School holidays Uppsala 2026
When are the school breaks in Uppsala? 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 | – | Uppsala kommun – Läsårstider 2025/2026 (PDF) Reviewed |
| Easter break | – | Uppsala kommun – Läsårstider 2025/2026 (PDF) Reviewed |
| Autumn break | – | Uppsala kommun – Läsårstider för grundskola och gymnasium Reviewed |
| Christmas break | – | Uppsala kommun – Läsårstider för grundskola och gymnasium 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 Uppsala 2026
Planning time off in Uppsala starts with knowing when the children are free from school. The sportlov, or winter sports break, takes place during week 8 and runs from Monday, February 16, through Friday, February 20. The Easter break is set for week 14, spanning four days from Monday, March 30, through Thursday, April 2. Later in the year, the autumn break, or höstlov, falls in week 44 and covers the period from Monday, October 26, to Friday, October 30.
The Christmas break for the 2026 academic year is the longest period, lasting from Wednesday, December 23, until Tuesday, January 12, 2027. This provides 21 calendar days of consecutive leave, covering both Christmas and New Year. These dates are based on the official academic calendar for primary schools in Uppsala municipality. Please check with your child’s school to see if they have scheduled additional professional development days or other variations in their local schedule.
About Uppsala
Uppsala is Sweden's fourth-largest municipality, known for its university from 1477 and its cathedral, the tallest church in the Nordic countries. The Fyris river runs through the centre, and many families commute to Stockholm or Arlanda airport just south of the municipal border. Uppsala sets shared term dates for compulsory and upper secondary schools, which makes planning easier for families with children of different ages.
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