månaders

Månader is the plural form of månad in Swedish, meaning months. It refers to the twelve divisions of a year used in civil calendars and date notation. The term can be used to talk about a single month (en månad) or several months (flera månader or månader in general).

In the Swedish context, the months are januari, februari, mars, april, maj, juni, juli, augusti, september, oktober, november, and december. In the Gregorian calendar, which is used in Sweden and most of the world, there are 12 months in a year. Each month has a fixed length except for February, which has 28 days in common years and 29 days in leap years. The other months have 30 or 31 days: 30 days for april, juni, september, and november; 31 days for januari, maart, mei, juli, augustus, oktober, and december.

The concept of months is used for dating and timekeeping, as well as for measuring durations, such as “three months.” Calendar months are solar-based and do not exactly correspond to lunar cycles, which average about 29.5 days. In Swedish date notation, dates are typically written with day, month, and year, for example 12 mars 2025. Månader as a unit of time appears across many cultural and administrative contexts, from personal planning to official records.