The Finnish holiday calendar is slightly different from the United States calendar. This can be seen especially around Christmas and New Year, where there may be two three-day holiday sequences. Around Easter, there is a long weekend with Friday and Monday as holidays.
Some public holidays move annually, which affects the number of weekdays that are holidays each year in Finland.
Public holidays are usually days off for employees.
Please note that public holidays may affect, for example, public transportation. In addition, public service offices, banks, and post offices will be closed during public holidays.
Read more about the public holidays in Finland.
* Public holidays which are not counted towards personal travel days
| New Year / Uuden vuoden aatto | December 31 |
| New Year’s day / Uudenvuodenpäivä * | January 1 |
| Epiphany / Loppiainen * | January 6 |
| J.L. Runeberg Day / (National Flag Day) | |
| Kalevala Day, Day of Finnish Culture (National Flag Day) | February 28 |
| Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) / Laskiaistiistai | |
| Minna Canth’s Day, Day of Equality (National Flag Day) | March 19 |
| Palm Sunday/ Palmusunnuntai | |
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| Mikael Agricola Day, Day of Finnish Language (National Flag Day) | April 9 |
| National Veterans’ Day (National Flag Day) | April 27 |
| May Day Eve / Vappuaatto (National Flag Day) | April 30 |
| May Day 1st of May, Finnish Labour Day / Vapunpäivä (National Flag Day) * | May 1 |
| Ascension Day / Helatorstai * | |
| Mother’s Day (National Flag Day) | Second Sunday in May |
| Europe Day (National Flag Day) | May 9 |
| J.V. Snellman Day, Day of Finnish Heritage (National Flag Day) | May 12 |
| Whitsunday / Helluntaipäivä | |
| Remembrance Day | |
| Flag Day of Defence Forces | June 4 |
Midsummer / Juhannus *
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| Eino Leino Day, Celebration of Poetry and Summer (National Flag Day) | July 6 |
| Aleksis Kivi Day, Day of Finnish Literature (National Flag Day) | October 10 |
| United Nations Day (National Flag Day) | October 24 |
| All Saints’ Day / Pyhäinpäivä | |
| Svenska Dagen, Day of the Swedish Identity (National Flag Day) | November 6 |
| Father’s Day / Isänpäivä (National Flag Day) | Second Sunday in November |
| Finnish Independence Day / Itsenäisyyspäivä * | December 6 |
| Saint Lucy’s Day / Lucian päivä | December 13 |
| December 24-26 |
