Public holidays · 2027
First Day of Summer falls on Thursday, April 22, 2027 in Iceland in 2027.
A public holiday across Iceland: most employees have the day off.
In 2027 it falls on a Thursday, a working day.
The date changes from year to year.
Saturday and Sunday · A public holiday does not always close every business. Essential services, shops and some industries keep working, and pay rules differ by country and contract.
The First Day of Summer, Sumardagurinn fyrsti in Icelandic, is a public holiday and flag day in Iceland that marks the start of the summer half of the old Icelandic year. Although snow can still lie on the ground in April, the old Icelandic calendar divided the year into six winter months and six summer months, and the first day of summer is the start of the first summer month, Harpa. Because it always falls on a Thursday, many people take the Friday off for a long weekend.
The day is celebrated with parades, outdoor events and family gatherings in many towns. It is traditional to give children a summer gift, sumargjöf, a custom recorded since the sixteenth century. There is also weather lore: if summer and winter freeze together on the night before, the saying goes, the summer will be a good one.
Everywhere in Iceland.
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A public holiday across Iceland: most employees have the day off.
Thursday, April 22, 2027.