Holidays and Days off

Employees in Denmark are entitled to five weeks of paid holiday per year.

On top of that, employees working for public institutions are entitled to five days of special (extra) holiday (særlige feriedage).

The Danish Holiday Act
You can take holiday hand in hand with accruing holiday. You accrue 2.08 days of holiday each month that you can spend the following month. In total corresponding to 25 days/five weeks of holiday a year.

The holiday year runs from 1 September to 31 August, and holiday must be taken in the holiday year, or no later than 31 December of the following year. In other words, you have 16 months to take your holiday.

Five days of special holiday (særlige feriedage)
As a salaried employee, you accrue 0.42 special days of holiday (særlige feriedage) with pay per month, which are taken in the period 1 May to 30 April of the following year. A total of five special days of holiday with pay are accrued per calendar year. You must take your five special days of holiday before the end of April of the following year.

For more details, please check the Holidays page.