Public holidays in Estonia
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All official holidays in Estonia are established by acts of Parliament.
Public holidays
[edit]The following are holidays that mean days off:
| Date | English Name | Estonian Name | Remarks |
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| 1 January | New Year's Day | uusaasta | |
| 24 February | Independence Day | iseseisvuspäev | National Day – celebrates the declaration of independence in 1918. |
| Moveable Friday | Good Friday | suur reede | |
| Moveable Sunday | Easter Sunday | ülestõusmispühade 1. püha | Commonly known as lihavõtted or munadepühad. |
| 1 May | Spring Day | kevadpüha | |
| Moveable Sunday | Whit Sunday | nelipühade 1. püha | |
| 23 June | Victory Day | Võidupüha | Celebrates the victory in the Battle of Võnnu during the Estonian War of Independence. |
| 24 June | Midsummer Day | Jaanipäev | Jaaniõhtu is celebrated in the night before Midsummer Day. |
| 20 August | Independence Restoration Day | taasiseseisvumispäev | Celebrates Estonia's restoration of independence in 1991. |
| 24 December | Christmas Eve | jõululaupäev | |
| 25 December | Christmas Day | esimene jõulupüha | |
| 26 December | Second Day of Christmas | teine jõulupüha |
National holidays
[edit]The following holidays do not give a day off:
| Date | English Name | Estonian Name | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 January | The Epiphany | kolmekuningapäev | |
| 2 February | Anniversary of the Tartu Peace Treaty | Tartu rahulepingu aastapäev | Treaty that ended the Estonian War of Independence |
| 14 March | Native Language Day | emakeelepäev | Kristjan Jaak Peterson's birthday. |
| Moveable Sunday | Mother's Day | emadepäev | Held on the second Sunday of May. |
| 4 June | National Flag Day | Eesti lipu päev | Date when the Flag of Estonia was first consecrated in 1884. |
| 14 June | Day of Mourning and Commemoration | leinapäev | Commemorating the victims of Soviet deportations in 1941 and 1949. |
| 23 August | European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism | kommunismi ja natsismi ohvrite mälestuspäev | Day when the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was signed in 1939. |
| Moveable Sunday | Grandparents Day | vanavanemate päev | Held on the second Sunday of September. |
| 22 September | Resistance Fighting Day | vastupanuvõitluse päev | Otto Tief's attempt to restore Estonian independence in 1944 |
| 1 October | Local government Day | omavalitsuspäev | |
| 2 November | All Souls' Day | hingedepäev | |
| Moveable Sunday | Father's Day | isadepäev | Held on the second Sunday of November. |
| 16 November | Day of Declaration of Sovereignty | taassünni päev | Estonian Declaration of Sovereignty, which was issued in 1988. |
References
[edit]- Public and National Holidays Act (in Estonian)
- Estonian Holidays in 2014
- List of holidays celebrated in the European Union in 2006 was used for translation:
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