swedish-holidays

swedish-holidays

Library for calculating the date of all swedish holidays for any given year.

How to install:

npm install swedish-holidays

How to use:

const { getHolidays, getUpcomingHolidays, isHoliday } = require('swedish-holidays');

// Get an array of all holidays for the current
const holidays = getHolidays();

// Get an array of all holidays for a specific year
const holidays2019 = getHolidays(2019);

// Get an array of all upcoming holidays
const upcoming = getUpcomingHolidays();

// Check if today is a holiday
const isItAHolidayToday = isHoliday();

// Or if you want to check a specific date
const isThisAHoliday = isHoliday(new Date("2019-12-24")); 

The result will always be an Array filled with JSON formatted holiday information including name and date.

[
    {
        name: 'Julafton',
        date: 2019-12-24T00:00:00.000Z,
        day: 24,
        month: 12,
        year: 2019
    },
    {
        name: 'Juldagen',
        date: 2019-12-25T00:00:00.000Z,
        day: 25,
        month: 12,
        year: 2019
    },
    ...
]   

When using isHoliday the result is true or false.

Limitations

This library can only return valid holidays for years between 1582 to 8702.

If an invalid year is requested, some holidays will be missing.

Supported Holidays

• Nyårsdagen
• Trettondagsafton
• Trettondedag jul
• Skärtorsdagen
• Långfredagen
• Påskafton
• Påskdagen
• Annandag påsk
• Valborgsmässoafton
• Första maj
• Kristi himmelsfärdsdag
• Sveriges nationaldag
• Pingstafton
• Pingstdagen
• Midsommarafton
• Midsommardagen
• Allhelgonaafton
• Alla helgons dag
• Julafton
• Juldagen
• Annandag jul
• Nyårsafton