Public holidays in Estonia (Redirected from Anniversary of Treaty of Tartu)
All official holidays in Estonia are established by acts of Parliament.
Public holidays
The following are holidays that mean days off:
Date | English Name | Estonian Name | Remarks |
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January 1 | New Year's Day | uusaasta | |
February 24 | Independence Day | iseseisvuspäev | National Day – celebrates the declaration of independence in 1918. |
Moveable Friday | Good Friday | suur reede | |
Moveable Sunday | Easter Sunday | ülestõusmispühade 1. püha | Commonly known as lihavõtted. |
May 1 | Spring Day (May Day) | kevadpüha | |
Moveable | Whitsunday (Pentecost) | nelipühade 1. püha | |
June 23 | Victory Day | Võidupüha | Celebrates the victory in the Battle of Võnnu during the Estonian War of Independence. |
June 24 | Midsummer Day | Jaanipäev | Jaaniõhtu is celebrated in the night before Midsummer Day. |
August 20 | Independence Restoration Day | taasiseseisvumispäev | Celebrates Estonia's restoration of independence in 1991. |
December 24 | Christmas Eve | jõululaupäev | |
December 25 | Christmas Day | esimene jõulupüha | |
December 26 | Boxing Day | teine jõulupüha |
National holidays
The following holidays do not give a day off:
Date | English Name | Estonian Name | Remarks |
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January 6 | The Epiphany | kolmekuningapäev | |
February 2 | Anniversary of the Tartu Peace Treaty | Tartu rahulepingu aastapäev | Treaty that ended the Estonian War of Independence |
March 14 | Native Language Day | emakeelepäev | Kristjan Jaak Peterson's birthday. |
Moveable Sunday | Mothers' Day | emadepäev | Held on the second Sunday of May. |
June 4 | National Flag Day | Eesti lipu päev | Date when the Flag of Estonia was first consecrated in 1884. |
June 14 | Day of Mourning and Commemoration | leinapäev | Commemorating the victims of Soviet deportations in 1941 and 1949. |
August 23 | European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism | kommunismi ja natsismi ohvrite mälestuspäev | Day when the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was signed in 1939. |
Moveable Sunday | Grandparents Day | vanavanemate päev | Held on the second Sunday of September. |
September 22 | Resistance Fighting Day | vastupanuvõitluse päev | Otto Tief's attempt to restore Estonian independence in 1944 |
October 1 | Local government Day | omavalitsuspäev | |
November 2 | All Souls' Day | hingedepäev | |
Moveable Sunday | Fathers' Day | isadepäev | Held on the second Sunday of November. |
November 16 | Day of Declaration of Sovereignty | taassünni päev | Estonian Declaration of Sovereignty, which was issued in 1988. |
References
- Public and National Holidays Act (in Estonian)
- Estonian Holidays in 2014
- List of holidays celebrated in the European Union in 2006 was used for translation: