15 official public holidays in 2023, with 0 still ahead and around 250 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Jan 1 | Sunday | New Year's Day Nytårsdag | Public |
| Thu, Apr 6 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday Skærtorsdag | Public |
| Fri, Apr 7 | Friday | Good Friday Langfredag | Public |
| Sun, Apr 9 | Sunday | Easter Sunday Påskedag | Public |
| Mon, Apr 10 | Monday | Easter Monday 2. Påskedag | Public |
| Fri, May 5 | Friday | General Prayer Day Store bededag | Public |
| Thu, May 18 | Thursday | Ascension Day Kristi Himmelfartsdag | Public |
| Fri, May 19 | Friday | Bank closing day Banklukkedag | Bank, School, Optional |
| Sun, May 28 | Sunday | Pentecost Pinsedag | Public |
| Mon, May 29 | Monday | Whit Monday 2. Pinsedag | Public |
| Mon, Jun 5 | Monday | Constitution Day Grundlovsdag | Bank, School, Optional |
| Sun, Dec 24 | Sunday | Christmas Eve Juleaftensdag | Bank, School, Optional |
| Mon, Dec 25 | Monday | Christmas Day Juledag / 1. juledag | Public |
| Tue, Dec 26 | Tuesday | St. Stephen's Day 2. juledag | Public |
| Sun, Dec 31 | Sunday | New Year's Eve Nytårsaftensdag | Bank, School, Optional |
Sun, Jan 1 · Sunday
New Year's Day
Nytårsdag
Public
Thu, Apr 6 · Thursday
Maundy Thursday
Skærtorsdag
Public
Fri, Apr 7 · Friday
Good Friday
Langfredag
Public
Sun, Apr 9 · Sunday
Easter Sunday
Påskedag
Public
Mon, Apr 10 · Monday
Easter Monday
2. Påskedag
Public
Fri, May 5 · Friday
General Prayer Day
Store bededag
Public
Thu, May 18 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Kristi Himmelfartsdag
Public
Fri, May 19 · Friday
Bank closing day
Banklukkedag
Bank, School, Optional
Sun, May 28 · Sunday
Pentecost
Pinsedag
Public
Mon, May 29 · Monday
Whit Monday
2. Pinsedag
Public
Mon, Jun 5 · Monday
Constitution Day
Grundlovsdag
Bank, School, Optional
Sun, Dec 24 · Sunday
Christmas Eve
Juleaftensdag
Bank, School, Optional
Mon, Dec 25 · Monday
Christmas Day
Juledag / 1. juledag
Public
Tue, Dec 26 · Tuesday
St. Stephen's Day
2. juledag
Public
Sun, Dec 31 · Sunday
New Year's Eve
Nytårsaftensdag
Bank, School, Optional
Total holidays
15
in 2023
Working days remaining
250
across all of 2023
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2023
See Denmark's holidays side by side with another country to plan cross-border work.
Suggested pairs: Nordic ring plus southern border.
Denmark recognises eleven Lutheran public holidays under common law and inherited church practice rather than a single statute. The list runs: New Year's Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Whit Sunday, Whit Monday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Constitution Day on 5 June. Great Prayer Day (Store Bededag) on the fourth Friday after Easter was abolished as a public holiday from 2024 by the Lov om konsekvenser ved afskaffelsen of December 2022, a controversial reform passed to free up working days to fund increased defence spending. Constitution Day is a half-day for most of the public sector and many private employers.
Danish working time follows the European Working Time Directive transposed in the Lov om arbejdstid. The standard private-sector week is 37 hours Monday to Friday by collective agreement, with banks operating Monday to Friday. The Retsplejeloven section 148a rolls procedural deadlines falling on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday to the next working day; Constitution Day after noon and the day after Ascension Day are also commonly excluded by judicial calendar. Settlement of Danish krone transactions runs on Danmarks Nationalbank's Kronos2 system, which observes the post-2024 ten-day public holiday list.
For people planning cross-border meetings, the practical move is to overlay Denmark's calendar with the calendars of the other countries on your team. A week that looks completely clear from your end might be a national holiday on theirs. The compare tool above pairs two country calendars and highlights the overlapping closures, so you can spot the weeks where almost no one is at their desk before you put a launch on the board.