Your official calendar of all the holidays and important dates to know in Denmark for 2015.
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January
1 January – New Year’s Day
28 January – 1 February – Copenhagen Fashion Week
February
5 February – Crown Princess Mary’s Birthday
6 February – Princess Marie’s Birthday
9 – 15 February – Copenhagen Dining Week
15 February – Fastelavn
March
29 March – Summertime begins
April
2 April – Maundy Thursday: Skærtorsdag
3 April – Good Friday: Langfredag
5 April – Easter Sunday: Påskedag
6 April – Easter Monday: 2. påskedag
9 April – Occupation of Denmark
9 – 22 April – CPH:PIX International Film Festival
16 April – Queen Margrethe II’s Birthday
29 April – Princess Benedikte’s Birthday
May
1 May – Great Prayer Day: Store Bededag
1 May – International Worker’s Day
4 May – Light candles in windows to commemorate the liberation of Denmark in 1945
5 May – Denmark’s Liberation Day
14 May – Ascension Day: Kristi Himmelfartsdag
10 May – Mother’s Day: “Mors dag”
15 May – Bank Holiday
24 May – Whit Sunday: Pinsedag
24 May – Copenhagen Marathon
25 May – Whit Monday: 2. pinsedag
26 May – Crown Prince Frederik’s Birthday
June
3 – 7 June – Distortion
5 June – Constitution Day: Grundlovsdag
5 June – Father’s Day: Fars dag
7 June – Prince Joachim’s Birthday
11 June – Prince Henrik’s Birthday
15 June – Valdemar’s Day & Reunion Day
12 – 15 June – NorthSide Music Festival
24 June – St. John’s Eve / Midsummer: Sankthansaften
27 June – 4 July – Roskilde Festival
July
30 July – 1 August – Trailer Park Festival
August
15 August – Copenhagen Pride Parade
21 -30 August – Copenhagen Cooking
September
5 September – Day in honour of deployed Danish soldiers: Flagdag for Danmarks udsendte
13 September – Copenahgen Half Marathon
4 – 20 September – Golden Days Festival
October
9 October – Culture Night: Kulturnatten
25 October – Summertime ends
31 October – Halloween: Allehelgensaften
November
10 November – St. Martin’s Eve: Mortensaften
29 November – First advent
December
6 December – Second advent
13 December – Third advent
13 December – St Lucy’s Day: Luciadag
20 December – Forth advent
24 December – Christmas Eve
25 December – Christmas Day
26 December – Second Day of Christmas
31 December – New Year’s Eve
There are so many exciting events in 2015. Let us know about any we missed!