Public holidays in Finland
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All official holidays in Finland are established by acts of Parliament. The official holidays can be divided into Christian and non-Christian holidays. The main Christian holidays are Christmas, New Year's Day, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension day, Pentecost, Midsummer Day, and All Saints' Day. The non-christian holidays are May Day and the Independence Day of Finland.
In addition to this all Sundays are official holidays but they are not as important as the special holidays. The names of the Sundays follow the liturgical calendar and they can be categorized as Christian holidays. When, in the late 1960s, the standard working week in Finland was reduced to 40 hours by an act of Parliament, it also meant that all Saturdays became a sort of de facto public holidays, though not official ones. Easter Sunday and Pentecost are Sundays that form part of a main holiday and they are preceded by a kind of special Saturdays.
Several Christian holidays traditionally falling on working days or on fixed dates have been moved to Saturdays and Sundays. In 1955, Midsummer day was moved to the Saturday following 19 June, the feast of the Annunciation to the Sunday following 21 March (or, if this coincides with Easter or with Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Palm Sunday), and All Saints' Day to the Saturday following 30 October. More holidays were moved in 1973: Epiphany to the Saturday following 5 January and Ascension Day to the Saturday before the traditional Thursday, but these revisions were reversed in 1991.
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| 1 January | New Year's Day | Uudenvuodenpäivä | |
| 6 January | Epiphany | Loppiainen | |
| Moveable Friday | Good Friday | Pitkäperjantai | The Friday before Easter Sunday |
| Moveable Sunday | Easter Sunday | Pääsiäispäivä | |
| Moveable Monday | Easter Monday | 2. Pääsiäispäivä | The day after Easter Sunday |
| 1 May | May Day | Vappu | See Walpurgis Night |
| Moveable Thursday | Ascension Day | Helatorstai | 39 days after Easter Sunday |
| Moveable Sunday | Pentecost | Helluntaipäivä | 49 days after Easter Sunday |
| Friday between 19 June and 25 June | Midsummer Eve | Juhannusaatto | Non official - however a de facto full holiday |
| Saturday between 20 June and 26 June | Midsummer Day | Juhannuspäivä | Moved from 24 June |
| Saturday between 31 October and 6 November | All Saints' Day | Pyhäinpäivä | Moved from 1 November |
| 6 December | Independence Day | Itsenäisyyspäivä | |
| 24 December | Christmas Eve | Jouluaatto | Non official - however a de facto full holiday |
| 25 December | Christmas Day | Joulupäivä | |
| 26 December | St Stephen's Day | 2. Joulupäivä or Tapaninpäivä | |
| All Sundays | Sunnuntai | Official holidays - names follow the Liturgical year |
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