Norwegian holidays and official flag-flying days
| Month and day | - | (Holiday) | -
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| - | - | - | - | |
| January | - | - | - | |
| 1st |   |
New Year's Day | - | |
| February | - | - | - | |
| 21 | |
King Harald V birthday (1937) | - | |
| March | - | - | - | |
| 8 | |
International Women's Day | - | |
| April | - | - | - | |
| 1 | - | April Fool's | No holiday, but definitely a special day. Like everywhere else, it’s the day to play practical jokes on your mates. | |
| 8 |  |
Maundy Thursday | - | |
| 9 | |
Long Friday | Flag flown at half mast | |
| 12 | |
Easter Sunday | - | |
| 13 | |
Easter Monday | - | |
| May | - | - | - | |
| 1 | |
May Day | A political day. Many speeches and demonstrations. | |
| 8 | |
Liberation Day (1945) | On May 8th, 1945, the second world war ended in Norway. In 1995 when it was 50 years since the war ended, the biggest celebrations were held this day. | |
| 17 | |
Constitution day | Celebrated with parades and music throughout the country. | |
| 31 | |
Whit Sunday | - | |
| June | - | - | - | |
| 7 | |
Union dissolution 1905 | - | |
| 23 | - | St John's eve | - | |
| July | - | - | - | |
| 4 | |
Queen Sonja's birthday (1937) | - | |
| 20 | |
Crown-prince Haakon Magnus' birthday (1973) | - | |
| 29 | |
Olsok
Day of St. Olav |
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| September | - | - | - | |
| 22 | |
Princess Märtha Louise's birthday (1971) | - | |
| December | - | - | - | |
| 24 | |
Christmas Eve | Holiday from noon. (half work day, half holiday) | |
| 25 | |
Christmas Day | - | |
| 26 | |
Boxing Day | - | |
Flag-flying days are marked with this symbol:
National holidays (when everyone has the day off) are marked with this
symbol:
Some of the holidays are flexible - they are not on the same date each
year, but depend on the moon phases, such as Easter, or other matters.
These holidays are marked with .
The dates stated are the dates for 1998.
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