Public holidays in Iceland

The following is a table featuring all the public holidays celebrated in Iceland. The table sorts each holiday by its date, though often the dates are moveable. The English name column states the English name of the holiday if any, or a translation of the name. Local name is the name given to the holiday in the Icelandic language and Literal meaning is a literal translation of the local name if it differs from the English name. If needed, explanations are given in the column Remarks.

Date	English name	Local name	Literal meaning	Remarks
1 January	New Year's Day	Nýársdagur
6 January	Epiphany	Þrettándinn	The Thirteenth
moveable	Husband's Day	Bóndadagur		Friday between 19 and 25 January
moveable	Woman's Day	Konudagur		Sunday between 18 and 24 February
1 March	Beer Day	Bjórdagurinn
moveable	Shrove Monday	Bolludagur	Bun Day
moveable	Shrove Tuesday	Sprengidagur	Bursting Day
moveable	Ash Wednesday	Öskudagur	Ash Day
moveable	Palm Sunday	Pálmasunnudagur
moveable	Maundy Thursday	Skírdagur	Christening Day
moveable	Good Friday	Föstudagurinn langi	The Long Friday
moveable	Easter Day	Páskadagur
moveable	Easter Monday	Annar í páskum	Second in Easter
moveable	First Day of Summer	Sumardagurinn fyrsti		First Thursday after 18 April
1 May	May Day	Verkalýðsdagurinn	The Labourer's Day
moveable	Mothers' Day	Mæðradagurinn		Second Sunday in May
moveable	Ascension	Uppstigningardagur	Ascension Day
moveable	Whit Sunday	Hvítasunnudagur	White Sunday
moveable	Whit Monday	Annar í hvítasunnu	Second in White Sunday
moveable	The Seamen's Day	Sjómannadagurinn	The Seamen's day	First Sunday of June
17 June	Icelandic National Day	Lýðveldisdagurinn	The Republic's Day
19 June	Women's rights day	Kvenréttindadagurinn	Women's rights day
24 June	Nativity of St John the Baptist	Jónsmessa	Jón's Mass
moveable	Commerce Day	Frídagur verslunarmanna	Holiday of the Tradesmen	First Monday of August
moveable	The First Day of Winter	Fyrsti vetrardagur
16 November	Icelandic Language Day	Dagur íslenskrar tungu	Day of the Icelandic Tongue
1 December	Self-governance Day	Fullveldisdagurinn
23 December	Holy Þorlák's Day	Þorláksmessa
24–26 December	Christmas	Jól
31 December	New Year's Eve	Gamlárskvöld	Old Year's Evening

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