Swedish name day list of 2001
Encyclopedia
This is the current Swedish name day
Name day
A name day is a tradition in many countries in Europe and Latin America that consists of celebrating the day of the year associated with one's given name....

 calendar
, adopted in 2001 by a work group led by the Swedish Academy
Swedish Academy
The Swedish Academy , founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden.-History:The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustav III. Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members. The motto of the Academy is "Talent and Taste"...

. The new list has no official status, but is nevertheless used by most publishers. Several name day lists existed after 1972, when the old name day calendar
Name days in Sweden
This is the old Swedish name day calendar, sanctioned by the Swedish Academy in 1901, with official status until 1972. Some days still refer to traditional or religious feasts rather than personal names. Some of the names below are linked to the original saints or martyrs from which they originate...

 lost its official status. The new list will be updated every 15 years. Some of the names below are linked to the original saints or martyrs from which they originate.


January
  1. Nyårsdagen
    New Year
    The New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner....

     (no name)
  2. Svea
    Svea
    Svea is a Swedish female name. The name was a very popular girls' name during the first half of the 20th century. It may also refer to:*Mother Svea, the Swedish national emblem.*Svea, Svalbard, a mining settlement*Svea, Florida*Svea, Minnesota...

  3. Alfred Alfrida
  4. Rut
    Ruth
    Ruth, Ruth, Rut - in modern Hebrew accent) is a common female given name. It comes from Ruth the Moabite in the Book of Ruth, from the Hebrew for "companion". Ruth can also refer to:-Surname:* Babe Ruth , American baseball player* Earl B...

  5. Hanna
    Hannah (given name)
    Hannah is a personal name, also spelt Hanna, Hana, or Chana, deriving from the Hebrew language חַנָּה , meaning "He has favoured me/favours me ", or "gracious". The name is biblical as it is the name of the mother of the prophet Samuel...

     Hannele
  6. Kasper Melker Baltsar
    Biblical Magi
    The Magi Greek: μάγοι, magoi), also referred to as the Wise Men, Kings, Astrologers, or Kings from the East, were a group of distinguished foreigners who were said to have visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh...

  7. August
    Augustus
    Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...

     Augusta
  8. Erland
  9. Gunnar
    Gunnar
    Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier and attacker . Gunder is a Danish variant, Günther is the modern German variant...

     Gunder
  10. Sigurd Sigbritt
  11. Jan Jannike
  12. Frideborg Fridolf
  13. Knut
    Canute Lavard
    Canute Lavard was a Danish prince. Later he was the first Duke of Schleswig and the first border prince who was both a Danish and a German vassal, a position leafing towards the historical double position of Southern Jutland...

  14. Felix
    Felix of Nola
    Saint Felix of Nola was a priest of Nola in Italy, who though once listed in the General Roman Calendar as a martyr, was instead a confessor of the faith.-Legend:Felix was the elder son of Hermias, a Syrian soldier who had retired to Nola, Italy...

     Felicia
    Felicia
    The name Felicia derives from the Latin adjective felix, meaning "happy", though in the neuter plural form felicia it literally means "happy things" and often occurred in the phrase tempora felicia, "happy times". The sense of it as a feminine personal name appeared in post-Classical use and is of...

  15. Laura Lorentz
  16. Hjalmar Helmer
  17. Anton
    Anthony the Great
    Anthony the Great or Antony the Great , , also known as Saint Anthony, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Abba Antonius , and Father of All Monks, was a Christian saint from Egypt, a prominent leader among the Desert Fathers...

     Tony
  18. Hilda Hildur
  19. Henrik
  20. Fabian
    Pope Fabian
    Pope Fabian was Pope from January 10, 236 to January 20, 250, succeeding Pope Anterus.Eusebius of Caesarea relates how the Christians, having assembled in Rome to elect a new bishop, saw a dove alight upon the head of Fabian, a layman and stranger to the city, who was thus marked out for this...

     Sebastian
  21. Agnes
    Saint Agnes
    Agnes of Rome is a virgin–martyr, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass...

     Agneta
  22. Vincent
    Vincent of Saragossa
    Saint Vincent of Saragossa, also known as Vincent Martyr, Vincent of Huesca or Vincent the Deacon, is the patron saint of Lisbon. His feast day is 22 January in the Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Communion and 11 November in the Eastern Orthodox Churches...

     Viktor
  23. Frej Freja
  24. Erika
  25. Paul
    Paul of Tarsus
    Paul the Apostle , also known as Saul of Tarsus, is described in the Christian New Testament as one of the most influential early Christian missionaries, with the writings ascribed to him by the church forming a considerable portion of the New Testament...

     Pål
  26. Bodil Boel
  27. Göte Göta
  28. Karl
    Charlemagne
    Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800...

     (*
    Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
    Carl XVI Gustaf is the reigning King of Sweden since 15 September 1973, succeeding his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf because his father had predeceased him...

    ) Karla
  29. Diana
  30. Gunilla Gunhild
  31. Ivar Joar


February
  1. Max Maximilian
  2. Kyndelsmässodagen (no name)
  3. Disa Hjördis
  4. Ansgar
    Ansgar
    Saint Ansgar, Anskar or Oscar, was an Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen. The see of Hamburg was designated a "Mission to bring Christianity to the North", and Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North".-Life:After his mother’s early death Ansgar was brought up in Corbie Abbey, and made rapid...

     Anselm
    Anselm of Canterbury
    Anselm of Canterbury , also called of Aosta for his birthplace, and of Bec for his home monastery, was a Benedictine monk, a philosopher, and a prelate of the church who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109...

  5. Agata
    Agatha of Sicily
    Saint Agatha of Sicily is a Christian saint. Her memorial is on 5 February. Agatha was born at Catania, Sicily, and she was martyred in approximately 251...

     Agda
  6. Dorotea
    Dorothea of Caesarea
    Saint Dorothy is a 4th century virgin martyr who was executed at Caesarea Mazaca. Evidence for her actual historical existence or acta is very sparse. She is called a martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution, although her death occurred after the resignation of Diocletian himself...

     Doris
  7. Rikard
    Richard the Pilgrim
    Saint Richard the Pilgrim is a saint of the Christian Church. He was born in Wessex, England...

     Dick
  8. Berta Bert
  9. Fanny Franciska
  10. Iris
  11. Yngve Inge
  12. Evelina Evy
  13. Agne Ove
  14. Valentin
    Saint Valentine
    Saint Valentine is the name of several martyred saints of ancient Rome. The name "Valentine", derived from valens , was popular in Late Antiquity...

  15. Sigfrid
    Sigfrid of Sweden
    Saint Sigfrid was a Benedictine monk and bishop in Sweden; he converted king Olof Skötkonung in 1008...

  16. Julia
    Juliana of Nicomedia
    Saint Juliana of Nicomedia is said to have suffered Christian martyrdom during the Diocletian persecution in 304. She was popular in the Middle Ages, especially in the Netherlands, as the patron saint of sickness.-Historical background:...

     Julius
  17. Alexandra
    Louise of the Netherlands
    Louise of the Netherlands was the Queen of Sweden and Norway as spouse of King Charles XV of Sweden and IV of Norway.-Birth:...

     Sandra
  18. Frida Fritiof
  19. Gabriella Ella
  20. Vivianne
    Saint Bibiana
    The earliest mention in an authentic historical authority of Saint Bibiana , a Roman Virgin and Martyr, occurs in the "Liber Pontificalis,", where, in the biography of Pope Simplicius , it is stated that this pope "consecrated a basilica of the holy martyr Bibiana, which contained her body, near...

  21. Hilding
  22. Pia
    Pia (name)
    -Given name:This is a list of people named Pia:* Pia Arcangel, a newscaster* Pia Cayetano, a lawyer and politician* Pia Charters, a babe* Pia Christmas-Møller, a politician* Pia Clemente, a film producer* Pia Conde, a journalist and television presenter...

  23. Torsten Torun
  24. Mattias
    Saint Matthias
    Matthias , according to the Acts of the Apostles, was the apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following Judas' betrayal of Jesus and his suicide.-Biography:...

     Mats
  25. Sigvard Sivert
  26. Torgny Torkel
  27. Lage
  28. Maria


Leap day on the 29th
has no name.

March
  1. Albin
    Albinus of Angers
    Saint Albinus of Angers was a French abbot and bishop. Born to a noble Gallo-Roman family at Vannes, Brittany, St. Albinus was a monk and afterwards Abbot of Tintillac . His reputation spread during the twenty-five years in which he served as abbot. In 529, St...

     Elvira
  2. Ernst Erna
  3. Gunborg Gunvor
  4. Adrian
    Adrian of Batanea
    Saint Adrian travelled from Batanea to Caesarea Palaestina where he was martyred together with Saint Eubulus. He is commemorated on 5 March....

     Adriana
  5. Tora Tove
  6. Ebba Ebbe
  7. Camilla
  8. Siv
  9. Torbjörn Torleif
  10. Edla Ada
  11. Edvin Egon
  12. Viktoria (*)
  13. Greger
    Pope Gregory I
    Pope Gregory I , better known in English as Gregory the Great, was pope from 3 September 590 until his death...

  14. Matilda
    Matilda of Ringelheim
    Saint Mathilda was the wife of King Henry I of Germany, the first ruler of the Saxon Ottonian dynasty, thereby Duchess consort of Saxony from 912 and German Queen from 919 until 936. Their eldest son Otto succeeded his father as German King and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 962...

     Maud
  15. Kristoffer
    Saint Christopher
    .Saint Christopher is a saint venerated by Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, listed as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd century Roman Emperor Decius or alternatively under the Roman Emperor Maximinus II Dacian...

     Christel
  16. Herbert Gilbert
  17. Gertrud
    Gertrude of Nivelles
    Saint Gertrude of Nivelles was abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles, in present-day Belgium.She was a daughter of Pepin I of Landen and Saint Itta, and a younger sister of Saint Begga, Abbess of Andenne, Saint Bavo and Grimoald I.One day, when she was about ten years of age, her father...

  18. Edvard
    Edward the Martyr
    Edward the Martyr was king of the English from 975 until he was murdered in 978. Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar, but not his father's acknowledged heir...

     Edmund
    Edmund Rich
    Edmund Rich was a 13th century Archbishop of Canterbury in England...

  19. Josef
    Saint Joseph
    Saint Joseph is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ ....

     Josefina
  20. Joakim
    Joachim
    Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican traditions. The story of Joachim and Anne appears first in the apocryphal Gospel of James...

     Kim
  21. Bengt
    Benedict of Nursia
    Saint Benedict of Nursia is a Christian saint, honored by the Roman Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students.Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, about to the east of Rome, before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. There is no...

  22. Kennet Kent
  23. Gerda Gerd
  24. Gabriel
    Gabriel
    In Abrahamic religions, Gabriel is an Archangel who typically serves as a messenger to humans from God.He first appears in the Book of Daniel, delivering explanations of Daniel's visions. In the Gospel of Luke Gabriel foretells the births of both John the Baptist and of Jesus...

     Rafael
    Raphael (archangel)
    Raphael is an archangel of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, who in the Judeo-Christian tradition performs all manners of healing....

  25. Marie bebådelsedag (no name)
  26. Emanuel
    Immanuel
    Immanuel or Emmanuel or Imanu'el . It is a theophoric name used in the Bible in and...

  27. Rudolf Ralf
  28. Malkolm Morgan
  29. Jonas Jens
  30. Holger Holmfrid
  31. Ester


April
  1. Harald Hervor
  2. Gudmund Ingemund
  3. Ferdinand Nanna
  4. Marianne Marlene
  5. Irene
    Agape, Chionia, and Irene
    Saints Agape, Chionia, and Irene were three virgin sisters who were martyred for their faith in 304. Their feast day is April 3....

     Irja
  6. Vilhelm Helmi
  7. Irma Irmelin
  8. Nadja Tanja
  9. Otto
    Otto of Bamberg
    Saint Otto of Bamberg was a medieval German bishop and missionary who, as papal legate, converted much of Pomerania to Christianity.-Life:Otto was born into a noble family in Mistelbach, Franconia...

     Ottilia
  10. Ingvar Ingvor
  11. Ulf
    Ulf
    Ulf is a male name common in Scandinavia and Germany. It derives from the Old Norse word for "wolf" . The oldest written proof of the name's occurrence in Sweden is from a runestone from the 11th Century. The female form is Ylva...

     Ylva
    Ylva
    Ylva is an old Swedish female given name. It is the female form of the masculine given name Ulf and is one of the earliest names to appear in documents. The oldest written proof of the name's occurrence in Sweden was Ingrid Ylva, the mother of Birger Magnusson von Bjälbo from about 1200.-Women...

  12. Liv
  13. Artur Douglas
  14. Tiburtius
  15. Olivia Oliver
  16. Patrik Patricia
  17. Elias Elis
  18. Valdemar Volmar
  19. Olaus
    Olaus Petri
    Olof Persson , better known under the Latin form of his name, Olaus Petri , was a clergyman, writer, and a major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden...

     Ola
  20. Amalia Amelie
  21. Anneli Annika
  22. Allan Glenn
  23. Georg
    Saint George
    Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox...

     Göran
  24. Vega
  25. Markus
    Mark the Evangelist
    Mark the Evangelist is the traditional author of the Gospel of Mark. He is one of the Seventy Disciples of Christ, and the founder of the Church of Alexandria, one of the original four main sees of Christianity....

  26. Teresia Terese
  27. Engelbrekt
  28. Ture Tyra
  29. Tyko
  30. Mariana




May
  1. Valborg
    Walpurgis Night
    Walpurgis Night is a traditional spring festival on 30 April or 1 May in large parts of Central and Northern Europe. It is often celebrated with dancing and with bonfires. It is exactly six months from All Hallows' Eve.-Name:...

  2. Filip
    Philip
    Philip may refer to:*Philip Philip, Phillip, Phil, Philippe, Felipe, Philippus, etc. may also refer to:-Kings of Macedon:* Philip I of Macedon* Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great...

     (*
    Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
    Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland , is the second child of three children and only son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. Born Crown Prince of Sweden, he retained his title and first place in succession for seven months until 1 January 1980...

    ) Filippa
  3. John Jane
  4. Monika Mona
  5. Gotthard
    Gotthard of Hildesheim
    Saint Gotthard , also known as Gothard or Godehard the Bishop, is a Roman Catholic saint.-Life:...

     Erhard
  6. Marit Rita
  7. Carina Carita
  8. Åke
  9. Reidar Reidun
  10. Esbjörn Styrbjörn
  11. Märta Märit
  12. Charlotta Lotta
  13. Linnea Linn
  14. Halvard Halvar
  15. Sofia
    Sophia the Martyr
    Saint Sophia the Martyr is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church on September 17. Born in Italy, Sophia had three daughters: Faith , Love and Hope , who were named after virtues mentioned by Saint Paul in .They are said to have been martyred during the reign of Hadrian...

     Sonja
  16. Ronald Ronny
  17. Rebecka Ruben
    Reuben (Bible)
    According to the Book of Genesis, Reuben or Re'uven was the first and eldest son of Jacob with Leah. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Reuben.-Etymology:...

  18. Erik
    Eric IX of Sweden
    Eric "IX" of Sweden, , also called Eric the Lawgiver, Erik the Saint, Eric the Holy and in Sweden Sankt Erik meaning Saint Eric was a Swedish king c.1155 – 1160...

  19. Maj Majken
  20. Karolina Carola
  21. Konstantin Conny
  22. Hemming Henning
  23. Desideria
    Désirée Clary
    Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary , one-time fiancée of Napoleon Bonaparte, was a Frenchwoman who became Queen of Sweden and Norway as the consort of King Charles XIV John, a former French General. She officially changed her name there to Desideria, a Latin version of her original name...

     Desirée
  24. Ivan Vanja
  25. Urban
    Pope Urban I
    Pope Saint Urban I was Pope from 14 October 222 to 230. He was born in Rome, Roman Empire and succeeded St. Callixtus I who had been martyred. For centuries it was believed that Urban too was martyred...

  26. Vilhelmina Vilma
  27. Beda
    Bede
    Bede , also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede , was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, today part of Sunderland, England, and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow , both in the Kingdom of Northumbria...

     Blenda
  28. Ingeborg Borghild
  29. Yvonne Jeanette
  30. Vera Veronika
  31. Petronella
    Saint Petronilla
    Saint Petronilla is venerated as a virgin martyr by the Catholic Church...

     Pernilla


June
  1. Gun Gunnel
  2. Rutger Roger
  3. Ingemar Gudmar
  4. Solbritt Solveig
  5. Bo
  6. Gustav Gösta
  7. Robert
    Robert of Newminster
    Saint Robert of Newminster was a Priest, Abbot, and a canonized saint of the Roman Catholic Church.-Early life:Saint Robert was born in the district of Craven, near Skipton in North Yorkshire, probably in the village of Gargrave. He studied at the University of Paris, where he is said to have...

     Robin
  8. Eivor Majvor
  9. Börje Birger
  10. Svante Boris
  11. Bertil Berthold
  12. Eskil
    Saint Eskil
    Saint Eskil was an Anglo-Saxon monk particularly venerated during the end of the 11th century in the Province of Södermanland, Sweden. He was the founder of the first Diocese of the lands surrounding Lake Mälaren, today the Diocese of Strängnäs...

  13. Aina Aino
  14. Håkan Hakon
  15. Margit Margot
  16. Axel Axelina
  17. Torborg Torvald
  18. Björn Bjarne
  19. Germund Görel
  20. Linda
  21. Alf Alvar
  22. Paulina
    Paulinus of Nola
    Saint Paulinus of Nola, also known as Pontificus Meropius Anicius Paulinus was a Roman senator who converted to a severe monasticism in 394...

     Paula
  23. Adolf Alice
  24. Johannes Döparens dag
    John the Baptist
    John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...

     (no name)
  25. David
    David
    David was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible and, according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, an ancestor of Jesus Christ through both Saint Joseph and Mary...

     Salomon
    Salomon
    Salomon is a form of the given name Solomon. It can refer to:People* Salomon, King of Brittany * Salomon Companies* Salomon Brothers, a former investment bank, now a part of Citigroup...

  26. Rakel
    Rachel
    Rachel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, is a prophet and the favorite wife of Jacob, one of the three Biblical Patriarchs, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. She was the daughter of Laban and the younger sister of Leah, Jacob's first wife...

     Lea
    Leah
    Leah , as described in the Hebrew Bible, is the first of the two concurrent wives of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob and mother of six of sons whose descendants became the Twelve Tribes of Israel, along with at least one daughter, Dinah. She is the daughter of Laban and the older sister of Rachel, whom...

  27. Selma Fingal
  28. Leo
  29. Peter
    Saint Peter
    Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...

     Petra
  30. Elof Leif


July
  1. Aron
    Aaron
    In the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an, Aaron : Ααρών ), who is often called "'Aaron the Priest"' and once Aaron the Levite , was the older brother of Moses, and a prophet of God. He represented the priestly functions of his tribe, becoming the first High Priest of the Israelites...

     Mirjam
  2. Rosa Rosita
  3. Aurora
  4. Ulrika Ulla
  5. Laila Ritva
  6. Esaias Jessika
  7. Klas
  8. Kjell
  9. Jörgen Örjan
  10. André Andrea
  11. Eleonora Ellinor
  12. Herman Hermine
  13. Joel
    Joel (prophet)
    Joel was a prophet of ancient Israel, the second of the twelve minor prophets and the author of the Book of Joel. He is mentioned by name only once in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, in the introduction to his own brief book, as the son of Pethuel...

     Judit
  14. Folke
  15. Ragnhild Ragnvald
  16. Reinhold Reine
  17. Bruno
    Bruno of Cologne
    Saint Bruno of Cologne , the founder of the Carthusian Order, personally founded the order's first two communities...

  18. Fredrik
    Frederick of Utrecht
    Frederick I was Bishop of Utrecht between 815/816 and 834/838, and a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.Frederick was born around 780 in Friesland and was a grandson of the Frisian King Radboud. According to the Catholic Church, he died on July 18, 838, but other sources give dates between 834 and...

     Fritz
  19. Sara
    Sarah
    Sarah or Sara was the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. Her name was originally Sarai...

  20. Margareta Greta
  21. Johanna
  22. Magdalena
    Mary Magdalene
    Mary Magdalene was one of Jesus' most celebrated disciples, and the most important woman disciple in the movement of Jesus. Jesus cleansed her of "seven demons", conventionally interpreted as referring to complex illnesses...

     Madeleine (*
    Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
    Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland is the youngest child and second daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden...

    )
  23. Emma
  24. Kristina
    Christina of Bolsena
    Saint Christina of Bolsena, also known as Christina of Tyre, or in the Eastern Orthodox Church as Christina the Great Martyr, is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 3rd century....

     Kerstin
  25. Jakob
    Jacob
    Jacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the...

  26. Jesper
  27. Marta
  28. Botvid
    Saint Botvid
    -Biography:Botvid, who was born in Södermanland, Sweden, went on a trade trip to England and where he came into contact with Christianity and was converted to the Christian faith. Botvid was sent back as a missionary to Sweden by Saint Sigfrid of Växjö along with Saint David and Saint Eskil. The...

     Seved
  29. Olof
    Olaf II of Norway
    Olaf II Haraldsson was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. He was posthumously given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae and canonised in Nidaros by Bishop Grimkell, one year after his death in the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030. Enshrined in Nidaros Cathedral...

  30. Algot
  31. Helena
    Helena of Skövde
    Saint Helena was a woman of high birth, who lived in the 12th century, and was considered to be the patron saint of Skövde, Sweden. Saint Helena decorates the Skövde city arm and is the patron saint of the church in Ränneslöv.She was born around 1101...

     Elin


August
  1. Per
  2. Karin Kajsa
  3. Tage
  4. Arne Arnold
  5. Ulrik Alrik
  6. Alfons Inez
  7. Dennis Denise
  8. Silvia (*) Sylvia
  9. Roland
  10. Lars
    Saint Lawrence
    Lawrence of Rome was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution of Valerian in 258.- Holy Chalice :...

  11. Susanna
    Saints Tiburtius and Susanna
    Saints Tiburtius and Susanna were two Roman Catholic martyrs, the feast day of each of whom is 11 August. The saints were not related, but are simply venerated on the same day.-Tiburtius:...

  12. Klara
    Clare of Assisi
    Clare of Assisi , born Chiara Offreduccio, is an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi...

  13. Kaj
  14. Uno
  15. Stella Estelle
  16. Brynolf
  17. Verner Valter
  18. Ellen Lena
  19. Magnus
    Magnus of Avignon
    Saint Magnus of Avignon was a bishop and governor of Avignon, his native city. He was a Gallo-Roman senator. A widower, he was the father of Saint Agricola of Avignon. Magnus became a monk and then became bishop of Avignon. He appointed his son coadjutor. He is the patron saint of fish dealers...

     Måns
  20. Bernhard
    Bernard of Clairvaux
    Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian order.After the death of his mother, Bernard sought admission into the Cistercian order. Three years later, he was sent to found a new abbey at an isolated clearing in a glen known as the Val...

     Bernt
  21. Jon Jonna
  22. Henrietta Henrika
  23. Signe Signhild
  24. Bartolomeus
    Bartholomew
    Bartholomew was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, and is usually identified as Nathaniel . He was introduced to Christ through St. Philip, another of the twelve apostles as per , where the name Nathaniel first appears. He is also mentioned as “Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee” in...

  25. Lovisa Louise
  26. Östen
  27. Rolf Raoul
  28. Gurli Leila
  29. Hans Hampus
  30. Albert Albertina
  31. Arvid Vidar




September
  1. Samuel
  2. Justus Justina
  3. Alfhild Alva
  4. Gisela
  5. Adela Heidi
  6. Lilian (*
    Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland
    Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland is a Welsh former fashion model who has been a member of the Swedish Royal Family since marrying Prince Bertil , an uncle of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, in 1976.-Early life:Born in Swansea, Wales, the daughter of William John Davies and wife Gladys Mary...

    ) Lilly
  7. Regina Roy
  8. Alma Hulda
  9. Anita Annette
  10. Tord Turid
  11. Dagny Helny
  12. Åsa Åslög
  13. Sture
  14. Ida
  15. Sigrid Siri
  16. Dag Daga
  17. Hildegard
    Hildegard of Bingen
    Blessed Hildegard of Bingen , also known as Saint Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath. Elected a magistra by her fellow nuns in 1136, she founded the monasteries of Rupertsberg in 1150 and...

     Magnhild
  18. Orvar
  19. Fredrika
    Frederica of Baden
    Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden was Queen consort of Sweden from 1797 to 1809. Daughter of Karl Ludwig of Baden and Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, she was the younger sister of Empress Elisabeth Alexeievna , wife of Tsar Alexander I of Russia.-Biography:She was born in Karlsruhe...

  20. Elise Lisa
  21. Matteus
    Matthew the Evangelist
    Matthew the Evangelist was, according to the Bible, one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the four Evangelists.-Identity:...

  22. Maurits Moritz
  23. Tekla
    Thecla
    Thecla was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul the Apostle. The only known record of her comes from the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla, probably composed in the 2nd century.-Biography:...

     Tea
  24. Gerhard
    Gerard Sagredo
    Saint Gerard Sagredo , also called Gerhard or Gellert, was an Italian bishop from Venice who operated in the Kingdom of Hungary , and educated Saint Emeric of Hungary, the son of Saint Stephen of Hungary). He played a major role in converting Hungary to Christianity...

     Gert
  25. Tryggve
  26. Enar Einar
  27. Dagmar Rigmor
  28. Lennart Leonard
    Leonard of Noblac
    Leonard of Noblac or of Limoges or de Noblet , is a Frankish saint closely associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in Haute-Vienne, in the Limousin of France.-Traditional biography:According to the romance that...

  29. Mikael Mikaela
  30. Helge


October
  1. Ragnar Ragna
  2. Ludvig
    Louis IX of France
    Louis IX , commonly Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death. He was also styled Louis II, Count of Artois from 1226 to 1237. Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was an eighth-generation descendant of Hugh Capet, and thus a member of the House of Capet, and the son of Louis VIII and...

     Love
  3. Evald Osvald
    Oswald of Northumbria
    Oswald was King of Northumbria from 634 until his death, and is now venerated as a Christian saint.Oswald was the son of Æthelfrith of Bernicia and came to rule after spending a period in exile; after defeating the British ruler Cadwallon ap Cadfan, Oswald brought the two Northumbrian kingdoms of...

  4. Frans
    Francis of Assisi
    Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St...

     Frank
  5. Bror
  6. Jenny Jennifer
  7. Birgitta (*
    Princess Birgitta of Sweden
    Princess Birgitta of Sweden and Hohenzollern is a sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf. She was born at Haga Palace in Stockholm County.-Family:...

    ) Britta
  8. Nils
  9. Ingrid Inger
  10. Harry Harriet
  11. Erling Jarl
  12. Valfrid Manfred
  13. Berit Birgit
  14. Stellan
  15. Hedvig Hillevi
  16. Finn
  17. Antonia Toini
  18. Lukas
    Luke the Evangelist
    Luke the Evangelist was an Early Christian writer whom Church Fathers such as Jerome and Eusebius said was the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles...

  19. Tore Tor
  20. Sibylla
    Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Princess Sibylla of Sweden, Duchess of Västerbotten , was the wife of Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and is the mother of the current King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf.-Early life:She was the daughter of Charles Edward,...

  21. Ursula
    Saint Ursula
    Saint Ursula is a British Christian saint. Her feast day in the extraordinary form calendar of the Catholic Church is October 21...

     Yrsa
  22. Marika Marita
  23. Severin
    Severin of Cologne
    Saint Severin of Cologne was the third known Bishop of Cologne, living in the later 4th century. Little is known of him. He is said in 376 to have founded a monastery in the then Colonia Agrippina in honour of the martyrs Saints Cornelius and Cyprian, from which developed the later Basilica of St....

     Sören
  24. Evert Eilert
  25. Inga Ingalill
  26. Amanda Rasmus
    Erasmus of Formiae
    Saint Erasmus of Formiae was a Christian saint and martyr who died ca. 303, also known as Saint Elmo. He is venerated as the patron saint of sailors...

  27. Sabina
    Saint Sabina
    Saint Sabina, matron and martyr from Rome. The widow of Senator Valentinus and daughter of Herod Metallarius. After her female slave Saint Serapia was denounced as a witch and beheaded, Sabina rescued her slave's remains and had them interred in the family mausoleum where she also expected to be...

  28. Simon Simone
  29. Viola
  30. Elsa Isabella
  31. Edit Edgar


November
  1. Allhelgonadagen
    All Saints
    All Saints' Day , often shortened to All Saints, is a solemnity celebrated on 1 November by parts of Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity, in honour of all the saints, known and unknown...

     (no name)
  2. Tobias
    Book of Tobit
    The Book of Tobit is a book of scripture that is part of the Catholic and Orthodox biblical canon, pronounced canonical by the Council of Carthage of 397 and confirmed for Roman Catholics by the Council of Trent...

  3. Hubert
    Hubertus
    Saint Hubertus or Hubert , called the "Apostle of the Ardennes" was the first Bishop of Liège...

     Hugo
  4. Sverker
  5. Eugen
    Charles XV of Sweden
    Charles XV & IV also Carl ; Swedish and Norwegian: Karl was King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 until his death....

     Eugenia
  6. Gustav Adolf
    Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
    Gustav II Adolf has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great,...

  7. Ingegerd Ingela
  8. Vendela
  9. Teodor
    Theodore of Amasea
    See also Theodore StratelatesSaint Theodore of Amasea is one of the two saints called Theodore who are venerated as Warrior Saints and Great Martyrs in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is also known as Theodore Tiro...

     Teodora
  10. Martin Martina
  11. Mårten
    Martin of Tours
    Martin of Tours was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued, and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints...

  12. Konrad Kurt
  13. Kristian Krister
  14. Emil Emilia
  15. Leopold
  16. Vibeke Viveka
  17. Naemi Naima
  18. Lillemor Moa
  19. Elisabet
    Elisabeth of Hungary
    Elizabeth of Hungary, T.O.S.F., was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary, Countess of Thuringia, Germany and a greatly-venerated Catholic saint. Elizabeth was married at the age of 14, and widowed at 20. She then became one of the first members of the newly-founded Third Order of St. Francis,...

     Lisbet
  20. Pontus Marina
  21. Helga Olga
  22. Cecilia Sissela
  23. Klemens
    Pope Clement I
    Starting in the 3rd and 4th century, tradition has identified him as the Clement that Paul mentioned in Philippians as a fellow laborer in Christ.While in the mid-19th century it was customary to identify him as a freedman of Titus Flavius Clemens, who was consul with his cousin, the Emperor...

  24. Gudrun Rune
  25. Katarina Katja
  26. Linus
  27. Astrid Asta
  28. Malte
  29. Sune
  30. Andreas
    Saint Andrew
    Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him...

     Anders


December
  1. Oskar Ossian
  2. Beata Beatrice
  3. Lydia
  4. Barbara Barbro
  5. Sven
  6. Nikolaus
    Saint Nicholas
    Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...

     Niklas
  7. Angela Angelika
  8. Virginia
  9. Anna
  10. Malin Malena
  11. Daniel
    Daniel
    Daniel is the protagonist in the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible. In the narrative, when Daniel was a young man, he was taken into Babylonian captivity where he was educated in Chaldean thought. However, he never converted to Neo-Babylonian ways...

     Daniela
  12. Alexander Alexis
  13. Lucia
    Saint Lucy
    Saint Lucy , also known as Saint Lucia, was a wealthy young Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint by Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Orthodox Christians. Her feast day in the West is 13 December; with a name derived from lux, lucis "light", she is the patron saint of those who are...

  14. Sten Sixten
  15. Gottfrid
  16. Assar
  17. Stig
  18. Abraham
    Abraham
    Abraham , whose birth name was Abram, is the eponym of the Abrahamic religions, among which are Judaism, Christianity and Islam...

  19. Isak
  20. Israel Moses
  21. Tomas
    Thomas (name)
    Thomas is a masculine given name. It is based on the Biblical Greek , which is itself a transcription of the Aramaic "twin", the Hebrew cognate being...

  22. Natanael Jonatan
  23. Adam
    Adam and Eve
    Adam and Eve were, according to the Genesis creation narratives, the first human couple to inhabit Earth, created by YHWH, the God of the ancient Hebrews...

  24. Eva
    Adam and Eve
    Adam and Eve were, according to the Genesis creation narratives, the first human couple to inhabit Earth, created by YHWH, the God of the ancient Hebrews...

  25. Juldagen (no name)
  26. Stefan
    Saint Stephen
    Saint Stephen The Protomartyr , the protomartyr of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches....

     Staffan
  27. Johannes
    John the Apostle
    John the Apostle, John the Apostle, John the Apostle, (Aramaic Yoħanna, (c. 6 - c. 100) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of James, another of the Twelve Apostles...

    Johan
  28. Benjamin (Värnlösa barns dag)
  29. Natalia Natalie
  30. Abel Set
  31. Sylvester

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