Faroe Islands : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Thursday August 18, 2022 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Monday October 17, 2022 | Autumn holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Sunday October 30, 2022 | Daylight Saving Time | Special Events | |
Wednesday December 21, 2022 | Winter holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Saturday December 24, 2022 | Christmas Eve | Secular holiday | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Anden Juledag | Secular holiday | |
Saturday December 31, 2022 | New Year's Eve | Secular holiday | |
Sunday January 1, 2023 | New Year's Day | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday January 3, 2023 | Winter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Tuesday February 14, 2023 | Valentine's Day | cards/flowers | |
Summer holiday (end)
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Thursday August 18, 2022
School holidays :
Autumn holiday (end)
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Monday October 17, 2022
School holidays :
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday October 30, 2022
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday December 21, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas Eve
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Saturday December 24, 2022
Secular holiday : In certain countries, businesses may be closed half a day only. paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Years Day on Christmas Day.
Anden Juledag
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Monday December 26, 2022
Secular holiday :
New Year's Eve
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Saturday December 31, 2022
Secular holiday :
New Year's Day
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Sunday January 1, 2023
Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Winter holiday (end)
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Tuesday January 3, 2023
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Official calendar provided by the Ministry of Education
all study programs are aligned with the requirements of the Bologna Process
The main language of instruction up to the lower secondary school is Faroese, while Danish is the main language of instruction in upper secondary schools
Schooling is mandatory till age 16
Usually no school on Saturday
Uniform required
Dates confirmed till Sep 2023
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Valentine's Day
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Tuesday February 14, 2023
cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February