Public holidays 2027
Public holidays in Iceland 2027
Iceland has 16 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 11 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.
Iceland 2027 at a glance
- Nationwide public holidays
- 16
- Of those, on a working day
- 11
- Of those, on a weekend
- 5
- Regional only
- 0
- Longest break
- 5 days (25 March to 29 March)
- Bridge days
- 3
- Most nationwide holidays in
- March (4)
The weekend is taken as Saturday and Sunday for the working-day count, the long weekends and the bridge days.
All public holidays in Iceland, 2027
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | Nýársdagur | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Skírdagur | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Good Friday | Föstudagurinn langi | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Easter Sunday | Páskadagur | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | Annar í páskum | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | First Day of Summer | Sumardagurinn fyrsti | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | May Day | Verkalýðsdagurinn | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | Uppstigningardagur | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Pentecost | Hvítasunnudagur | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Whit Monday | Annar í hvítasunnu | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Icelandic National Day | Þjóðhátíðardagurinn | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Commerce Day | Frídagur verslunarmanna | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Christmas Eve | Aðfangadagur | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Christmas Day | Jóladagur | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | St. Stephen's Day | Annar í jólum | Nationwide | |
| Friday | New Year's Eve | Gamlársdagur | Nationwide |
Source: Nager.Date, checked on . Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.
Long weekends and bridge days in Iceland
A long weekend is three or more days off in a row made by a nationwide holiday and the weekend. A bridge day is a working day with a day off on both sides: one leave day there joins a holiday to the weekend, or two holidays to each other.
Long weekends (6)
- Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
- Thursday 25 March to Monday 29 March 2027: 5 days off, with Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Monday.
- Saturday 15 May to Monday 17 May 2027: 3 days off, with Whit Monday.
- Saturday 31 July to Monday 2 August 2027: 3 days off, with Commerce Day.
- Friday 24 December to Sunday 26 December 2027: 3 days off, with Christmas Eve.
- Friday 31 December 2027 to Sunday 2 January 2028: 3 days off, with New Year's Eve.
Bridge days (3)
- Friday 23 April: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 22 April to Sunday 25 April 2027 (next to First Day of Summer).
- Friday 7 May: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 6 May to Sunday 9 May 2027 (next to Ascension Day).
- Friday 18 June: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 17 June to Sunday 20 June 2027 (next to Icelandic National Day).
Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.
Regional holidays
Every public holiday in Iceland applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.
Add Iceland to your calendar
Download the 2027 calendar (.ics), or paste its address into Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar to subscribe. It holds one all-day event per public holiday and marks none of them as busy.
https://hoursquare.com/public-holidays/iceland/2027.ics
Plan leave around these dates
Check how many working days a trip really needs, with Iceland's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.
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