Public holidays in Denmark, 2028
Denmark observes 14 nationwide public holidays in 2028. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 252 days.
Every public holiday in 2028
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, 1 Jan | Saturday Weekend | New Year's Day Nytårsdag |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 13 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday Skærtorsdag |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 14 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Langfredag |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 16 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Påskedag |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 17 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday 2. Påskedag |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 25 May | Thursday | Ascension Day Kristi Himmelfartsdag |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 26 May | Friday | Bank closing day Banklukkedag |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 4 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Pentecost Pinsedag |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 5 Jun | Monday | Constitution Day Grundlovsdag |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 5 Jun | Monday | Whit Monday 2. Pinsedag |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 24 Dec | Sunday Weekend | Christmas Eve Juleaftensdag |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 25 Dec | Monday | Christmas Day Juledag / 1. juledag |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 26 Dec | Tuesday | St. Stephen's Day 2. juledag |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 31 Dec | Sunday Weekend | New Year's Eve Nytårsaftensdag |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| February | 29 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| March | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| April | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 136 |
| May | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| September | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| December | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| Year | 366 | 106 | 8 | 252 | 2,016 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Denmark. Only nationwide holidays are deducted; a date observed in one region alone still counts as a working day here, because a national figure that moved with regional calendars would describe nobody accurately.
5 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: New Year's Day (1 Jan), Easter Sunday (16 Apr), Pentecost (4 Jun), Christmas Eve (24 Dec), New Year's Eve (31 Dec). Whether these are compensated with a substitute day depends on national rules rather than on the calendar, so confirm before planning around them.
The longest working month is March at 23 days; the shortest is April at 17. That spread of 6 days matters for anything billed or accrued monthly, which is why payroll and capacity plans that assume an even year drift by the end of it. The thinnest quarter is Q2, carrying 59 working days across April, May, June.
Compared with 2027, which held 252 working days, 2028 is identical in length.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2028, Denmark's 14 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 75th percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 50.
The holidays produce 4 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 5 days, from 13 April 2028 to 17 April 2028, built around Maundy Thursday and Good Friday and Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. The full breakdown is here.
8 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2027: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Bank closing day and others. Dates that move cannot be carried forward from last year's planning spreadsheet, which is the most common way a holiday is missed.
Notes on Denmark
Denmark abolished a public holiday. Store Bededag, the Great Prayer Day falling on the fourth
Friday after Easter, ceased to be a holiday from 2024 under legislation passed the previous year.
Any calendar or working day figure sourced from before that change overstates Danish time off by
one day, and a surprising number of them are still in circulation.
The wider Danish pattern is that holiday entitlement rests on collective agreements rather than
on statute. Constitution Day on 5 June and Christmas Eve are not public holidays in law, yet most
of the country does not work on them. The figures here follow the legal position, so treat them
as a floor for planning rather than as a description of who will answer the phone.