Iceland public holidays 2026

Iceland 2026

The calendar above is already set to Iceland holidays for 2026, ready to download as a PDF. Below is the full list, the weekday each holiday falls on, and the long weekends they create.

How holidays work in Iceland

All 16 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1ThursdayNew Year's Day
April 2ThursdayMaundy Thursday
April 3FridayGood Friday
April 5SundayEaster Sunday
April 6MondayEaster Monday
April 23ThursdayFirst Day of Summer
May 1FridayMay Day
May 14ThursdayAscension Day
May 24SundayPentecost
May 25MondayWhit Monday
June 17WednesdayIcelandic National Day
August 3MondayCommerce Day
December 24ThursdayChristmas Eve
December 25FridayChristmas Day
December 26SaturdaySt. Stephen's Day
December 31ThursdayNew Year's Eve

These are the dates as officially observed. Where a country moves a day off because the holiday itself falls at a weekend, the moved date is the one shown, which is why a date here can differ from the traditional one.

Long weekends in 2026

Stretches of three or more days off in a row, counting weekends and nationwide public holidays together. Holidays that apply only to some regions are left out, since they would not give most people the day off.

DatesDaysBecause of
April 2 – April 65Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
May 1 – May 33May Day
May 23 – May 253Pentecost, Whit Monday
August 1 – August 33Commerce Day
December 24 – December 274Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

3 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, and Iceland does not shift them to a weekday:

Print it

The generator at the top of this page marks every holiday listed here. The calendar language is a separate setting, so you can print Iceland holidays with month names in any of 58 languages — or switch the holidays off and keep a plain calendar.

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