Saturday October 24, 2026
Today it is the name day for Evert & Eilert. Nollan.se shows the Swedish name day automatically – every day, all year round – right next to the clock, weather and days until payday on the dashboard.
A name day (Swedish namnsdag) links each day of the year to one or more first names. If your name is on today's date, it is "your" name day – a small, cheerful tradition that has been part of Swedish everyday life for centuries.
Name days go back to the medieval church calendar, where each day honoured a particular saint or martyr. People were often named after the saint of their birth or baptism day, so the calendar of saints doubled as a calendar of names. Over time the religious meaning faded, but the habit of tying names to dates stayed.
In Sweden the list was long tied to the almanac published under a royal/academic monopoly. It has been revised several times – notably in 1901, 1972, 1986, 1993 and 2001 – to add popular modern names and drop ones that had fallen out of use.
Today the Swedish name-day list is maintained by the Swedish Academy. The current version places two names on most days, chosen to balance tradition with names people actually use. It is a cultural list, not an official register – nobody is required to follow it, and plenty of names are not on it at all.
Gently. It is common to send a quick "grattis på namnsdagen", bring a small cake to a colleague, or give a tiny gift – much less of an event than a birthday. Its charm is that it falls on the same date every year, so it is easy to remember and hard to get wrong.
Nollan.se reads the official Swedish name-day list and shows today's name automatically. Open the site any day and it is already there – no sign-up, nothing to configure. You can also install Nollan as a free app on your phone.
Today, Saturday October 24, 2026, it is the name day for Evert & Eilert. Nollan.se follows the official Swedish name-day list and updates every day.
The list is maintained by the Swedish Academy. It is a cultural list rather than an official register – nobody is required to follow it, and many names are not on it at all. It has been revised several times, notably in 1901, 1972, 1986, 1993 and 2001.
The current version of the list places two names on most days, chosen to balance long-standing tradition with names people actually use today. A few days have one name, and some have none.
In Swedish you say "grattis på namnsdagen". It is a low-key tradition, a quick message, a small cake at work or a tiny gift. Much less of an event than a birthday, and it falls on the same date every year.