Current Date And Time In Svalbard, Svalbard And Jan Mayen
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
20:09:24 CEST
Capital: Longyearbyen
Currency: Norwegian Krone (NOK)
Timezone: UTC +01:00 (CEST)
Population: 2,667
Area: 61,022.00 km²
State Code: SV
Planning business schedules or travel in Svalbard, Svalbard And Jan Mayen? Here is the complete public holiday reference for Svalbard, detailing official statutory observances and bank non-working days.
Corporate offices, banks, and public services throughout Svalbard align operating hours with official statutory non-working day notifications. In Svalbard, statutory fixed-date public holidays (including Grunnlovsdag (Norwegian Constitution Day) on May 17) mandate official non-working status for banks and government departments.
This is Svalbard And Jan Mayen's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Svalbard And Jan Mayen's country-level holiday page — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply uniformly across Svalbard and the rest of Svalbard And Jan Mayen, not a separate Svalbard-specific calendar.
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These are Svalbard And Jan Mayen's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Svalbard And Jan Mayen's country holiday page — mandated by national labor law and applicable across every state and city in Svalbard And Jan Mayen, including Svalbard. These non-working days apply to government administrative offices, commercial banking institutions, and schools statewide.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grunnlovsdag (Norwegian Constitution Day) | May 17 | Territory Holiday | Full Territory Closure | www.sysselmesteren.no |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Grunnlovsdag (Norwegian Constitution Day) | Mon, May 17, 2027 | Automatic 3-day weekend |
Svalbard follows Svalbard And Jan Mayen's statutory holiday calendar in full — the national government sets these dates, and regional banks, public offices and schools across the state close accordingly.
When a fixed statutory public holiday falls on a weekend in Svalbard, government gazette decrees often designate the adjacent Monday as an official substitute non-working day.
As Svalbard's capital, Longyearbyen observes the identical statutory calendar — there's no separate capital-city holiday list distinct from the rest of Svalbard.