Glögg, open fires and handmade gifts at castles, open-air museums and old wooden towns. These are the Swedish Christmas markets with confirmed dates for this year, with opening hours and entry, straight from the organisers.
Checked on 5 October 2026. Please confirm with the organiser before you travel.
Alvesta
7–15 November 2026
The Christmas fair at the old Huseby ironworks near Alvesta in Småland is one of Sweden's first and biggest, nine days in early November.
Göteborg
From 14 November 2026, events every Advent weekend
At Christmas, Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg turns into a Christmas town with market stalls, lights and julbord.
Mölndal
Weekends 14–15, 21–22 and 28–29 November 2026
At Gunnebo House just south of Gothenburg the stalls fill the shop, the carriage house, the carpentry and the kitchen garden.
Ystad
Sat–Sun 14–15 and 21–22 November 2026
Christmas market at Högestad estate near Ystad in southern Sweden, on two weekends in November.
Kungsbacka
Fri–Sun 20–22 and 27–29 November and 4–6 December 2026
Tjolöholm Castle on the coast between Gothenburg and Varberg holds its Christmas market over three weekends.
Kalmar
Thu–Sun 26–29 November 2026
For four days around the first Sunday of Advent the Christmas fair moves into the halls of Kalmar Castle, with over 110 exhibitors.
Stockholm
Fri–Sun 27 November – 20 December 2026
Skansen's Christmas market in Stockholm has run since 1903: crafts, glögg and open fires every Advent weekend.
Höör
Fri–Sun 27–29 November 2026
At the Scanian Christmas Days, almost a hundred craftspeople and producers fill the castle, vaults and stable yards of Bosjökloster by lake Ringsjön.
Vadstena
Fri–Sun 27–29 November 2026
At "Gammeljul" (old-time Christmas) craftspeople fill the courtyard and halls of Vadstena Castle on lake Vättern.
Uppsala
Sat–Sun 28–29 November 2026
At Gamla Uppsala museum by the royal mounds, crafts with a historical connection are sold on the first Sunday of Advent.
Linköping
Sat–Sun 28–29 November and 5–6 December 2026
Old-fashioned Christmas market in the streets of the Gamla Linköping open-air museum, where the shops and cafés in the old houses are open too.
Eksjö
Sat–Sun 5–6 December 2026
In the middle of the wooden town of Eksjö in Småland, with stalls along the streets and a fire show by the Norra Åbron bridge.
Luleå
Sat–Sun 5–6 December 2026
On the second Sunday of Advent the farmsteads of the Hägnan open-air museum in Gammelstad near Luleå fill with stalls, Santa's family and their reindeer.
Uppsala
Sat–Sun 5–6 December 2026
Around fifty stalls on S:t Eriks torg below Uppsala Cathedral, with gifts, food and choir singing.
Sundsvall
Sat–Sun 5–6 December 2026
Traditional Christmas market up on Norra Berget hill in Sundsvall.
Falun
Sunday 6 December 2026
On the second Sunday of Advent around a hundred exhibitors fill the World Heritage copper mine site in Falun.
Örebro
Sundays 6, 13 and 20 December 2026
Old-fashioned Christmas market among the wooden houses of Wadköping in Örebro, on the Sundays of Advent.
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Find winter cabins →The Swedish Christmas buffet is called julbord: herring, salmon, ham, meatballs and Jansson's temptation. Many restaurants near the markets serve it from late November.
Julbord across Sweden (in Swedish) →