15 official public holidays in 2000, with 0 still ahead and around 251 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Jan 1 | Saturday | New Year's Day Uudenvuodenpäivä | Public |
| Thu, Jan 6 | Thursday | Epiphany Loppiainen | Public |
| Fri, Apr 21 | Friday | Good Friday Pitkäperjantai | Public |
| Sun, Apr 23 | Sunday | Easter Sunday Pääsiäispäivä | Public |
| Mon, Apr 24 | Monday | Easter Monday Toinen pääsiäispäivä | Public |
| Mon, May 1 | Monday | May Day Vappu | Public |
| Thu, Jun 1 | Thursday | Ascension Day Helatorstai | Public |
| Sun, Jun 11 | Sunday | Pentecost Helluntaipäivä | Public |
| Fri, Jun 23 | Friday | Midsummer Eve Juhannusaatto | Public |
| Sat, Jun 24 | Saturday | Midsummer Day Juhannuspäivä | Public |
| Sat, Nov 4 | Saturday | All Saints' Day Pyhäinpäivä | Public |
| Wed, Dec 6 | Wednesday | Independence Day Itsenäisyyspäivä | Public |
| Sun, Dec 24 | Sunday | Christmas Eve Jouluaatto | Public |
| Mon, Dec 25 | Monday | Christmas Day Joulupäivä | Public |
| Tue, Dec 26 | Tuesday | St. Stephen's Day Tapaninpäivä | Public |
Sat, Jan 1 · Saturday
New Year's Day
Uudenvuodenpäivä
Public
Thu, Jan 6 · Thursday
Epiphany
Loppiainen
Public
Fri, Apr 21 · Friday
Good Friday
Pitkäperjantai
Public
Sun, Apr 23 · Sunday
Easter Sunday
Pääsiäispäivä
Public
Mon, Apr 24 · Monday
Easter Monday
Toinen pääsiäispäivä
Public
Mon, May 1 · Monday
May Day
Vappu
Public
Thu, Jun 1 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Helatorstai
Public
Sun, Jun 11 · Sunday
Pentecost
Helluntaipäivä
Public
Fri, Jun 23 · Friday
Midsummer Eve
Juhannusaatto
Public
Sat, Jun 24 · Saturday
Midsummer Day
Juhannuspäivä
Public
Sat, Nov 4 · Saturday
All Saints' Day
Pyhäinpäivä
Public
Wed, Dec 6 · Wednesday
Independence Day
Itsenäisyyspäivä
Public
Sun, Dec 24 · Sunday
Christmas Eve
Jouluaatto
Public
Mon, Dec 25 · Monday
Christmas Day
Joulupäivä
Public
Tue, Dec 26 · Tuesday
St. Stephen's Day
Tapaninpäivä
Public
Total holidays
15
in 2000
Working days remaining
251
across all of 2000
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2000
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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.