Public holidays in Finland, 2026
Finland observes 15 nationwide public holidays in 2026. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 252 days.
Every public holiday in 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day Uudenvuodenpäivä |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 6 Jan | Tuesday | Epiphany Loppiainen |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Pitkäperjantai |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 5 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Pääsiäispäivä |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Toinen pääsiäispäivä |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 1 May | Friday | May Day Vappu |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 14 May | Thursday | Ascension Day Helatorstai |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 24 May | Sunday Weekend | Pentecost Helluntaipäivä |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 19 Jun | Friday | Midsummer Eve Juhannusaatto |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 20 Jun | Saturday Weekend | Midsummer Day Juhannuspäivä |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 31 Oct | Saturday Weekend | All Saints' Day Pyhäinpäivä |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 6 Dec | Sunday Weekend | Independence Day Itsenäisyyspäivä |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 24 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Eve Jouluaatto |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day Joulupäivä |
Nationwide |
| Sat, 26 Dec | Saturday Weekend | St. Stephen's Day Tapaninpäivä |
Nationwide |
Working days month by month
| Month | Calendar days | Weekend | Holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| Year | 365 | 104 | 9 | 252 | 2,016 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Finland. 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.
6 of this year's public holidays fall on a weekend and therefore add no time away from work: Easter Sunday (5 Apr), Pentecost (24 May), Midsummer Day (20 Jun), All Saints' Day (31 Oct), Independence Day (6 Dec), St. Stephen's Day (26 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 July at 23 days; the shortest is May at 19. That spread of 4 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 60 working days across April, May, June.
Compared with 2025, which held 251 working days, 2026 is 1 working day longer. Where a target is carried over from one year to the next unchanged, that difference is absorbed silently unless someone accounts for it.
Against the 204 countries covered here for 2026, Finland's 15 nationwide holidays put it above the median of 12, around the 82nd percentile. The range across all countries this year runs from 3 to 49.
The holidays produce 4 breaks of three consecutive non-working days or more. The longest runs 4 days, from 3 April 2026 to 6 April 2026, built around Good Friday and Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. A further 3 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.
8 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2025: Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Pentecost, Midsummer Eve 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 Finland
Several Finnish holidays are pinned to Saturdays rather than to calendar dates. Midsummer Day and
All Saints' Day both fall on a Saturday by definition, so they never remove a working day. This
keeps the Finnish working year stable but also means the headline number of public holidays
overstates the time actually taken off.
Midsummer Eve and Christmas Eve are the two significant closures that are not public holidays in
law. Both are non-working for most of the country, and neither is deducted in these figures.