Public holidays in Faroe Islands, 2025
Faroe Islands observes 17 nationwide public holidays in 2025. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 246 days.
Every public holiday in 2025
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 1 Jan | Wednesday | New Year's Day Nýggjársdagur |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 17 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday Skírhósdagur |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 18 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Langifríggjadagur |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 20 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Páskadagur |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 21 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday 2. Páskadagur |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 25 Apr | Friday | National Flag Day Flaggdagur |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 16 May | Friday | General Prayer Day Dýri biðidagur |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 29 May | Thursday | Ascension Day Kristi himmalsferðar dagur |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 5 Jun | Thursday | Constitution Day Grundlógardagur Danmarkar |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 8 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Pentecost Hvítasunnudagur |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 9 Jun | Monday | Whit Monday 2. Hvítasunnudagur |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 28 Jul | Monday | Saint Olav's Eve Ólavsøkuaftan |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 29 Jul | Tuesday | Saint Olav's Day Ólavsøkudagur |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 24 Dec | Wednesday | Christmas Eve Jólaaftanskvøld |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 25 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Day Jóladagur |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 26 Dec | Friday | St. Stephen's Day 2. Jóladagur |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 31 Dec | Wednesday | New Year's Eve Nýggjársaftan |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 176 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 144 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| November | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 152 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 15 | 246 | 1,968 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Faroe Islands. 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.
2 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Easter Sunday (20 Apr), Pentecost (8 Jun). 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 October at 23 days; the shortest is April at 18. That spread of 5 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 57 working days across April, May, June.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2025, Faroe Islands's 17 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 92nd percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 48.
The holidays produce 6 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 5 days, from 17 April 2025 to 21 April 2025, built around Maundy Thursday and Good Friday and Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. A further 2 working days are stranded between a holiday and a weekend, where one day of leave buys a break of four days or more. The full breakdown is here.