Public holidays · 2026 and 2027
Public holidays in Norway 2026
Norway has 12 public holidays in 2026: 8 on working days and 4 on a weekend. The next one is Christmas Day on Friday, December 25, 2026, in 88 days.
Dates as of Monday, September 28, 2026. Source: the open-source holidays library, version 0.105.How 2026 falls in Norway
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 8 of the 12 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 4 on a weekend.
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 8 of the 12 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 4 on a weekend. The most common weekday for a holiday is Thursday or Friday, with 3 dates.
Five of the 12 dates land on a Monday or Friday, next to the weekend, so they make a long weekend without using any leave: Good Friday on Friday, April 3, Easter Monday on Monday, April 6, Labor Day on Friday, May 1, Pentecost Monday on Monday, May 25 and Christmas Day on Friday, December 25. Two more holidays sit one working day away from the weekend, so a single day of leave turns each into a four-day break: New Year's Day on Thursday, January 1 (take Friday off) and Ascension Day on Thursday, May 14 (take Friday off).
May is the busiest month, with 5 holiday dates. Eight months have no public holiday at all (February, March, June, July, August, September, October and November). The longest stretch between two holidays is 214 days, from Pentecost Monday on May 25 to Christmas Day on December 25, the natural window for a longer break.
2027 brings 12 public holidays, the same number as 2026. 6 of the 11 dates fall on a working day, and 4 land next to the weekend.
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2026 public holidays in Norway
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | |
| Thursday | Maundy Thursday | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| SundayWeekend | Easter Sunday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| Friday | Labor Day | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Constitution Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Pentecost | |
| Monday | Pentecost Monday | |
| FridayNext | Christmas Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Second Day of Christmas |
2027 public holidays in Norway
12 holidays on 11 dates.
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | |
| Thursday | Maundy Thursday | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| SundayWeekend | Easter Sunday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Labor Day | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Pentecost | |
| Monday | Constitution Day | |
| Monday | Pentecost Monday | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Christmas Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Second Day of Christmas |
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