Iceland public holidays 2029

Iceland 2029

The calendar above is already set to Iceland holidays for 2029, 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 1MondayNew Year's Day
March 29ThursdayMaundy Thursday
March 30FridayGood Friday
April 1SundayEaster Sunday
April 2MondayEaster Monday
April 19ThursdayFirst Day of Summer
May 1TuesdayMay Day
May 10ThursdayAscension Day
May 20SundayPentecost
May 21MondayWhit Monday
June 17SundayIcelandic National Day
August 6MondayCommerce Day
December 24MondayChristmas Eve
December 25TuesdayChristmas Day
December 26WednesdaySt. Stephen's Day
December 31MondayNew 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 2029

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
March 29 – April 25Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
May 19 – May 213Pentecost, Whit Monday
August 4 – August 63Commerce Day
December 22 – December 265Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day
December 29 – December 313New Year's Eve

Holidays that fall at a weekend

3 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2029, 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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