School holidays Karlstad 2026
When are the school breaks in Karlstad? Here are the sports, Easter, autumn and Christmas breaks for 2026.
Dates are taken from each municipality's official school calendar and checked for new breaks every ten days. Independent schools may have other dates, so always check with your school.
| Break | Dates | Official source |
|---|---|---|
| Winter sports break | Not yet confirmed | – |
| Easter break | Not yet confirmed | – |
| Autumn break | – Automatiskt hämtad 2026-11-05. Källtext: 26 -30 oktober, vecka 44 (höstlov) | Karlstad kommun – läsårstider Reviewed |
| Christmas break | – Automatiskt hämtad 2026-11-05 (beräknad utifrån terminsdatum/vecka). Källtext: Terminsavslutning: 18 december | Karlstad kommun – läsårstider Reviewed |
The Christmas break is listed under the year it starts.
Calendar 2026 with public holidaysWeek numbers, public holidays, bridge days and paydays for the whole year.About the school breaks in Karlstad 2026
The autumn break, or höstlov, takes place during week 44. This means students are off from Monday, October 26, through Friday, October 30, 2026, totaling five calendar days. In addition to the scheduled break, the municipality has set November 16, 2026, as a teacher training day, resulting in an extra day off for students.
The Christmas break, or jullov, begins on Saturday, December 19, 2026, and concludes on Sunday, January 10, 2027. This provides a total of 23 calendar days off, covering the period from week 51 through week 1. These dates are based on the official academic calendar from Karlstad Municipality. As local variations can occur, particularly for independent schools, you should always verify the specific schedule with your child's school.
About Karlstad
Karlstad is the county seat of Värmland, built on the delta where the Klarälven river flows into Lake Vänern. The town likes to call itself the Sun City, and Mariebergsskogen, with animals, playgrounds and an open-air museum, is a short walk from the centre. The winter sports break falls in early March, later than in southern Sweden.
How we collect and check the dates
Where do the dates come from?
All dates come from each municipality's own page about school term dates for compulsory school. We do not copy other sites' lists or reuse earlier years. Below the table there is a link to the source, so you can see where the date is written.
How are the dates checked?
When a break is added, the line of text on the municipality's page that the date is based on is saved. A date is only published if that line appears word for word on the municipality's page, under the right term and year. If the municipality only gives a week number, such as week 44, we convert it to Monday–Friday of that week. If there is no separate Christmas break listed, it is worked out from the last day of the autumn term and the first day of the spring term. Such dates are marked as calculated.
How often is the page updated?
An automatic check goes through the municipalities' pages every ten days and looks for breaks that are still missing. Breaks that are already over are not looked for. Dates already on the page are not overwritten automatically. If a municipality changes a break afterwards, we correct it by hand.
When do municipalities publish new term dates?
Most municipalities decide their term dates one to two years ahead, often in spring. So the next school year may be missing for a while for some municipalities. If no date is shown for a break, the municipality has not published it yet, or we have not been able to confirm it.
Why do municipalities have different breaks?
Each municipality decides its own breaks. The sports break is spread between week 7 and week 10 depending on where in Sweden you live, partly so the ski resorts are not full the same week. The autumn break is almost always week 44, and the Easter break is around Easter or the week after.
How many school days are in a school year?
According to the Swedish School Ordinance, the school year has at least 178 school days and 12 days off. It starts in August and ends in June. Days off that are not part of the main breaks are often single days, for example around Ascension Day.
Do the dates apply to independent schools and upper secondary?
The dates apply to the municipality's compulsory schools. Independent schools set their own term dates and may have other breaks. Upper secondary schools often follow the same breaks, but not always. Study days, when pupils are off but teachers work, are set by each school and are not listed here.
Found an error?
Get in touch through the contact page and tell us which municipality and break it concerns. We check against the municipality's page and correct it as soon as we can. Contact us