Your official calendar of all the holidays and important dates to know in Denmark for 2016. Discover all the goings-on for this year, 2017.
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January
1 January – New Year’s Day
February
3 – 5 February – Copenhagen Fashion Week AW16
5 February – Crown Princess Mary’s Birthday
6 February – Princess Marie’s Birthday
7 February – Fastelavn
13 -20 February – Copenhagen Dining Week
March
24 March – Maundy Thursday: Skærtorsdag
25 March – Good Friday: Langfredag
27 March – Easter Sunday: Påskedag
28 March- Easter Monday: 2. påskedag
April
9 April – Occupation of Denmark
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
5 May – Ascension Day: Kristi Himmelfartsdag
8 May – Mother’s Day: “Mors dag”
15 May – Whit Sunday: Pinsedag
25 May – Whit Monday: 2. pinsedag
22 May – Copenhagen Marathon
26 May – Crown Prince Frederik’s Birthday
June
1 – 5 June – Distortion
5 June – Constitution Day: Grundlovsdag
5 June – Father’s Day: Fars dag
6 June – 5th July Ramadan
7 June – Prince Joachim’s Birthday
11 June – Prince Henrik’s Birthday
15 June – Valdemar’s Day & Reunion Day
17 – 19 June – NorthSide Music Festival
24 June – St. John’s Eve / Midsummer: Sankthansaften
25 June – 2 July – Roskilde Festival
July
28 – 30 July – Trailer Park Festival
August
16 – 21 August – Copenhagen Pride
19 -28 August – Copenhagen Cooking
September
5 September – Day in honour of deployed Danish soldiers: Flagdag for Danmarks udsendte
9 – 25 September – Golden Days Festival
October
14 October – Culture Night: Kulturnatten
31 October – Halloween: Allehelgensaften
November
10 November – St. Martin’s Eve: Mortensaften
27 November – First advent
December
4 December – Second advent
11 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 2016. Let us know about any we missed!