Åland Islands public holidays 2026
Åland Islands has 16 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 251 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Nyårsdagen |
Nationwide |
| 6 Jan | Tuesday | Epiphany
Trettondagen |
Nationwide |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Långfredag |
Nationwide |
| 5 Apr | Sunday rest day | Easter Sunday
Påskdagen |
Nationwide |
| 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday
Annandag påsk |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | May Day
Första maj |
Nationwide |
| 14 May | Thursday | Ascension Day
Kristi himmelsfärdsdagn |
Nationwide |
| 24 May | Sunday rest day | Pentecost
Pingstdagen |
Nationwide |
| 9 Jun | Tuesday | Autonomy Day
Självstyrelsedagen |
Nationwide |
| 19 Jun | Friday | Midsummer Eve
Midsommarafton |
Nationwide |
| 20 Jun | Saturday rest day | Midsummer Day
Midsommardagen |
Nationwide |
| 31 Oct | Saturday rest day | All Saints Day
Alla helgons dag |
Nationwide |
| 6 Dec | Sunday rest day | Independence Day
Självständighetsdagen |
Nationwide |
| 24 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Eve
Julafton |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Juldagen |
Nationwide |
| 26 Dec | Saturday rest day | St. Stephen's Day
Annandag jul |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February
March
April 3 holidays
May 3 holidays
June 3 holidays
July
August
September
October 1 holiday
November
December 4 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 160 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 152 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 10 | 251 | 2,008 |
What the numbers say about Åland Islands in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Åland Islands. Only holidays that apply across the whole country are deducted. Someone working in a region with its own extra days will have a little more time off than these figures show.
6 holidays land on a rest day this year: Easter Sunday (5 Apr), Pentecost (24 May), Midsummer Day (20 Jun), All Saints Day (31 Oct), Independence Day (6 Dec), St. Stephen's Day (26 Dec). On the calendar alone that means no extra time off. Some countries move the day off to the next working day; whether that applies here is set by national rules, so check before you plan around it.
July is the longest working month with 23 days, and May the shortest with 19. A gap of 4 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q2 is the leanest at 59 working days (April, May, June).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 16, Åland Islands sits above the middle of the range, around the 87th percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 4 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 4 days, from 3 April to 6 April (Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday). There are also 4 bridge days: a single working day squeezed between a holiday and the weekend, where one day of leave turns into four or more days away. See every long weekend in 2026.