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Bank and Public Holidays for Denmark

Denmark bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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15 Aug 2009 (The Copenhagen Post-Copenhagen) Denmark's Business Minister, Lene Espersen, has proposed a law allowing shops to stay open on Sundays. • 25 Feb 2008 (Nordea Bank + SIS SegaInterSettle) According to an agreement between the Finance Sector Union and the Employers' Association for the Financial Sector (still to be ratified), the The Friday after Ascension will be a bank holiday (not a general public holiday), beginning in 2008. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Denmark public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Denmark are regulated by the Consolidation Act No. 407 of 28 May 2004 which consolidated the provisions of the Holiday Act No. 396 of 31 May 2000 with its subsequent amendments of 2002 and 2003. • 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). • Denmark International Codes DK and DNK (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .dk (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Denmark information and news: National Bank of Denmark (Denmark central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Denmark maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Denmark), and Wikipedia (includes Denmark commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Denmark, 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 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Denmark, 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 Denmark, before planning any trip to Denmark. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.