Bridge days in Norway 2026
26 vacation days → 63 days off.
🇳🇴 Every public holiday in Norway 2026, every bridge day worth taking, and exactly what each one buys you — computed, not guessed.
Norway front-loads its holidays into spring like nowhere else: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day, Constitution Day, Ascension and Whit Monday all land within about eight weeks. In 2026, 26 vacation days placed on the right bridges return 63 days off, best single play ×4.
Because Maundy Thursday is a public holiday, Easter alone is a five-day weekend before you spend anything — and a ten-day break costs surprisingly little. May 17 (Constitution Day) shifts weekday every year and decides how good the May chain gets.
Assumption: Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are treated as days off, as at most Norwegian workplaces.
If you take every bridge below
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| Book these days | Days | You are off | Total | Rate | Anchor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Jan | 1 | Thu 1 Jan – Sun 4 Jan | 4 | ×4.0 | New Year's Day |
| Fri 15 May | 1 | Thu 14 May – Sun 17 May | 4 | ×4.0 | Ascension Day |
| Mon 28 Dec – Wed 30 Dec | 3 | Thu 24 Dec – Sun 3 Jan | 11 | ×3.7 | Christmas Day |
| Mon 30 Mar – Wed 1 Apr | 3 | Sat 28 Mar – Mon 6 Apr | 10 | ×3.3 | Maundy Thursday |
| Mon 21 Dec – Wed 23 Dec | 3 | Sat 19 Dec – Sun 27 Dec | 9 | ×3.0 | Christmas Day |
| Tue 7 Apr – Fri 10 Apr | 4 | Thu 2 Apr – Sun 12 Apr | 11 | ×2.8 | Maundy Thursday |
| Mon 27 Apr – Thu 30 Apr | 4 | Sat 25 Apr – Sun 3 May | 9 | ×2.3 | Labour Day |
| Tue 26 May – Fri 29 May | 4 | Sat 23 May – Sun 31 May | 9 | ×2.3 | Whit Monday |
| Mon 11 May – Wed 13 May | 3 | Sat 9 May – Thu 14 May | 6 | ×2.0 | Ascension Day |
Norway-specific fine print
Easter is five days for free
Maundy Thursday and Good Friday plus the weekend and Easter Monday give every Norwegian a built-in five-day break. Add the three workdays before or after and it becomes ten.
Syttende mai moves
Constitution Day is fixed to May 17, so its weekday changes every year. A Tuesday or Thursday May 17 creates a classic one-day bridge; a weekend May 17 is simply lost — Norway has no substitute-day rule.
Every public holiday in Norway 2026
| Date | Holiday | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Jan | New Year's Day | day off |
| Thu 2 Apr | Maundy Thursday | day off |
| Fri 3 Apr | Good Friday | day off |
| Sun 5 Apr | Easter Sunday | on a weekend |
| Mon 6 Apr | Easter Monday | day off |
| Fri 1 May | Labour Day | day off |
| Thu 14 May | Ascension Day | day off |
| Sun 17 May | Constitution Day | on a weekend |
| Sun 24 May | Whit Sunday | on a weekend |
| Mon 25 May | Whit Monday | day off |
| Thu 24 Dec | Christmas Eve | eve (de facto) |
| Fri 25 Dec | Christmas Day | day off |
| Sat 26 Dec | Boxing Day | on a weekend |
| Thu 31 Dec | New Year's Eve | eve (de facto) |
The app does this for any year
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