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Iceland Public Holidays 2026

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Christmas Day

· 82 days away

Confirmed — source checked · Public holiday

Upcoming holidays

14 public-holiday entries across 14 dates

14 recorded confirmed
0 estimated / awaiting confirmation

3 weekend dates
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Using this calendar

Iceland's full-day calendar includes Western Easter holidays, the first Thursday after 18 April and the first Monday in August. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are statutory partial days from 13:00, and are described here rather than counted as full-day planner closures. Banks can close for the whole of those eves.

14 nationwide public-holiday occurrences are stored for 2026; 0 are provisional.

2026 holiday calendar

Public-holiday entries are listed below. Bank, office and school coverage is incomplete; an unmarked institution is not necessarily open. Optional-holiday coverage has not been established.

Pentecost

Confirmed — source checked

Long-weekend planner

Assumption: Saturday and Sunday are non-working days, plus the listed public holidays. This is your planning assumption, not a universal legal workweek. Employer schedules may differ. Only supported holiday dates are included.

  • 5 consecutive days2 April 2026 – 6 April 2026Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days1 May 2026 – 3 May 2026Labour Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days23 May 2026 – 25 May 2026Pentecost, Pentecost Monday + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days1 August 2026 – 3 August 2026Commerce Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days25 December 2026 – 27 December 2026Christmas Day, Second Day of Christmas + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
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Official sources and date status

Recorded confirmation and independent source review are shown separately. An institution-specific notice does not establish closure for every employer or school.

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Public holiday dates and applicability

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-09-27

Central Bank dated 2026 closures corroborate movable dates; bank eves differ from statutory partial-day scope.

Offices

Iceland's full-day calendar includes Western Easter holidays, the first Thursday after 18 April and the first Monday in August. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are statutory partial days from 13:00, and are described here rather than counted as full-day planner closures. Banks can close for the whole of those eves.

Banks

The Central Bank lists full closures on 24 and 31 December 2026, while the statutory public holiday begins at 13:00. The full-day national planner excludes those partial days.

Schools

This is a public-holiday calendar, not a school-term calendar. School breaks and local closures require the education authority's schedule.

Practical planning

Use the dated calendar and long-weekend planner to identify busy periods, then check local transport and visitor opening hours.

Frequently asked questions

What does this 2026 calendar cover?

Iceland's full-day calendar includes Western Easter holidays, the first Thursday after 18 April and the first Monday in August. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are statutory partial days from 13:00, and are described here rather than counted as full-day planner closures. Banks can close for the whole of those eves.

Are these dates confirmed?

14 nationwide public-holiday occurrences are stored for 2026; 0 are provisional. Future calculations can change after an official announcement.

How are long weekends calculated?

The planner uses stored full-day public holidays and the selected weekend. Sector-only days, personal leave and unannounced bridge days are excluded.

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