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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Finland, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.
How we know this — every layer we hold, how each is graded, and what is missing
Includes subnational coverage · 1 subdivision covered.
The next public holiday in Finland is
Independence Day
In 105 days · expected; set by announcement
Computed · local time Europe/Helsinki
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Finland public holidays in 2026
12 national closures in 2026, of 13 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.
| Date | Observance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | New Year's Day expected | Verified |
| 6 January 2026 | Epiphany expected | Verified |
| 3 April 2026 | Good Friday expected | Verified |
| 5 April 2026 | Easter Sunday expected | Verified |
| 6 April 2026 | Easter Monday expected | Verified |
| 1 May 2026 | Labour expected | Verified |
| 14 May 2026 | Ascension Day expected | Verified |
| 19 June 2026 | Midsummer Eve expected | Compiled |
| 20 June 2026 | Midsummer Day expected | Verified |
| 6 December 2026 | Independence Day expected | Verified |
| 25 December 2026 | Christmas Day expected | Verified |
| 26 December 2026 | St Stephen's Day / Second Day of Christmas expected | Verified |
The shape of Finland’s year
Every day of 2026, one square, weeks running left to right, January on the left. National layer only.
12 closuresevery other day
Long weekends in Finland, 2026
7 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. National closures only, computed on a Monday–Friday week — an assumption, not something the corpus records for this jurisdiction.
| When | Length | Because of | Leave |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan – 4 Jan | 4 days | New Year's Day | take Fri 2 Jan |
| 3 Jan – 6 Jan | 4 days | Epiphany | take Mon 5 Jan |
| 3 Apr – 6 Apr | 4 days | Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday | no leave needed |
| 1 May – 3 May | 3 days | Labour | no leave needed |
| 14 May – 17 May | 4 days | Ascension Day | take Fri 15 May |
| 19 Jun – 21 Jun | 3 days | Midsummer Eve, Midsummer Day | no leave needed |
| 25 Dec – 27 Dec | 3 days | Christmas Day, St Stephen's Day / Second Day of Christmas | no leave needed |
Next in each subdivision
1 subdivision of Finland keep dates the national calendar does not. The next one in each is below — the full calendars are in the Calendar API.
| Subdivision | Next | Observance |
|---|---|---|
| Landskapet Åland | 9 June 2027 | Åland Autonomy Day |
How we know this
Every layer this corpus carries, whether it exists for Finland, how many records, how each is graded and when it was last looked at. The record rather than the data — enough to check a claim before relying on it.
| Layer | Records | How we know | Last checked | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory closures | 13 | 12 verified · 1 compiled | 2026-08-03 | |
| Religious observances | 7 | 7 verified | — | |
| Substitution and in-lieu rules | 3 | 3 verified | 2026-08-03 | |
| School terms and breaks | 16 | — | — | 4 calendars |
| Subdivisions with their own dates | 1 | — | — | |
| Exchanges | 1 | — | — | XHEL (39) |
| Tax and filing deadlines | 6 | — | — | |
| Elections | 16 | — | — |
Not held for Finland: Statutory weekly rest, Optional and restricted days, Half-days and partial closures, Bank-only closures, Observed but open. A gap is ours, not a statement about the place — it means nobody here has read an instrument for it yet.
5 named documents, issued by 5 bodies, stand behind these rows. Every date is traceable to one of them:
Finlex / Oikeusministeriö (Finnish Ministry of Justice) Landskapsregeringen, Åland gerrymanoim/exchange_calendars python-holidays maintainers Ålands landskapsregering — Ålands författningssamling (ALEX)
How Finland keeps time
| Observances | 13 across the national calendar and 1 subdivision |
|---|---|
| Evidence | 12 verified · 0 corroborated · 1 compiled, from 3 named sources |
| Languages | English, Finnish, Swedish |
| Calendar systems | gregorian |
| Exchanges | XHEL |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-03 |
The Finland dossier
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12 of 13 dated closures were read from the instrument itself; the rest come from independent secondary sources or published compilations. Across 3 named sources, and every row says which.
Contents are emitted when the dossier is compiled, so this list and the PDF cannot disagree.
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