Finland

Religious Holidays

01/06/2023Epiphany in Western ChristianityÅland, Andorra, Austria, Croatia, Colombia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Vatican City, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Poland, Puerto Rico, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, American Virgin Islands
04/06/2023Maundy Thursday in Western ChristianityColombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Mexico, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Spain, Venezuela, Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, , El Salvador, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Uruguay, British Virgin Islands
04/07/2023Good Friday in Western ChristianityÅland, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Botswana, Brazil, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Greenland, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, Honduras, , Denmark, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Indonesia, India, Iceland, Ireland, Spain, Jersey, Kenya, Kiribati, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Lebanon, Malawi, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Martinique, Montserrat, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Nigeria, Norway, Cocos Islands, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Isle of Man, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Montenegro, Jamaica, South Africa, South Sudan, United Kingdom, Ecuador, Estonia, Uganda, France, French Polynesia, Finland, Fiji, Sweden, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Chile, Philippines, Saint Barthelemy, El Salvador, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Suriname, Sudan, Solomon Islands, Eswatini, Tanzania, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vanuatu, British Virgin Islands, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Guernsey
04/09/2023Easter in Western ChristianityÅland, Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Bulgaria, Curaçao, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, French Polynesia, Vatican City, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Madagascar, Micronesia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Sint Maarten, Sudan, South Sudan, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Suriname, Syria, Sweden, Zimbabwe
04/10/2023Easter Monday in Western ChristianityÅland, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Belize, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Canada, Guernsey, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Cook Islands, Cocos Islands, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Croatia, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, , Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Guyana, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, French Guiana, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Vatican City, Hungary, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mayotte, Martinique, Monaco, Montserrat, Norway, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Islands, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Reunion, Saint Helena, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Sint Maarten, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Slovenia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Sudan, Suriname, Spain, Eswatini, Sweden, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tonga, Togo, Tokelau, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, American Virgin Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Zambia, Zimbabwe
05/18/2023Ascension Day in Western ChristianityÅland, Andorra, Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Curaçao, Ivory Coast, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Guiana, Gabon, Germany, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Indonesia, Iceland, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mayotte, Martinique, Monaco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Helena, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Senegal, Sint Maarten, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Wallis and Futuna, Togo, Eswatini, Vanuatu
05/28/2023Pentecost in Western Christianity and ArmeniaBonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Denmark, Curaçao, Estonia, Finland, French Polynesia, Iceland, Madagascar, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Armenia, Sint Maarten, Romania
12/13/2023St. Lucy’s DaySweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark
12/24/2023Christmas Eve in Western ChristianityÅland, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Brazil, Denmark, Hungary, Germany, Guatemala, Greenland, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Nicaragua, Norway, Venezuela, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, San Marino, Slovakia, Faroe Islands, Philippines, Finland, Czech Republic, Sweden, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, South Sudan, Estonia
12/25/2023ChristmasÅland, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Colombia, Cook Islands, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, , El Salvador, Ecuador, Estonia, Eritrea, Falkland Islands, Finland, Fiji, Faroe Islands, France, French Polynesia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guam, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Guernsey, Guyana, Vatican City, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Latvia, Lesotho, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malta, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Rwanda, Romania, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sint Maarten, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Eswatini, Sweden, Switzerland, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Syria, Thailand, Tanzania, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Uruguay, American Virgin Islands, Vanuatu, Venezuela, State of Palestine, Wallis and Futuna, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ukraine

Folk Festivals

01/13/2023St. Knut’s DaySweden, Finland
04/30/2023Walpurgis NightCzech Republic, Netherlands, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden
06/23/2023St John's EveLatvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Brazil, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Austria, Faroe Islands, Croatia, Germany, Romania, USA
06/24/2023St John's Day (Midsummer)Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Brazil, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Austria, Faroe Islands, Croatia, Germany, Romania, USA

Cultural Observances

02/03/2023Day of Finnish Architecture and DesignFinland
02/05/2023Birthday of Johan Ludvig Runeberg in FinlandFinland
02/06/2023Sami National DayNorway, Finland, Sweden, Russia
02/28/2023Kalevala Day (Finnish Culture Day) in FinlandFinland
04/09/2023Day of the Finnish LanguageFinland
05/05/2023Europe Day in the Council of EuropeAustria, Azerbaijan, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, United Kingdom, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Finland, France, Croatia, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia
05/09/2023Europe Day in the European UnionAustria, Belgium, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland, France, Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Estonia
05/12/2023Day of the Finnish IdentityFinland
07/06/2023Birthday of Eino Leino in FinlandFinland
10/10/2023Finnish Literature DayFinland
11/06/2023Finnish Swedish Heritage Day in FinlandFinland
11/12/2023Father's DayEstonia, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland
12/08/2023Day of Finnish MusicFinland

Unofficial Holidays

03/16/2023Saint Urho's DayUSA, Canada, Finland
07/27/2023National Sleepy Head Day in FinlandFinland

Anniversaries and Memorial Days

03/19/2023Equality Day in FinlandFinland
04/27/2023National Veterans' Day in FinlandFinland
05/21/2023Memorial Day for the War Dead in FinlandFinland
06/04/2023Birthday of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim in FinlandFinland
06/24/2023Day of the Finnish FlagFinland

Ecological Observances

03/22/2023Baltic Sea DaySweden, Finland, Denmark, European Union, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Poland, Russia, Estonia
08/26/2023Finnish Nature DayFinland

Public Holidays

05/01/2023May DayÅland, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Gibraltar, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, India, Libya, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka
06/24/2023Midsummer Day in Finland and SwedenFinland, Sweden, Åland
11/04/2023All Saints' Day in Sweden and FinlandSweden, Finland, Åland
12/06/2023Independence Day in FinlandFinland, Åland
12/26/2023Saint Stephen’s Day / Boxing DayÅland, Anguilla, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Canada, Cocos Islands, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, , Estonia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, Ghana, Guernsey, Germany, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guyana, Vatican City, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Isle of Man, Jersey, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta, Montserrat, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Spain, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Eswatini, Switzerland, Sweden, Tanzania, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, American Virgin Islands, Zimbabwe

Other Observances

05/14/2023Mother's DayAnguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Belize, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Jamaica, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Latvia, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Suriname, Tonga, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, Uganda, USA, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
06/12/2023Helsinki Day in FinlandFinland
06/18/2023Father's DayArgentina, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Haiti, Hong Kong, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, USA, Finland, France, Chile, Switzerland, Ecuador, Japan, Afghanistan, Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominica, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, China, Hungary, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kuwait, Laos, Macau, Madagascar, Mauritius, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Isle of Man, Jersey, Ukraine
12/09/2023Anna’s Day (Lutefisk Day) in Sweden and FinlandSweden, Finland