Iceland public holidays 2028

Iceland 2028

The calendar above is already set to Iceland holidays for 2028, 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 1SaturdayNew Year's Day
April 13ThursdayMaundy Thursday
April 14FridayGood Friday
April 16SundayEaster Sunday
April 17MondayEaster Monday
April 20ThursdayFirst Day of Summer
May 1MondayMay Day
May 25ThursdayAscension Day
June 4SundayPentecost
June 5MondayWhit Monday
June 17SaturdayIcelandic National Day
August 7MondayCommerce Day
December 24SundayChristmas Eve
December 25MondayChristmas Day
December 26TuesdaySt. Stephen's Day
December 31SundayNew 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 2028

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 13 – April 175Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
April 29 – May 13May Day
June 3 – June 53Pentecost, Whit Monday
August 5 – August 73Commerce Day
December 23 – December 264Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

6 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2028, 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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