{
  "entity_type": "data_package",
  "dataset_id": "calcgrid-finland-public-holidays",
  "dataset_version": "fi-nationwide-public-holidays-2026-2027.1",
  "jurisdiction": "FI (Finland nationwide church and national full-day public holidays for 2026-2027)",
  "year": 2027,
  "coverage": {
    "start": "2026-01-01",
    "end": "2027-12-31"
  },
  "weekend_days": [
    "Saturday",
    "Sunday"
  ],
  "scope": "Finland nationwide church and national full-day public holidays for 2026-2027",
  "holiday_policy": "Finnish church and national public holidays are included; Midsummer Eve and Christmas Eve are not treated as nationwide statutory full-day holidays because their paid-day status is commonly agreement-dependent.",
  "substitute_day_policy": "No nationwide substitute-day closure is inferred when a public holiday falls on a weekend.",
  "limitation": "Nationwide full-day public-holiday layer only. Midsummer Eve, Christmas Eve, employer, collective-agreement, sector, school, bank, Åland, Sámi and local closures are not inferred; private-sector annual-leave counting may treat Saturdays and certain eves differently.",
  "events": [
    {
      "date": "2027-01-01",
      "name": "New Year's Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Finnish church/national public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-01-06",
      "name": "Epiphany",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Finnish church public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-03-26",
      "name": "Good Friday",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Finnish church public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-03-28",
      "name": "Easter Sunday",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Finnish church public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-03-29",
      "name": "Easter Monday",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Finnish church public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-05-01",
      "name": "May Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Finnish national public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-05-06",
      "name": "Ascension Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Finnish church public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-05-16",
      "name": "Whit Sunday",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Finnish church public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-06-26",
      "name": "Midsummer Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Finnish church public holiday; Saturday between 20 and 26 June"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-11-06",
      "name": "All Saints' Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Finnish church public holiday; Saturday between 31 October and 6 November"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-12-06",
      "name": "Independence Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Finnish national public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-12-25",
      "name": "Christmas Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Finnish church public holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-12-26",
      "name": "Boxing Day",
      "kind": "public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Finnish church public holiday"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "University of Helsinki Almanac Office – Flag days and public holidays",
      "url": "https://almanakka.helsinki.fi/en/flag-days-and-holidays",
      "type": "university_authoritative_calendar",
      "scope": "Finnish church holidays, national holidays and the distinction between public holidays and agreement-based days"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bank of Finland – Bank holidays",
      "url": "https://www.suomenpankki.fi/en/money-and-payments/bank-holidays/",
      "type": "central_bank_official_calendar",
      "scope": "Published 2026-2028 holiday dates and bank-closure scope"
    },
    {
      "name": "Finlex – Annual Holidays Act 162/2005",
      "url": "https://finlex.fi/en/legislation/translations/2005/eng/162",
      "type": "government_legal_text",
      "scope": "Annual-holiday legal treatment; not used to infer employer or collective-agreement closure schedules"
    }
  ]
}