New Year's Day
Første nyttårsdag
Details
- Country
Svalbard and Jan Mayen- Scope
- Nationwide
- Type
- Public Holiday
- Gazetted
- Yes — official day off
- Month
- January 2026
Business Impact
- Impact Description
- Closed
Notes
New Year's Day in SJ is a time for reflection on the past year and setting intentions for the future, often marked by family gatherings and symbolic…(read more)
New Year's Day in SJ is a time for reflection on the past year and setting intentions for the future, often marked by family gatherings and symbolic rituals representing renewal. Traditional customs may involve cleaning the home to sweep away bad luck and preparing special foods believed to bring prosperity. Public celebrations could include parades or community events showcasing SJ's unique cultural heritage. Business Impact: Banks and offices typically close on New Year's Day in SJ, and travel services may experience increased demand.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is New Year's Day a public holiday in Svalbard and Jan Mayen?
- Yes, New Year's Day is an official public holiday in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Government offices, banks, and most businesses are typically closed.
- When is New Year's Day 2026?
- New Year's Day 2026 falls on January 1, 2026.
- What is closed during New Year's Day in Svalbard and Jan Mayen?
- closed
- What is New Year's Day called locally in Svalbard and Jan Mayen?
- New Year's Day is locally known as "Første nyttårsdag" in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
New Year's Day
The first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, celebrated with festivities in most countries.
| Country | Date | Day | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen(current) | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Montenegro | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Barbados | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Montenegro | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 San Marino | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Maldives | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Burkina Faso | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Portugal | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Hungary | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Haiti | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Monaco | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Lucia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tajikistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 South Korea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Saint Lucia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Norway | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Turkmenistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Iraq | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Indonesia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Eritrea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Poland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mozambique | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Haiti | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Austria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Macao | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Switzerland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Reunion | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Gabon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Canada | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mongolia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Turkey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
| Austria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Jersey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Botswana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Wallis and Futuna | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Aruba | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 South Sudan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Singapore | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Vietnam | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mayotte | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 French Polynesia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kosovo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Philippines | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| French Polynesia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Nigeria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guyana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Malawi | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Aland Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Andorra | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Albania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Belize | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Togo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 DR Congo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bulgaria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Costa Rica | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Brazil | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Germany | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Dominican Republic | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mali | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mauritania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Finland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Thailand | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Barbados | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guatemala | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Thailand | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Gibraltar | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Syria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 North Macedonia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Gambia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guinea-Bissau | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Chile | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ghana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Hong Kong | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Honduras | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Rwanda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Liechtenstein | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Armenia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Azerbaijan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Montserrat | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tanzania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Lithuania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kazakhstan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Namibia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Lesotho | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Georgia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Latvia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Moldova | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Netherlands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Estonia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Malta | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Mexico | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Belarus | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Niger | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 New Zealand | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Peru | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Papua New Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Argentina | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Romania | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Uruguay | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Faroe Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 South Africa | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Italy | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Spain | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Greece | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Morocco | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ukraine | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 China | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 France | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guernsey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cyprus | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ireland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Luxembourg | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Norway | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Grenada | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Martinique | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Mozambique | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tunisia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Iceland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Belgium | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Ecuador | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Hungary | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Russia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sweden | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Australia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Serbia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Belgium | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Canada | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Botswana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Denmark | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 United Kingdom | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Vanuatu | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Poland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Venezuela | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| South Korea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Indonesia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Turkey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Jersey | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Japan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Singapore | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Vietnam | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Mongolia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Venezuela | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Denmark | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Fiji | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Helena | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 American Samoa | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cook Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Burundi | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Eritrea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cameroon | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Barthelemy | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 United Arab Emirates | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bermuda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bahrain | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Philippines | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Portugal | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Liberia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Colombia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Western Sahara | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Luxembourg | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Malaysia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Comoros | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Isle of Man | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Dominica | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Fiji | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Anguilla | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cayman Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guadeloupe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Eswatini | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Benin | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Reunion | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Djibouti | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Central African Republic | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Malaysia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Equatorial Guinea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Christmas Island | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Senegal | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tonga | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Slovakia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sierra Leone | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Vanuatu | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Chad | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Laos | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
 Curacao | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 US Virgin Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Slovenia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Greenland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Zambia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Czechia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kuwait | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Uzbekistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Falkland Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Croatia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Monaco | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Aland Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Congo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Tokelau | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 United States | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Panama | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Uganda | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kenya | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Jamaica | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Suriname | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Seychelles | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Nicaragua | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Somalia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Guam | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Algeria | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| San Marino | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sint Maarten | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Cabo Verde | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Sri Lanka | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 French Guiana | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Madagascar | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Kyrgyzstan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 British Virgin Islands | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 North Korea | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Switzerland | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Puerto Rico | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Japan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Full Closure |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Serbia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Colombia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Congo | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Jordan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Pakistan | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Saint Martin | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| Burkina Faso | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Zimbabwe | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
| United Arab Emirates | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | Normal Operations |
| Aruba | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Paraguay | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Brunei | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Côte d'Ivoire | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bolivia | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Angola | Jan 1, 2026 | Thu | — |
 Bahamas | Jan 2, 2026 | Fri | — |
 Ethiopia | Sep 11, 2026 | Fri | — |