Issuer: Riigikogu
Type: seadus
In force from: 30.12.2022
In force until: In force
Publication notation: RT V, 27.12.2022, 3

Public Holidays and Days of National Importance Act

Passed 27.01.1998
RT I 1998, 13, 162
Entry into force 23.02.1998

Amended by the following acts
Passed - Published - Entry into force
11.02.1999 - RT I 1999, 18, 299 - 24.02.1999
14.04.2004 - RT I 2004, 29, 193 - 24.04.2004
23.03.2005 - RT I 2005, 20, 126 - 01.01.2006
14.04.2005 - RT I 2005, 24, 185 - 20.05.2005
15.02.2007 - RT I 2007, 22, 118 - 23.03.2007
18.06.2009 - RT I 2009, 34, 229 - 06.07.2009
21.01.2010 - RT I 2010, 7, 27 - 26.02.2010
17.02.2011 - RT I, 09.03.2011, 2 - 19.03.2011
29.05.2018 - RT I, 12.06.2018, 2 - 22.06.2018
12.11.2020 - RT I, 24.11.2020, 3 - 04.12.2020
07.12.2022 - RT I, 20.12.2022, 1 - 30.12.2022

§ 1. National day

() The national day and a day of rest is:
24 February, Independence Day and anniversary of the Republic of Estonia.

§ 2. Public holidays

() Public holidays and days of rest are:
1) 1 January – New Year’s Day;
2) – Good Friday;
3) – Easter Sunday;
4) 1 May – May Day;
5) – Pentecost;
6) 23 June – Victory Day;
7) 24 June – Midsummer Day;
8) 20 August – Day of Restoration of Independence;
8^1) 24 December – Christmas Eve;
9) 25 December – Christmas Day;
10) 26 December – Boxing Day.
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							RT I
							2005
							24
							185
						 - pub. 20.05.2005] 

§ 3. Days of national importance

() The days of national importance are:
1) 6 January – Epiphany;
1^1) 30 January – Estonian Literature Day;
[RT I, 20.12.2022, 1 – entry into force 30.12.2022]
2) 2 February – Anniversary of Tartu Peace Treaty;
2^1) 14 March – Mother Tongue Day;
3) second Sunday in May – Mothers’ Day;
3^1) 1 June – Child Protection Day;
[RT I, 24.11.2020, 3 – entry into force 04.12.2020]
3^2) 4 June – Flag Day;
[RT I 2004, 29, 193 – entry into force 24.04.2004, clause number changed (RT I, 24.11.2020, 3)]
4) 14 June – Day of Mourning;
4^1) 23 August – Day of Remembrance for Victims of Communism and Nazism;
[
							RT I
							2009
							34
							229
						 - pub. 06.07.2009] 
4^2) the second Sunday in September – Grandparents’ Day;
[
							RT I
							2010
							7
							27
						 - pub. 26.02.2010] 
4^3) 22 September – Resistance Day;
[RT I 2007, 22, 118 - entry into force 23.03.2007, clause number changed (RT I, 2010, 7, 27)]
4^4) 1 October – Local Self-Government Day;
[
							RT I
							2018-06-12
							2
							112062018002
						 - pub. 22.06.2018] 
4^5) the third Saturday in October – Kindred Peoples’ Day;
[RT I, 09.03.2011, 2 - entry into force 19.03.2011, clause number changed (RT I, 12.06.2018, 2)]
5) 2 November – All Souls’ Day;
6) the second Sunday in November – Fathers’ Day;
7) 16 November – Day of Declaration of Sovereignty.

§ 3^1. National mourning

(1) The Government of the Republic of Estonia may declare a period of national mourning.

(2) No public events incongruous with mourning may be held on 14 June, the Day of Mourning.
[
						RT I
						2005
						20
						126
					 - pub. 01.01.2006] 

§ 4. Determination of public holidays and days of national importance

(1) The public holidays and days of national importance specified in this Act are determined on the basis of the Gregorian calendar.

(2) The provisions in other legislative acts regarding public holidays and days of national importance apply to the national day.

§ 5. [Omitted from this version]

§ 6. Entry into force of this Act

() This Act enters into force on 23 February 1998.