When you enter a new year, it’s not entirely easy to keep track of all the upcoming red days.
However, those who want to maximize their time off are right to familiarize themselves with when the red days and squeeze days fall.
Red days 2025 calendar – then you should take time off
News24 have therefore compiled all the red days in 2025 in a kind of calendar below. In addition, we give some tips on how you can distribute your vacation days to get as much time off as possible.
Red days January 2025: New Year’s Day and Christmas Day
Anyone who takes time off on January 2 and 3, 2025, as well as December 23, 27, and 30, 2024, gets a full 15 days off straight. It assumes that you are off on New Year’s Eve, December 31, which is a public holiday and not a red day.
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Red days April 2025: Good Friday, Easter Eve and Easter Sunday
In 2025, Easter falls in April.
In some workplaces, they work half a day, or not at all, on Maundy Thursday, which in 2025 falls on April 17.
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Red days May 2025: May Day and Ascension Day
May begins with a red day: May Day. The eve of Walpurgis Fair, April 30, is not a red day, however.
Towards the end of May, Christ’s ascension falls, which is a red day.
When we are about a week into May, Christ’s ascension falls, which is a red day. To get four consecutive days off, you can take Friday 30 May off.
Red Days June 2025: National Day, Pentecost and Midsummer
National Day on June 6 is, since 2005, a red day and in 2025 it will fall on a Friday. Pentecost, which is also a red day, falls as usual on a Sunday.
Later in June, it’s time for midsummer and for those who work regular office hours, this usually means that you are off on midsummer’s eve, even if it is not a red day. Midsummer’s Day is a red day, but always falls on a Saturday.
Red Days November 2025: All Saints’ Day
During autumn there is only one red day and that is All Saints’ Day, which always falls on a Saturday. In 2025, this day will take place on November 1.
Some also work half a day during All Saints’ Eve, which in 2025 falls on October 31.
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Red days December 2025: Christmas and New Year
In connection with Christmas and New Year 2025, there is the possibility of long leave if you distribute your vacation days correctly. If you are off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, which many are even though they are not red days, and take the 22, 23, and 29 and 30 December off, you get 13 days off straight because January 1, 2026 is also a red day.
If you take time off on January 2, it will be 16 days off.
New Year’s Eve falls on a Wednesday in 2025.
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