Denmark Public Holidays 2026
Denmark has 10 national public holidays in 2026, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and ending with Boxing Day on 26 December 2026. Two well placed days of leave buy 8 days away from work in 2026, because two holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's DayNytår | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Maundy ThursdaySkærtorsdag | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Good FridayLangfredag | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Easter SundayPåskesøndag | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Easter MondayAnden påskedag | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Ascension DayKristi Himmelfartsdag | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| PentecostPinsedag | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Whit MondayAnden Pinsedag | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Christmas DayJuledag | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Boxing DayAnden Juledag | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2026 needs no separate publication.
- Last verified
- The last full review of the dataset behind the Denmark calendar. No correction specific to Denmark has been needed since.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with no corrections needed for Denmark.Always confirm official dates with a local authority before booking travel. How these calendars are built. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will check it.
The busiest stretch is April (4 holidays), a good window to plan around if you rely on offices, banks or schools being open. Three of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, which is worth checking if you are counting on days off from work. Use the table below to see each 2026 holiday in Denmark, when it happens and which day of the week it lands on. Regional and local observances are excluded, so what you see are the holidays recognised across Denmark.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Denmark have in 2026?
Denmark has 10 national public holidays in 2026. The first is New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and the last is Boxing Day on 26 December 2026.
What is the first public holiday of 2026 in Denmark?
The first public holiday of 2026 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2026.
When is New Year celebrated in Denmark in 2026?
In 2026, New Year's Day in Denmark is on 1 January 2026.
Are regional holidays included for Denmark?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Denmark are listed separately on the Denmark holiday hub, together with the regions that observe them.
Do the Denmark holiday dates change from 2026 to the next year?
Some of them do. Seven of the 10 holidays in 2026 sit on a moving rule (linked to easter), so their date has to be recalculated for every year. The rest keep the same calendar date and only change weekday. Moving ones this year include Maundy Thursday on 2 April 2026, Good Friday on 3 April 2026 and Easter Sunday on 5 April 2026, plus 4 more.
How far ahead is the Denmark calendar actually fixed?
Through 2027. The holidays are set in law rather than announced year by year, so the dates repeat predictably. What can still change is a law amendment, a one-off holiday declared for a national event, and the exact day of any holiday on the Islamic calendar, which is confirmed by moon sighting. No corrections to the underlying dataset were needed for Denmark.
Which Denmark holidays are regional, and which move?
The table above is the national calendar for 2026. Some holidays keep the same date every year while others are tied to Easter, to a lunar calendar or to a named weekday, and some parts of the country add their own days off. The Denmark holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Denmark with other countries in the same year, see the 2026 worldwide overview.
Other years for Denmark
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Denmark public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Denmark 2026 calendar
Knowing the dates is half the question. The other half is what they add up to: which of them create a long weekend and how many working days the year leaves. The 2026 worldwide overview compares every country on holiday count and weekend overlap, and the country index ranks all 44 of them. The same figures are available as JSON, and the dates as a calendar file.