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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark Long Weekends 2026

3 long weekends in Denmark in 2026. Plan your trips around these dates.

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Maundy Thursday + Good Friday + Easter Sunday + Easter Monday
5 days
2 April 2026 โ€” 6 April 2026
Pentecost + Whit Monday
3 days
23 May 2026 โ€” 25 May 2026
Christmas Day + St. Stephen's Day
3 days
25 December 2026 โ€” 27 December 2026
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Long Weekends Summary โ€” Denmark 2026

Longest
Maundy Thursday + Good Friday + Easter Sunday + Easter Monday โ€” 5 days, no leave used
By length
1 ร— 5-day, 0 ร— 4-day, 2 ร— 3-day

How long weekends are calculated

A long weekend forms whenever a public holiday falls on a Friday or a Monday, giving a 3-day weekend. It runs longer when holidays stack โ€” Good Friday plus Easter Monday gives four days โ€” and only statutory days off count, never days that are merely customary. All of these need no annual leave.
Source: Retsinformation โ€” Lov nr. 234 af 7. marts 2023 โ†— (official gazette โ€” see the note) ยท Dates verified annually. ยท Report an error
Denmark has no single statutory list: the days off are the Folkekirkeโ€™s holy days plus 1 January. This is the Act that abolished Store Bededag from 2024, the most recent change to that set.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many long weekends does Denmark have in 2026?+
Denmark has 3 long weekends in 2026: 1 five-day weekend, 0 four-day weekends, and 2 three-day weekends.
What's the longest weekend in Denmark in 2026?+
The longest is around Maundy Thursday + Good Friday + Easter Sunday + Easter Monday, running from 2 April 2026 to 6 April 2026 โ€” 5 consecutive days off with no leave days needed.
How are long weekends calculated?+
A long weekend forms whenever a public holiday falls on a Friday or a Monday, giving a 3-day weekend, without using any annual leave. It gets longer when holidays stack: Good Friday plus Easter Monday makes a 4-day weekend, and a holiday on both the Thursday and the Friday makes four days from Thursday to Sunday. Days that are widely taken off but are not statutory โ€” Christmas Eve in Sweden, or the day after Ascension in Belgium โ€” do not count, because your employer is not obliged to give them to you.
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