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Public Holidays and
Bank Holidays for
Faroe Islands
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The list of Faroe Islands bank
holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from
the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database,
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Background Information
Footnotes
Disclaimer
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Date in 2008 |
Holiday Name |
Observance* |
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Tue |
New Year's Day
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Thu |
Maundy Thursday
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Fri |
Good Friday
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Sun |
Easter
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Mon |
Easter Monday
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Fri |
Dýri biðidagu (Prayer Day)
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Fri |
National Flag Day
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Othr+Aft |
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Thu |
Ascension Day
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Sun |
Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
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Mon |
Whit Monday
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Thu |
Constitution Day
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Othr+Aft |
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Mon |
Olavsoka Eve (Ólavsøkuaftan)
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Othr+Aft |
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Tue |
Saint Olav's Day (Ólavsøkudagur)
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Wed |
Christmas Eve
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Christmas Day
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Fri |
Second Day of Christmas
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Wed |
New Year's Eve
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Othr+Aft |
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Background Information |
Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example).
Olavsoka is considered the National Day.
There were many contradictory sources that had from none to four of the following public holidays as only half-day holidays. Other sources listed some or all of them as full day public holidays for all. These days should be considered as at least half day public holidays while some may indeed take the full day off. The public holidays in question are: Flag Day, Constitution Day, Olavsoka Eve, and New Year's Eve. Please contact us if you can shed any more light on the situation.
Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: National Bank of Denmark (Faroe Islands central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation). |
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Footnotes |
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Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Faroe Islands, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh. |
Disclaimer
In many parts of
the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local
authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of
2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Faroe Islands, we
cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented
above. You are therefore advised to verify
the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Faroe Islands, before planning any
trip to Faroe Islands. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays,
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