Holidays & Festivals
Denmark:
Holidays:
January 1 New Year's Day
April 4 Maundy Thursday
April 5 Good Friday
April 8 Easter Monday
April 16 Birthday of the Queen
May 3 General Prayer Day
June 1 Ascension Day
June 5 Constitution Day
June 12 White Monday
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 Boxing Day
December 31 New Years Eve
Festivals:
June Midsummer's Eve Festival
Early July Copenhagen Jazz Festival
End of July Copenhagen Summer Festival
End of July Copenhagen Summer Festival
End of August Tønder Folk Festival
First Saturday in September Århus Festival Viking Festival
Early November Copenhagen Autumn Jazz
Norway:
Holidays:
January 1 New Year's Day
March/April Palm Sunday/Maundy Thursday/Good Friday/Easter/Easter Monday
May 1 May Day
May 17 National Independence Day
Late May Whit Sunday/Whit Monday
June 1 Ascension Day
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 Boxing Day
Festivals:
June 23 Midsummer's Eve
Sweden:
Holidays:
January 1 New Year's Day
January 6 Epiphany
Early April Maundy Thursday/Good Friday/Easter/Easter Monday
May 1 May or Labor Day
June 1 Ascension Day
June 12 Whit Sunday/Whit Monday
June 24 Whit Sunday/Whit Monday
Mid-Summer Holiday
Sat. after Oct. 30th All Saint's Day
December 13 Saint Lucia Day
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 Boxing Day
Festivals:
January Stockholm International Antiques Fair
March Stockholm International Boat Show; Art Fair
April 30 Walpurgis Night
Sat. after June 19th Midsummer Day
December Lucia Festival, Nobel Day Stockholm
Finland:
Holidays:
January 1 New Year's Day
January 6 Epiphany
Early April Good Friday & Easter
April 30 May Day Eve
May 1 May Day
Late May Ascension Day
Early June Whitsun
Mid June Midsummer
Early November All Saint's Day
December 6 Independence Day
December 24 Christmas Eve
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 Boxing Day
Festivals:
March: Oulu Tar Ski Race:
April: Walpurgis Eve Celebration.
May: May Day, Women's 10km
June: Kuopio Dance Festival, Midnight Sun Film Festival
July: Savonlinna Opera Festival, Kaustinen Folk Music Festival
August:Turku Music Festival, Helsinki City Marathon, Helsinki Festival
October: The Baltic Herring Market
