Your official calendar of all the holidays and important dates to know in Denmark for 2017.
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January
1 January – New Year’s Day
31 January – 2 February – Copenhagen Fashion Week AW17
February
5 February – Crown Princess Mary’s Birthday
6 February – Princess Marie’s Birthday
26 February – Fastelavn
12 -19 February – Copenhagen Dining Week
March
16 – 26 March – CPH:DOX Festival
April
9 April – Occupation of Denmark
13 April – Maundy Thursday: Skærtorsdag
14 April – Good Friday: Langfredag
16 April – Easter Sunday: Påskedag
17 April – Easter Monday: 2. påskedag
16 April – Queen Margrethe II’s Birthday
29 April – Princess Benedikte’s Birthday
May
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
12 May – Great Prayer Day: Store Bededag
14 May – Mother’s Day: “Mors dag”
21 May – Copenhagen Marathon
25 May – Ascension Day: Kristi Himmelfartsdag
26 May – Crown Prince Frederik’s Birthday
27 May – 25 June – Ramadan
31 May – 4 June – Distortion
June
4 June – Whit Sunday: Pinsedag
5 June – Constitution Day: Grundlovsdag
5 June – Whit Monday: 2. pinsedag
5 June – Father’s Day: Fars dag
7 June – Prince Joachim’s Birthday
9 – 11 June – NorthSide Music Festival
11 June – Prince Henrik’s Birthday
15 June – Valdemar’s Day & Reunion Day
23 June – St. John’s Eve / Midsummer: Sankthansaften
24 June – 1 July – Roskilde Festival
July
7 – 16 July – Copenhagen Jazz Festival
August
15 – 20 August – Copenhagen Pride
18 -27 August – Copenhagen Cooking
September
2 – 17 September – Golden Days Festival
5 September – Day in honour of deployed Danish soldiers: Flagdag for Danmarks udsendte
October
13 October – Culture Night: Kulturnatten
31 October – Halloween: Allehelgensaften
November
10 November – St. Martin’s Eve: Mortensaften
December
3 December – First advent
10 December – Second advent
13 December – St Lucy’s Day: Luciadag
17 December – Third advent
24 December – Christmas Eve / Fourth advent
25 December – Christmas Day
26 December – Second Day of Christmas
31 December – New Year’s Eve
There are so many fun events in 2017. Tell us if we missed any!
Check out Playtype’sPlaytype 2-piece 2017 Calendar Poster.