Public holidays in Norway, 2028
Norway observes 12 nationwide public holidays in 2028. After weekends and those holidays are removed, the working year comes to 251 days.
Every public holiday in 2028
| Date | Day | Holiday | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, 1 Jan | Saturday Weekend | New Year's Day Første nyttårsdag |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 13 Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday Skjærtorsdag |
Nationwide |
| Fri, 14 Apr | Friday | Good Friday Langfredag |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 16 Apr | Sunday Weekend | Easter Sunday Første påskedag |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 17 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday Andre påskedag |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 1 May | Monday | Labour Day Første mai |
Nationwide |
| Wed, 17 May | Wednesday | Constitution Day Syttende mai |
Nationwide |
| Thu, 25 May | Thursday | Ascension Day Kristi himmelfartsdag |
Nationwide |
| Sun, 4 Jun | Sunday Weekend | Pentecost Første pinsedag |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 5 Jun | Monday | Whit Monday Andre pinsedag |
Nationwide |
| Mon, 25 Dec | Monday | Christmas Day Første juledag |
Nationwide |
| Tue, 26 Dec | Tuesday | St. Stephen's Day Andre juledag |
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 | 3 | 20 | 160 |
| 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 | 9 | 251 | 2,008 |
Reading these figures
The working day count treats Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, which is the standard working week in Norway. 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.
3 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). 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 58 working days across April, May, June.
Compared with 2027, which held 255 working days, 2028 is 4 working days shorter. 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 2028, Norway's 12 nationwide holidays put it exactly at the median of 12, around the 54th 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. A further 1 working day is 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.
7 of this year's holidays sit on a different calendar date than in 2027: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Pentecost 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 Norway
Norway's public holidays cluster heavily around Easter, which produces an unusually long spring
break: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Monday are all non-working days, and much of the
country treats the surrounding week as a holiday period.
Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are not public holidays in law, but a large share of employers
treat them as full or half days off under agreement. The inneklemt dag, the day caught between a
holiday and a weekend, is taken as leave rather than granted. Neither is deducted here.