Bank's Holidays in Iceland for 2008, 2009

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland (Icelandic: Lýðveldið Ísland) is a country in northern Europe, comprising the island of Iceland and its outlying islets in the North Atlantic Ocean between the rest of Europe and Greenland. Government – Parliamentary republic. President – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. Official language – Icelandic.

Reykjavik – the capital and the largest city. Main industries – fish processing; aluminum smelting, ferrosilicon production; geothermal power, tourism.

Human Development Index 2007/2008 rankings for Iceland is 0.968 (1st, the highest) in High Human Development countries. Currency – Icelandic króna (ISK). Trade organisations – WTO, EFTA, OECD, EEA. Inflation rate – 11.8% (2008) from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Business Day" refers to Monday through Friday (Weekend: Saturday and Sunday). Time Zone: GMT (UTC+0).

Holidays	2008	2009
New Year's Day	January 1 (Tue)	January 1 (Thu)
Maundy Thursday The Thursday before Easter Sunday (Catholic or protestant )	March 20 (Thu)	April 9 (Thu)
Good Friday (Catholic or protestant )	March 21 (Fri)	April 10 (Fri)
Easter Monday (Catholic or protestant )	March 24 (Mon)	April 13 (Mon)
Ascension (Catholic or protestant ) 40 days after Easter, Thursday	May 1 (Thu)	May 21 (Thu)
Labor Day/May Day	May 1(Thu)	May 1(Fri)
Whit Monday (7 weeks after Easter Monday) (Catholic or protestant )	May 12 (Mon)	June 1 (Mon)
Proclamation of the Republic (Independence from Denmark in 1944) National Day	June 17 (Tue)	June 17 (Wed)
Commerce Day (the date changes)	August 4 (Mon)	August 3 (Mon)
Christmas Eve (1/2 day)	December 24 (Wed)	December 24 (Thu)
Christmas Day (Catholic or protestant )	December 25 (Thu)	December 25 (Fri)
St. Stephen's Day banks are closed	December 26 (Fri)	December 26 (Sat)
New Year's Eve (1/2 day)	December 31 (Wed)	December 31 (Thu)

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