Holiday planner for Denmark: work out the paid holiday days you have accrued (2.08 per month), plan the holiday year and see how many days you have left under the Danish Holiday Act (ferieloven).
Danish rules
This calculator applies Danish law and Danish collective agreements. It is for employment in Denmark and does not reflect the rules of other countries.
• You accrue 2.08 holiday days per month (25 days/year) and can take them from the following month
• Accrual year: 1 September to 31 August the following year
• Holiday-taking period (ferieafholdelsesperiode): 1 September to 31 December the following year
• Holiday beyond 4 weeks can be transferred by written agreement no later than 31 December (§ 21)
• Untransferred holiday beyond 4 weeks is paid out after 31 December (§ 24); untaken days within the 4 weeks go to the Holiday Fund (Feriefonden) (§ 34)
If you work in Denmark, the holiday planner calculates your holiday days under the Danish Holiday Act (ferieloven) and draws up a plan for the holiday year: how many days you have accrued, when you take them, how many you have left month by month, and whether the 5th week of holiday should be transferred. The plan is saved in your browser. You can see which days are already Danish public holidays (helligdage) in Public holidays and working time.
2.08 holiday days for each month of employment — 25 days when you have been employed for the whole holiday year (ferieår) (§ 5 of the Holiday Act (ferieloven), in Danish). If you are employed for less than a month, you accrue 0.07 days per day, up to a maximum of 2.08. Holiday can be taken as it is accrued. Enter your start date in the calculator and it works out the days you have accrued in the current holiday year.
| Employed in the holiday year | Holiday days accrued |
|---|---|
| 1 month | 2.08 |
| 2 months | 4.17 |
| 3 months | 6.25 |
| 4 months | 8.33 |
| 5 months | 10.42 |
| 6 months | 12.50 |
| 7 months | 14.58 |
| 8 months | 16.67 |
| 9 months | 18.75 |
| 10 months | 20.83 |
| 11 months | 22.92 |
| 12 months | 25.00 |
Many collective agreements (overenskomster) also give 5 extra holiday days (feriefridage) a year — they follow from the agreement, not from the Holiday Act.
In Denmark, holiday is accrued and taken at the same time (samtidighedsferie). The holiday year is the period in which holiday is accrued; the holiday-taking period (ferieafholdelsesperiode) is the holiday year plus four months, so the holiday can be taken over 16 months in total (§§ 4 and 6).
| Period | |
|---|---|
| Holiday year (accrual) | 1 September – 31 August |
| Holiday-taking period | 1 September – 31 December the following year |
| Main holiday (15 consecutive days) | 1 May – 30 September |
| Agreement to transfer the 5th week of holiday | no later than 31 December in the holiday-taking period |
25 holiday days in total. Summer holiday: 15 days in July. Autumn holiday: 5 days in October.
25 − 15 − 5 = 5 days left
25 holiday days in total. 22 days taken during the holiday year. 3 days are left over.
The 3 remaining days are transferred to the next holiday-taking period by written agreement with the employer.
Holiday must be notified in good time — the summer holiday no later than 3 months before, other holiday no later than 1 month before. Shorter notice requires the employee's consent.
The first 20 holiday days cannot be paid out during employment. If they are not taken — and are not transferred because of illness or another obstacle to taking holiday (feriehindring) — the holiday pay (feriepenge) goes to the Labour Market Holiday Fund (Arbejdsmarkedets Feriefond). Holiday beyond 20 days can be paid out by agreement after the holiday year ends; otherwise it is paid out after the holiday-taking period ends (§§ 23–24 and 34).
You are entitled to 3 weeks of consecutive holiday in the summer period — you cannot be forced to split it up unless you want to.
Transferring the 5th week of holiday requires a written agreement, which must be made no later than 31 December in the holiday-taking period (§ 21(2)).
Content last reviewed September 2026.