Public Holidays in Iceland 2026

Complete list of 27 public holidays and observances in Iceland for 2026. Dates, days, and holiday types.

Maundy ThursdayApril 2, 2026

13 days left

16 Public Holidays

248 Working Days

117 Days Off

5 Long Weekends

Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday	Type
Jan 1	Thursday	New Year's Day	Public
Jan 6	Tuesday	Epiphany	Observance
Jan 23	Friday	Bóndadagur	Observance
Feb 16	Monday	Bolludagur	Observance
Feb 17	Tuesday	Sprengidagur	Observance
Feb 18	Wednesday	Ash Wednesday	Observance
Mar 29	Sunday	Palm Sunday	Observance
Apr 2	Thursday	Maundy Thursday	Public
Apr 3	Friday	Good Friday	Public
Apr 5	Sunday	Easter Sunday	Public
Apr 6	Monday	Easter Monday	Public
Apr 23	Thursday	First Day of Summer	Public
May 1	Friday	Labour Day	Public
May 10	Sunday	Mother's Day	Observance
May 14	Thursday	Ascension Day	Public
May 24	Sunday	Pentecost	Public
May 25	Monday	Whit Monday	Public
Jun 7	Sunday	The Seamen's Day	Observance
Jun 17	Wednesday	Icelandic National Day	Public
Aug 3	Monday	Commerce Day	Public
Oct 24	Saturday	First Day of Winter	Observance
Nov 16	Monday	Icelandic Language Day	Observance
Dec 23	Wednesday	St Þorlákur's Day	Observance
Dec 24	Thursday	Christmas Eve	Public
Dec 25	Friday	Christmas Day	Public
Dec 26	Saturday	Boxing Day	Public
Dec 31	Thursday	New Year's Eve	Public

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Long Weekends in 2026

Iceland has 5 long weekends in 2026 — periods of 3 or more consecutive days off without using any leave days.

April 2, 2026 — April 6, 2026 5 days

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday

December 24, 2026 — December 27, 2026 4 days

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day

May 1, 2026 — May 3, 2026 3 days

Labour Day

May 23, 2026 — May 25, 2026 3 days

Pentecost, Whit Monday

August 1, 2026 — August 3, 2026 3 days

Commerce Day

Holidays by Month

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Nov

Dec

Holiday Breakdown

13 On Weekdays

Extra days off from work

3 On Weekends

Already non-working days

11 Observances

Recognized but not days off

Calendar

January

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

February

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28

March

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

April

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30

May

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

June

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

July

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

August

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31

September

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30

October

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

November

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30

December

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

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