15 official public holidays in 1997, with 0 still ahead and around 248 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Jan 1 | Wednesday | New Year's Day Nytårsdag | Public |
| Thu, Mar 27 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday Skærtorsdag | Public |
| Fri, Mar 28 | Friday | Good Friday Langfredag | Public |
| Sun, Mar 30 | Sunday | Easter Sunday Påskedag | Public |
| Mon, Mar 31 | Monday | Easter Monday 2. Påskedag | Public |
| Fri, Apr 25 | Friday | General Prayer Day Store bededag | Public |
| Thu, May 8 | Thursday | Ascension Day Kristi Himmelfartsdag | Public |
| Fri, May 9 | Friday | Bank closing day Banklukkedag | Bank, School, Optional |
| Sun, May 18 | Sunday | Pentecost Pinsedag | Public |
| Mon, May 19 | Monday | Whit Monday 2. Pinsedag | Public |
| Thu, Jun 5 | Thursday | Constitution Day Grundlovsdag | Bank, School, Optional |
| Wed, Dec 24 | Wednesday | Christmas Eve Juleaftensdag | Bank, School, Optional |
| Thu, Dec 25 | Thursday | Christmas Day Juledag / 1. juledag | Public |
| Fri, Dec 26 | Friday | St. Stephen's Day 2. juledag | Public |
| Wed, Dec 31 | Wednesday | New Year's Eve Nytårsaftensdag | Bank, School, Optional |
Wed, Jan 1 · Wednesday
New Year's Day
Nytårsdag
Public
Thu, Mar 27 · Thursday
Maundy Thursday
Skærtorsdag
Public
Fri, Mar 28 · Friday
Good Friday
Langfredag
Public
Sun, Mar 30 · Sunday
Easter Sunday
Påskedag
Public
Mon, Mar 31 · Monday
Easter Monday
2. Påskedag
Public
Fri, Apr 25 · Friday
General Prayer Day
Store bededag
Public
Thu, May 8 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Kristi Himmelfartsdag
Public
Fri, May 9 · Friday
Bank closing day
Banklukkedag
Bank, School, Optional
Sun, May 18 · Sunday
Pentecost
Pinsedag
Public
Mon, May 19 · Monday
Whit Monday
2. Pinsedag
Public
Thu, Jun 5 · Thursday
Constitution Day
Grundlovsdag
Bank, School, Optional
Wed, Dec 24 · Wednesday
Christmas Eve
Juleaftensdag
Bank, School, Optional
Thu, Dec 25 · Thursday
Christmas Day
Juledag / 1. juledag
Public
Fri, Dec 26 · Friday
St. Stephen's Day
2. juledag
Public
Wed, Dec 31 · Wednesday
New Year's Eve
Nytårsaftensdag
Bank, School, Optional
Total holidays
15
in 1997
Working days remaining
248
across all of 1997
Upcoming holidays
0
during 1997
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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.