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Finland Public Holidays 2026
Review public holidays, other listed observances, categories, and estimated dates for Finland in 2026. Then use the Bridge-Day Holiday Optimizer to find long weekends that fit your workweek and leave budget.
Plan with the Holiday OptimizerFinland 2026 planning insight
The 2026 Finland calendar lists 15 public-holiday dates across 6 months. Examples include New Year's Day, Epiphany, Good Friday. Their placement against your own workweek determines whether a nearby leave day can create a longer break; use the planner to compare options for your schedule.
2026 holiday dates and categories
This calendar lists the dates and categories supplied for Finland. A public holiday in a national calendar may not be a day off for every employer or region.
| Date | Holiday | Status | Type and certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Epiphany | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Runeberg Day | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| Minna Canth Day, Day of Equality | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| Good Friday | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Easter Sunday | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Easter Monday | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Mikael Agricola Day, Day of the Finnish Language | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| National War Veterans' Day | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| May Day | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Europe Day | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| J. V. Snellman Day, Day of Finnish Heritage | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| Ascension Day | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Remembrance Day | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| Pentecost | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Midsummer Eve | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Midsummer Day | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Eino Leino Day, Day of Summer and Poetry | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| Finland's Nature Day | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| Miina Sillanpää Day, Day of Civic Participation | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| Aleksis Kivi Day, Day of Finnish Literature | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| United Nations Day | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| All Saints' Day | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Finnish Swedish Heritage Day, svenska dagen | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| Day of Children's Rights | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| Independence Day | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Jean Sibelius Day, Day of Finnish Music | Non-public | Holiday Official rule | |
| Christmas Eve | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Christmas Day | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule | |
| Second Day of Christmas | Public holiday | Holiday Official rule |
Plan a long weekend around Finland holidays
Open the Bridge-Day Holiday Optimizer and choose Finland and 2026. Add your workdays, leave budget, days-off target, and unavailable dates. The planner finds eligible breaks from public holidays and weekends; it cannot determine which dates your employer observes.
About this calendar data
Source attribution: Open-Source Python-Holidays Library. The calendar snapshot used to build this page is dated 2026-10-14. Holiday dates, names, categories, and regional rules can change; verify important dates with official local sources.
Bridge-Day marks estimated dates and separates public holidays from other listed observances. Non-public entries remain visible for context and do not count as days off in the optimizer by default.