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,
    isPublicHoliday
} = 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")); 

// Check if today is a public holiday in Sweden (see https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/lag-1989253-om-allmanna-helgdagar_sfs-1989-253)
const isItAPublicHolidayToday = isPublicHoliday();

// Or if you want to check a specific date
const isThisAPublicHoliday = isPublicHoliday(new Date("2021-11-1")); 

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,
        isPublicHoliday: false,
    },
    {
        name: 'Juldagen',
        date: '2019-12-25T00:00:00.000Z',
        day: 25,
        month: 12,
        year: 2019,
        isPublicHoliday: true,
    },
    ...
]   

When using isHoliday the result is false if the provided date is not a holiday, otherwise it is the holiday JSON object.

When using isPublicHoliday the result is false if the provided date is not a public holiday.

Localization

If you want the holiday names to be returned using a different language than the default (Swedish), use the language JSON object and modify it before passing it to the getHolidays function.

const { language } = require('swedish-holidays');
const translation = { ...language };
// This value is 'Julafton' by default.
translation.christmasEve = 'Christmas Eve';

const holidays2019 = getHolidays(2019, translation);
// or if you want the current year
// supply a year that is 'falsy' e.g. undefined / null / 0 / false
const holidays = getHolidays(0, translation);

Limitations

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

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

Supported Holidays

• New Year's Day / Nyårsdagen
• Twelfth Night / Trettondagsafton
• Epiphany / Trettondedag jul
• Maundy Thursday / Skärtorsdagen
• Good Friday / Långfredagen
• Holy Saturday / Påskafton
• Easter Sunday / Påskdagen
• Easter Monday / Annandag påsk
• Walpurgis Night / Valborgsmässoafton
• May First / Första maj
• Ascension Day / Kristi himmelsfärdsdag
• Swedish National Day / Sveriges nationaldag
• Pentecost Eve / Pingstafton
• Whit Sunday / Pingstdagen
• Midsummer Eve / Midsommarafton
• Midsummer Day / Midsommardagen
• All Saints Eve / Allhelgonaafton
• All Saints Day / Alla helgons dag
• Christmas Eve / Julafton
• Christmas Day / Juldagen
• Boxing Day / Annandag jul
• New Years Eve / Nyårsafton