Time-zone spread
Sweden is modeled as a single-zone country on this page, so the main planning risk is not internal time spread but coordination with DST-observing countries elsewhere.
Largest indexed cluster: Europe/Stockholm · 4 cities.
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Country time hub
Sweden has 1 time zone.
Last updated recently. Country-level time references, currency snapshots, nearby airports, and next-holiday context refresh on the daily page update window.
What time is it in Sweden
It's currently 12:00 PM GMT+2 in Sweden, which is UTC+02:00. Sweden observes daylight saving time.
Primary timezone
Europe/Stockholm
Indexed cities
4
Next holiday
National Day of Sweden
June 6, 2026
Airport pages
4
Operational country read
This page is classified as a compact country time hub. It combines city coverage, time-zone spread, holiday signals, airport links, and reference-market overlap so users can decide whether to open a city page, a meeting planner, or a travel page next.
Time-zone spread
Sweden is modeled as a single-zone country on this page, so the main planning risk is not internal time spread but coordination with DST-observing countries elsewhere.
Largest indexed cluster: Europe/Stockholm · 4 cities.
Reference-market overlap
Sweden overlaps 2 of 8 reference markets right now. Use those rows for live calls and treat the remaining markets as async handoffs.
Snapshot uses 8 reference market clocks against Europe/Stockholm.
Planning next step
Sweden has an airport-country page, so travel planning can move from national time context into arrival-city and airport-zone details.
Country evidence
Practical use cases
Trust boundaries
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
Swedish Krona
1 USD = 9.374 SEK
Quick conversions
Sweden has approximately 10.6 million residents (SCB 2024) and a nominal GDP of around 600 billion USD (IMF 2024), the largest Nordic economy. Civil time runs on Europe/Stockholm (CET UTC+1 / CEST UTC+2), with one timezone covering the whole country despite a ~1,570 km north-south span from Skåne to Lapland — summer daylight in Kiruna exceeds 20 hours while Malmö gets around 17. Sweden observes EU-mandated DST; the 2018 EU consultation supported abolishing clock changes but coordination has stalled since 2021. A constitutional monarchy under King Carl XVI Gustaf with a parliamentary Riksdag, Sweden joined the EU in 1995 and is in Schengen but retains the krona (SEK) rather than the euro, and hosts Nasdaq Stockholm. Swedish is official alongside five recognised minority languages (Finnish, Meänkieli, Sami, Romani, Yiddish). Sweden is among the world's most cashless economies, with cash below 10% of point-of-sale volume.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-23 (manual).
Capital
Stockholm
Population
10,605,098
Area
450,295 km²
Languages
Swedish
Currencies
SEK
Indexed cities
4
Indexed airports
4
Next public holiday
June 6, 2026
Sweden is one of the country intelligence hubs in WorldClockTools, so this page combines live timezone structure, major city clocks, holidays, airports, and same-day planning signals instead of stopping at a flat country index.
Sweden currently spans 1 curated timezone. It sits in the Northern Europe subregion. The wider region is Europe.
Tue, Jun 2
Göteborg
12:00 PM
Europe/Stockholm
Tue, Jun 2
Malmö
12:00 PM
Europe/Stockholm
Tue, Jun 2
Stockholm
12:00 PM
Europe/Stockholm
Tue, Jun 2
Uppsala
12:00 PM
Europe/Stockholm
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
| Reference market | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:00 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:00 AM | -6h | Plan around office hours |
| Los Angeles | 03:00 AM | -9h | Plan around office hours |
| Dubai | 02:00 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:00 PM | +6h | Plan around office hours |
| Tokyo | 07:00 PM | +7h | Plan around office hours |
| Sydney | 08:00 PM | +8h | Plan around office hours |
| São Paulo | 07:00 AM | -5h | Plan around office hours |
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Reference fields include Sweden: ISO code, canonical slug, timezone roster, indexed cities, airport rows, next holiday, currency/language hints, reference-market overlap, and country-specific planning text.
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Public holidays in Sweden
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Airports in Sweden
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Market hours
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