Public holidays 2026 in Kainuu
Kainuu has 15 public holidays in 2026; 9 fall on a working day.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | Uudenvuodenpäivä | ||
| Tuesday | Epiphany | Loppiainen | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | Pitkäperjantai | ||
| Sunday | Easter Sunday | Pääsiäispäivä | ||
| Monday | Easter Monday | Toinen pääsiäispäivä | ||
| Friday | May Day | Vappu | ||
| Thursday | Ascension Day | Helatorstai | ||
| Sunday | Pentecost | Helluntaipäivä | ||
| Friday | Midsummer Eve | Juhannusaatto | ||
| Saturday | Midsummer Day | Juhannuspäivä | ||
| Saturday | All Saints' Day | Pyhäinpäivä | ||
| Sunday | Independence Day | Itsenäisyyspäivä | ||
| Thursday | Christmas Eve | Jouluaatto | ||
| Friday | Christmas Day | Joulupäivä | ||
| Saturday | Second Day of Christmas | Tapaninpäivä |
Falling on a weekend in 2026: Easter Sunday (Sunday, 5 Apr), Pentecost (Sunday, 24 May), Midsummer Day (Saturday, 20 Jun), All Saints' Day (Saturday, 31 Oct), Independence Day (Sunday, 6 Dec) and Second Day of Christmas (Saturday, 26 Dec).
For comparison: in 2026 the number of public holidays ranges from 15 (18 regions) to 16 (Ahvenanmaan maakunta). Kainuu is among the regions with the fewest public holidays.
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Long weekends 2026
11 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Jan | 1 Jan – 4 Jan 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | New Year's Day |
| Mon 5 Jan | 3 Jan – 6 Jan 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Epiphany |
| Wed 7 Jan, Thu 8 Jan, Fri 9 Jan | 6 Jan – 11 Jan 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Epiphany |
| Mon 30 Mar, Tue 31 Mar, Wed 1 Apr, Thu 2 Apr | 28 Mar – 6 Apr 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday |
| Tue 7 Apr, Wed 8 Apr, Thu 9 Apr, Fri 10 Apr | 3 Apr – 12 Apr 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday |
| Mon 27 Apr, Tue 28 Apr, Wed 29 Apr, Thu 30 Apr | 25 Apr – 3 May 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | May Day |
| Mon 11 May, Tue 12 May, Wed 13 May | 9 May – 14 May 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Ascension Day |
| Fri 15 May | 14 May – 17 May 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Ascension Day |
| Mon 15 Jun, Tue 16 Jun, Wed 17 Jun, Thu 18 Jun | 13 Jun – 21 Jun 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Midsummer Eve, Midsummer Day |
| Mon 21 Dec, Tue 22 Dec, Wed 23 Dec | 19 Dec – 27 Dec 2026 | 3 | 9 | 3 | Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Second Day of Christmas |
| Mon 28 Dec, Tue 29 Dec, Wed 30 Dec, Thu 31 Dec | 24 Dec – 3 Jan 2027 | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Second Day of Christmas, New Year's Day |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code FI (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.finnish) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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