Christmas at Liseberg ★ 4.8
The Christmas market at Liseberg amusement park in November and December is one of Scandinavia's most celebrated, with 5 million lights, gloegg stalls.
12 food festivals with a guide across 2 cities in Sweden, in date order from today. Each opens the festival page with dates, what to eat and what to book around it. How these cities compare with the rest: the city food festival index.
November 2026
All festivals in NovemberSkansen's Christmas market, held since 1903, opens Friday to Sunday on four weekends with about 70 stalls selling Christmas bread, herring, smoked fish and sausages, plus glögg and kolbullar.
TipThe market is inside the open-air museum, so it costs Skansen's normal entry; children and young people up to 15 get in free.
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December 2026
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Lucia on December 13 in Stockholm brings choirs into churches, concert halls, schools and workplaces, and saffron buns (lussekatter) served with glögg, the mulled wine.
TipSome Lucia events are ticketed concerts and others are open celebrations; lussekatter often come with gingerbread cookies and glögg before or after a concert.
April 2027
All festivals in AprilEn Ol och Whiskymassa in April draws craft beer and spirits enthusiasts to the Swedish Exhibition Centre with over 160 producers pouring across two days.
May 2027
All festivals in MayThe annual Fisk och Skaldjursfestivalen at Feskekorka in early May celebrates the West Coast harvest with live shellfish from local boats, oyster shucking.
June 2027
All festivals in JuneMajornas Beer Festival ★ 4.4
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Majornas Beer Festival in June is hosted at Majornas Bryggeri on Karl Johansgatan with guest breweries pouring alongside the host, presenting a mix.
August 2027
All festivals in AugustExpected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
In August, Gothenburg hosts its most exuberant kraeftskiva (crayfish party) season, with restaurants and bars across the city setting up outdoor crayfish.
Way Out West ★ 4.6
Way Out West is a three-day music festival in Slottsskogen park, Gothenburg, with a vegetarian food offering and a Stay Out West club programme across the city at night.
Surströmmingspremiär is the official fermented herring premiere on the third Thursday of August; in Stockholm, Tennstopet, Sturehof and Knut usually serve it in season.
TipEat it outdoors: Visit Sweden's advice is to open the pressurised tin in a basin of water and to eat it outside, always.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Streetfoodfestivalen fills Kungstorget and Basargatan with food trucks during Goteborgskalaset, Gothenburg's late August city festival, and hosts the Swedish street food championship.
October 2027
All festivals in OctoberExpected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Kanelbullens Dag every October 4 in Stockholm celebrates the national cinnamon-bun day; bakeries city-wide push the kanelbulle to the front counter.
TipVete-Katten, Fabrique and Lillebrors all run limited-edition variations. Arrive at 09:00 to avoid the 11:00 queue.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival, running since 1992, fills Nacka Strandsmassan on 23 and 24 October 2026 with more than 100 exhibitors and guided tastings.
TipFriday and Saturday public sessions. Tickets sell out two months ahead.
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