In Finland, many holidays have a Christian background. Among other religious observances, Christmas and Easter, for example, are also celebrated as public holidays. On such dates, many shops and public offices are closed.
On public holidays, as well as on other important days in Finland, the national flag is always flown from buildings. In Finland, the national flag is an indication of solemnity. Thus, if you want to salute your Finnish colleagues or partners on a Finnish national holiday, you could fly their flag.
If you are planning a business meeting or social event with your Finnish partners, be sure to find out in advance whether it is appropriate and whether they are available on the planned date. On the day preceding a religious or public holiday in Finland, Finns usually work reduced hours, which means that offices close by noon.
As many church holidays, such as Epiphany, Easter Monday, and Ascension Day, are public holidays in Finland, it would show consideration to schedule business meetings on a different date. Although in many other countries these dates are still regular working days, it is polite to refrain from scheduling work events for church holidays in Finland. Considering local customs shows Finns that you respect their traditions.
In the following list of Finnish holidays in 2022, public holidays are marked in red. Other dates of importance for Finns are marked in black.
1 January 2022 – New Year’s Day
Hyvää uutta vuotta! (Happy New Year!)
Onnea ja menestystä uudelle vuodelle! (Good fortune and success for the new year!)
6 January 2022 – Epiphany or Three Kings’ Day
Hyvää loppiaista! (Happy Epiphany!)
5 February 2022 – Runeberg Day
Hyvää Runebergin päivää! (Happy Runeberg Day!)
14 February 2022 – Valentine’s Day
Hyvää ystävänpäivää! (Happy Valentine’s Day!)
15 April 2022 – Good Friday
17.04.2022 – Easter Sunday
18.04.2022 – Easter Monday
Hyvää pääsiäistä! Iloista pääsiäistä! (Happy Easter! Have a lovely Easter!)
Pääsiäistervehdys! (Easter greetings)
1 May 2022 – Labour Day, Spring Day
Hyvää vappua! Iloista vappua! Hauskaa vappua! (Happy Walpurgis! Have a lovely Walpurgis! Have a great Walpurgis!)
8 May 2022 – Mother’s Day
Hyvää äitienpäivää! (Happy Mother’s Day!)
26 May 2022 – Ascension Day
Hyvää helatorstaita! (Happy Ascension Day!)
05 May 2022 – Pentecost
Hyvää helluntaita! (Happy Pentecost!)
25 June 2022 – Midsummer Day
Hyvää juhannusta! (Happy Midsummer Day!)
5 November 2022 – All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day
Hyvää pyhäinpäivää! (Happy All Souls’ Day!)
13 November 2022 – Father’s Day
Hyvää isänpäivää! (Happy Father’s Day!)
6 December 2022 – Finnish Independence Day
Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää! (Happy Independence Day!)
24 December 2022 – Christmas Eve
25 December 2022 – Christmas Day
Hyvää joulua! Rauhallista joulua! Iloista joulua! (Merry Christmas! Have a peaceful Christmas! Have a lovely Christmas!)
Jouluiloa! Joulurauhaa! (Christmas cheer to you! Christmas peace to you!)
Joulutervehdys! (Christmas greetings!)
26 December 2022 – second day of Christmas
Hyvää tapaninpäivää! (Happy second day of Christmastide!)
31 December 2022 – New Year’s Eve
Finns do not generally wish each other a happy New Year’s Eve, but simply a happy new year.
Check out these other posts from our blog
Out of office message in English, Finnish, Estonian, Russian, German, Lithuanian and Latvian 
Latvian holidays in 2022 
Lithuanian holidays in 2022 
TRANSLY TRANSLATION AGENCY BLOG
Transly's blog is written by our dedicated team of translators, wordslingers and editors. We love what we do.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT TRANSLY
Good translations can take your business to a new level. We know how.
We were organising a large event – Tallinn Truck Show – and ordered a press release writing, press release editing and press release distribution service as well as a few translations from Transly. We were fully satisfied with Transly Translation Agency’s professional attitude, speed and the results they achieved. Thanks to Transly’s excellent work, our press release was published on practically all Estonian- and Russian-language media portals. 100% recommended!
Forest Steel
We needed a translation agency to have our online store translated into Finnish and were looking at quite a few providers. In the end, we decided to go with Transly Translation Agency and have been truly happy with our decision. The online store translation project was fairly large in volume, and every now and then we found additional snippets we had forgotten to send into translation. Despite this and thanks to Transly’s team being so forthcoming, the job was always completed very quickly and the entire translation process went considerably faster than we initially expected...
Punktid.ee
Thank you very much for your collaboration! So far, all translations have been done professionally, the translators are competent and the translated texts, which are technical and difficult, are all understandable and correct. The translators work fast and observe the deadlines, which is very important to us. Customer service is professional and reliable. The prices are also competitive. We are very happy with the service and hope to continue this pleasant cooperation.
Translation Agency Customer Feedback: Icopal
icopal.com
GET IN TOUCH, WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU
Don't forget to add your e-mail address and files and be sure to submit your enquiry. We will be waiting.