In Sweden, the ISO 8601 standard is followed in most written Swedish, but older forms remain. Dates are generally and officially written in the form YYYY-MM-DD, for instance 2001-08-31 for 31 August 2001, or using the full format (31 augusti 2001).
The international standard recommends writing the date as year, then month, then the day: YYYY-MM-DD.
Date/Time FormatsFormatDescriptionYYMMDDTwo-digit year, two-digit month, two-digit dayMMDDYYTwo-digit month, two-digit day, last two digits of year (example: 121599)YYYYMMDDFour-digit year, two-digit month, two-digit day (example: 19991215)DDMMYYYYTwo-digit day, two-digit month, four-digit year (example: 15121999)44 more rows
What number of the month is May?
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days.
What is Fika?
a coffee and cake break Fika is often translated as a coffee and cake break, which is kind of correct, but really it is much more than that. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues to share a cup of coffee (or tea) and a little something to eat.