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Norway (Svalbard) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday may 1, 2024 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday |  |
| Wednesday may 8, 2024 | Ascension holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Thursday may 9, 2024 | Ascension | Catholic or protestant | |
| Monday may 13, 2024 | Ascension holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday may 17, 2024 | Pentecost holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Friday may 17, 2024 | Constitution Day | National Day | |
| Sunday may 19, 2024 | Whitsunday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Monday may 20, 2024 | Whit Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Tuesday may 21, 2024 | Pentecost holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Labor Day/May Day
-Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Ascension holiday (beginning)
-Wednesday may 8, 2024
School holidays :
Ascension
-Thursday may 9, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Ascension holiday (end)
-Monday may 13, 2024
School holidays :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
-Friday may 17, 2024
School holidays :
Constitution Day
-Friday may 17, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates the publication in 1814 of a constitution, which was not fully implemented until 1905, when Norway became free of Swedish control.
in Norwegian: syttende mai (May Seventeenth), Nasjonaldagen (National Day) or Grunnlovsdagen (Constitution Day).
Whitsunday
-Sunday may 19, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday
Whit Monday
-Monday may 20, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
Pentecost holiday (end)
-Tuesday may 21, 2024
School holidays :
