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Slovenian HolidaysVarious public & national holidays observed in Slovenia |
| sitesworld.comDate | English name | Slovene name | Remarks |
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| 1 January | New Year | novo leto | State holiday, work-free. |
| 8 February | Prešeren Day, the Slovenian Cultural Holiday | Prešernov dan, slovenski kulturni praznik | State holiday, work-free. Anniversary of the death of Slovenian poet France Prešeren, established as the national cultural day in 1944, work-free since 1991. |
| - | Easter Sunday and Monday | velikonočna nedelja in ponedeljek , velika noč | Work-free days, in March or April (date varies). |
| 27 April | Day of Uprising Against Occupation | dan upora proti okupatorju | State holiday, work-free. Formerly Liberation Front Day ( dan Osvobodilne fronte ), marks the establishment in 1941 of the Liberation Front to fight the German, Italian, Hungarian, and Croatian occupation of Slovenia. |
| 1 May – 2 May | May Day Holiday | praznik dela | State holiday, work-free from 1949. |
| - | Whit Sunday | binkoštna nedelja , binkošti | Work-free day (it is always on Sunday), in May or June, fifty days after the Easter (date varies). |
| 8 June | Primož Trubar Day | dan Primoža Trubarja | State holiday, not work-free. Established in 2010. |
| 25 June | Statehood Day | dan državnosti | State holiday, work-free. Commemorates the act of independence in 1991. |
| 15 August | Assumption Day | Marijino vnebovzetje ( veliki šmaren ) | Work-free day since 1992. |
| 17 August | Day of Slovenes in Prekmurje Incorporated into the Mother Nation | združitev prekmurskih Slovencev z matičnim narodom | State holiday since 2006, not work-free. |
| 15 September | Day of Restoration of the Primorska Region to the Motherland | vrnitev Primorske k matični domovini | State holiday since 2005, not work-free. |
| 31 October | Reformation Day | dan reformacije | State holiday since 1992, work-free day. |
| 1 November | All Saints Day | dan spomina na mrtve | State holiday, work-free. Before 1991, in the time of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, it was named dan mrtvih ('day of the dead'). |
| 23 November | Rudolf Maister Day | dan Rudolfa Maistra | State holiday since 2005, not work-free. |
| 25 December | Christmas | božič | Work-free day. Abolished in 1953 and re-instituted in 1991. |
| 26 December | Independence and Unity Day | dan samostojnosti in enotnosti | State holiday, work free. Commemorates the proclamation of the independence plebiscite results in 1990.sitesworld.com |
- sitesworld.comCarnival ( pust , date varies),
- International Women's Day, 8 March
- St. George's Day ( jurjevanje , the welcoming of spring; 23 April),
- St. Martin's day ( martinovanje , changing of must into wine; 11 November) and
- Saint Nicholas Day ( miklavž , when children receive presents; 6 December).