundation of modern Sweden. // The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ...
Stockholms Olympiastadion as seen at the opening of the 1912 Summer Olympics. ...
Gustav Vasa, originally Gustav Eriksson Vasa (May 12, 1496–September 29, 1560) was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death. ...
Events April - Battle of Villalar - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain. ...
// Gustav Vasa Main article: Gustav I of Sweden Gusav Vasa Gustav I of Sweden (Vasa) had political and religious difficulties in his kingdom established in 1523. ...
Some question the validity of this as a national holiday, as it was not observed as a holiday until decades later. However this event does signify the end of the Danish-ruled Kalmar Union, so in a sense it is a marking of Swedish independence, though the event occurred so long ago that it does not have as strong of a presence in the social consciousness as does, for example, Norway's Syttende Mai. The Norwegian Constitution Day is the National Day of Norway and is an official national holiday each year. ...
In 2005 it became an official Swedish public holiday, taking that honour from Whit Monday. This change led to fewer days off from work (more working-days) as the 6th of June will periodically fall on the weekend, unlike Whit Monday, which was always celebrated on a Monday. This has in turn led to complaints from some Swedish unions. The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries, with the exception of the United States where usage differs greatly. ...
Whit Monday or Hi Monday is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a movable feast in the Christian calendar, being dependent upon the date of Easter. ...
A trade union or labor union is a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment. ...
This problem has since been solved by giving each worker an extra eight hours of time-off to use when they so choose.
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 Princess Victoria at a flag day celebration in 2006. The events of 1523 and 1809 are generally regarded as the most important; the first reestablishing Sweden as an independent country after the Kalmar union, the other establishing an Instrument of Government that was used until the 1970s. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 345 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (561 × 975 pixel, file size: 87 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Cropped version of Image:Kronprinsessan Victoria Nationaldagen 2006 i Sundsvall4. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 345 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (561 × 975 pixel, file size: 87 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Cropped version of Image:Kronprinsessan Victoria Nationaldagen 2006 i Sundsvall4. ...
HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria, Victoria Ingrid Alice Desirée, (born July 14, 1977), Duchess of Westregothia, is the heir apparent of Sweden, being the first-born child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and his commoner Queen Silvia. ...
Events April - Battle of Villalar - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain. ...
Gustav Vasa, originally Gustav Eriksson Vasa (May 12, 1496–September 29, 1560) was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death. ...
The Kalmar Union flag. ...
Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ...
Charles X or Karl X Gustav (1622 – 1660), king of Sweden, son of John Casimir, Margrave of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, and Catherine, sister of Gustavus Adolphus, was born at the Castle of Nyköping on November 8, 1622. ...
Christina (Kristina) (December 8, 1626 – April 19, 1689), later known as Maria Christina Alexandra and sometimes Count Dohna, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. ...
Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...
The Instrument of Government, or Regeringsformen, adopted on June 6, 1809 by the Riksdag of the Estates was the constitution of Sweden from 1809 to 1974. ...
The Riksdag of the Estates, or Ståndsriksdagen, was the name used for the Estates of the Swedish realm, or Rikets ständer, when they were assembled. ...
1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Princess Sofia of Nassau, (Sophie in Sweden) (July 9, 1836 - December 30, 1913), was the daughter of George William Augustus Henry, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife Pauline Friederica Marie Princess of Württemberg. ...
Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik) (January 21, 1829 – December 8, 1907) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1872 until his death. ...
The Kingdom of Sweden-Norway is a term sometimes, but erroneously, used to refer to the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway between 1814 and 1905, when they were united under one monarch in a personal union, following the Convention of Moss, on August 14, and the Norwegian constitutional revision of...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
The Swedish Constitution consists of four fundamental laws (Swedish: grundlagar): The Instrument of Government (1974) The Act of Succession (1810) The Freedom of the Press Act (1766) The Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression (1991) There is also a law on the working order of the Parliament with a special...
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A parliamentary system, or parliamentarism, is distinguished by the executive branch of government being dependent on the direct or indirect support of the parliament, often expressed through a vote of confidence. ...
Events April - Battle of Villalar - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain. ...
Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...
The Kalmar Union flag. ...
The Instrument of Government was Englands first codified constitution. ...
The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ...
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