Public holidays in Slovenia


There are two kinds of public holidays in Slovenia – state holidays and work-free days. State holidays are those celebrated by the state. These include official functions and flying the national flag. The latter are actually Catholic religious holidays, which are equivalent to any Sunday: companies and schools are closed, but there is no official celebration.
9 of 14 state holiday days are work-free, and there are additional 6 work-free days in Slovenia. Two of them always fall on Sunday, thus, there are effectively at most 13 work-free days in Slovenia.
State holidays that are work-free are shown in pale green, while work-free days that are not state holidays are shown in blue.
DateEnglish nameSlovene nameRemarks
1 January – 2 JanuaryNew Year's Daynovo letoState holiday, work-free. From 1955 until May 2012, when the National Assembly of Slovenia passed the Public Finance Balance Act, 2 January was a work-free day. It was reintroduced in 2017.
8 FebruaryPrešeren DayPrešernov danState holiday, work-free. Anniversary of the death of Slovenian poet France Prešeren, established as the national cultural day in 1944, work-free since 1991.
–Easter Sunday and Easter Mondayvelikonočna nedelja in ponedeljek, velika nočWork-free days, in March or April.
27 AprilDay of Uprising Against Occupationdan upora proti okupatorjuState holiday, work-free. Formerly Liberation Front Day, marks the establishment in 1941 of the Anti-Imperialist Front to fight "imperialists", later renamed the Liberation Front to fight the German, Italian, Hungarian, and Croatian partition and annexation of Slovenia.
1 May – 2 MayMay Daypraznik delaState holiday, work-free from 1949.
–Whit Sundaybinkoštna nedelja, binkoštiWork-free day, in May or June, fifty days after the Easter.
25 JuneStatehood Daydan državnostiState holiday, work-free. Commemorates the act of independence in 1991.
15 AugustAssumption DayMarijino vnebovzetje Work-free day since 1992.
31 OctoberReformation Daydan reformacijeState holiday since 1992, work-free day.
1 NovemberDay of the Deaddan spomina na mrtve or dan mrtvihState holiday, work-free. Before 1991, in the time of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, it was named dan mrtvih.
25 DecemberChristmas DaybožičWork-free day. Abolished in 1953 and re-instituted in 1991.
26 DecemberIndependence and Unity Daydan samostojnosti in enotnostiState holiday, work free. Commemorates the proclamation of the independence plebiscite results in 1990.

In addition to these, several other holidays are traditionally and popularly celebrated by the people of Slovenia, although not being work-free. The best known are: