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Iceland Public Holidays 2026

See also: 2026 public holidays in EFTA, EMEA, Europe, OECD, Scandinavia and worldwide.

This page contains the list of Iceland 2026 public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The data on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone mobile apps, whose data feed is also updated nightly. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of Iceland public holidays in 2026 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday Observance
Thursday New Year's Day
Thursday Maundy Thursday
Friday Good Friday
Sunday Easter
Monday Easter Monday
Thursday Sumardagurinn fyrsti (First Day of Summer)
Friday May Day
Thursday Ascension Day
Sunday Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
Monday Whit Monday
June Wednesday Independence Day (National Day)
Aug Monday Frídagur verslunarmanna (Commerce Day) banks other
Dec Thursday Christmas Eve afternoon
Dec Thursday Bank Holiday banks
Dec Friday Christmas Day
Dec Saturday Second Day of Christmas
Dec Thursday New Year's Eve afternoon

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Global Holidays Observed in Iceland


Below is the list of global holidays observed as non-working public holidays in Iceland, with the dates of these global holidays for the next 10 years (2025-2035).

Iceland Background Information and Links