Danish public holidays are by law set to be the same as the holidays defined by the Danish Church. Under normal circumstances, employees across the country enjoy these days off.
- January 1 New Year's Day
- varies - Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)
- varies - Maundy Thursday (Thursday before Easter)
- varies - Good Friday (Friday before Easter)
- varies - Easter (usually in April)
- varies - Easter Monday (Easter Sunday + 1 day)
- varies - Prayer Day (4th Friday after Easter)
- varies - Ascension Day (40 days after Easter)
- varies - Pentecost (7 weeks after Easter)
- varies - Pentecost Monday (Pentecost + 1 day)
- December 25 First Day of Christmas
- December 26 Second Day of Christmas
SPECIAL DAYS
Some of these special days (
shown below) are political decisions, and some from catholic traditions that predate the current national church. Some are simply the Scandinavian tradition of starting the celebrations of a special day on the evening before the actual day.
- varies - Fastelavn (Seven weeks before Easter)
- May 1 Labor Day
- June 5 Constitution Day
- June 23 Summer Solstice Eve
- November 10 St. Martin's Day Eve
- December 13 St. Lucy's Day
- December 24 Christmas Eve
- December 31 New Year's Eve
