15 official public holidays in 2012, with 0 still ahead and around 251 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Jan 1 | Sunday | New Year's Day Uudenvuodenpäivä | Public |
| Fri, Jan 6 | Friday | Epiphany Loppiainen | Public |
| Fri, Apr 6 | Friday | Good Friday Pitkäperjantai | Public |
| Sun, Apr 8 | Sunday | Easter Sunday Pääsiäispäivä | Public |
| Mon, Apr 9 | Monday | Easter Monday Toinen pääsiäispäivä | Public |
| Tue, May 1 | Tuesday | May Day Vappu | Public |
| Thu, May 17 | Thursday | Ascension Day Helatorstai | Public |
| Sun, May 27 | Sunday | Pentecost Helluntaipäivä | Public |
| Fri, Jun 22 | Friday | Midsummer Eve Juhannusaatto | Public |
| Sat, Jun 23 | Saturday | Midsummer Day Juhannuspäivä | Public |
| Sat, Nov 3 | Saturday | All Saints' Day Pyhäinpäivä | Public |
| Thu, Dec 6 | Thursday | Independence Day Itsenäisyyspäivä | Public |
| Mon, Dec 24 | Monday | Christmas Eve Jouluaatto | Public |
| Tue, Dec 25 | Tuesday | Christmas Day Joulupäivä | Public |
| Wed, Dec 26 | Wednesday | St. Stephen's Day Tapaninpäivä | Public |
Sun, Jan 1 · Sunday
New Year's Day
Uudenvuodenpäivä
Public
Fri, Jan 6 · Friday
Epiphany
Loppiainen
Public
Fri, Apr 6 · Friday
Good Friday
Pitkäperjantai
Public
Sun, Apr 8 · Sunday
Easter Sunday
Pääsiäispäivä
Public
Mon, Apr 9 · Monday
Easter Monday
Toinen pääsiäispäivä
Public
Tue, May 1 · Tuesday
May Day
Vappu
Public
Thu, May 17 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Helatorstai
Public
Sun, May 27 · Sunday
Pentecost
Helluntaipäivä
Public
Fri, Jun 22 · Friday
Midsummer Eve
Juhannusaatto
Public
Sat, Jun 23 · Saturday
Midsummer Day
Juhannuspäivä
Public
Sat, Nov 3 · Saturday
All Saints' Day
Pyhäinpäivä
Public
Thu, Dec 6 · Thursday
Independence Day
Itsenäisyyspäivä
Public
Mon, Dec 24 · Monday
Christmas Eve
Jouluaatto
Public
Tue, Dec 25 · Tuesday
Christmas Day
Joulupäivä
Public
Wed, Dec 26 · Wednesday
St. Stephen's Day
Tapaninpäivä
Public
Total holidays
15
in 2012
Working days remaining
251
across all of 2012
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2012
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Finland recognises nine state-recognised holidays and three church holidays for a total of twelve recognised days under the Laki kirkollisista juhlapäivistä ja yleisistä juhlapäivistä 1973. The list combines Lutheran dates (Epiphany, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Ascension, Whit Sunday, All Saints' Day on the Saturday between 31 October and 6 November, Christmas Day, Boxing Day) with civic dates (New Year's Day, May Day on 1 May, Midsummer Day on the Saturday between 20 and 26 June, Independence Day on 6 December commemorating the 1917 declaration of independence from Russia). Several holidays are recognised both as state and church days.
Finnish Työaikalaki (Working Time Act) of 2019 sets a 40-hour standard week with collective agreements typically reducing this to 37.5. The standard private-sector week is Monday to Friday with banks operating Monday to Friday. The Code of Judicial Procedure (oikeudenkäymiskaari) rolls procedural deadlines falling on a Saturday, Sunday, public holiday, Midsummer's Eve, Christmas Eve or May Day to the next working day, an unusually broad list including pre-holiday eves. Settlement of euro transactions follows TARGET2; domestic Finnish bank-to-bank clearing observes the Bank of Finland calendar matching the statutory list.