Prayer Times in Stockholm

About Prayer Times in Stockholm

Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, has a Muslim population of approximately 200,000 — roughly 18% of the city's 1.1 million residents — and Sweden's total Muslim population is estimated at 800,000 to one million, the result of decades of immigration from the Middle East, North Africa, Somalia, and the Balkans, as well as a significant refugee intake. Stockholm's Muslim community is notably diverse: Somalis, Iraqis, Syrians, Bosnians, and Afghans are all well-represented alongside North African communities.

Swedish mosques primarily use the Muslim World League method (Fajr at 18°), with timetables coordinated by the Islamic Cooperation Council of Sweden (SMR). Stockholm's latitude of 59.3°N creates some of the most extreme prayer-time challenges of any major Muslim city in the world. In June, there is effectively no true astronomical night — Fajr and Isha overlap, making it impossible to calculate Isha from natural light. Scholars universally apply a fixed-time rule (such as midnight or a fixed fraction of the night), and fasting during Ramadan in June can exceed 20 hours. In December, Fajr falls around 7:20 AM and Maghrib near 2:55 PM — a daytime of barely seven and a half hours.

The Stockholms Moské (Stockholm Mosque, also known as Fatih Mosque) in Södermalm is the city's main purpose-built mosque, serving the Turkish community. The Islamic Information Association mosque in Kungsholmen and the large Bosnian Islamic Community mosque serve other sections of the community. Stockholm is also home to the Islamic Academy of Sweden (Islamiska Akademin), which trains imams for Swedish mosques. The Swedish government formally recognises Islam as a religion and provides some public funding to registered Muslim congregations.