Iceland public holidays 2027

Iceland 2027

The calendar above is already set to Iceland holidays for 2027, 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 1FridayNew Year's Day
March 25ThursdayMaundy Thursday
March 26FridayGood Friday
March 28SundayEaster Sunday
March 29MondayEaster Monday
April 22ThursdayFirst Day of Summer
May 1SaturdayMay Day
May 6ThursdayAscension Day
May 16SundayPentecost
May 17MondayWhit Monday
June 17ThursdayIcelandic National Day
August 2MondayCommerce Day
December 24FridayChristmas Eve
December 25SaturdayChristmas Day
December 26SundaySt. Stephen's Day
December 31FridayNew 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 2027

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
January 1 – January 33New Year's Day
March 25 – March 295Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
May 15 – May 173Pentecost, Whit Monday
July 31 – August 23Commerce Day
December 24 – December 263Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

5 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2027, 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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