See which days are squeeze days (bridge days) in Norway for a chosen year — the workdays between a public holiday and the weekend that give you a four-day stretch off for just one vacation day.
A squeeze day (called a "klemdag" in Norway) is an ordinary workday that's squeezed between a public holiday and a weekend. If a holiday falls on a Tuesday, the Monday before it becomes a squeeze day. If it falls on a Thursday, the Friday after becomes a squeeze day. Take that one day off, and you get four consecutive days off for the price of a single vacation day — which is why squeeze days are a popular topic in Norway when people plan their vacation year, often around New Year.
The calculator checks all Norwegian public holidays: New Year's Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day (May 1), Constitution Day (May 17), Ascension Day, Whit Monday, and Christmas Day/Boxing Day. The dates for Easter and Whitsun are calculated for each individual year, since they move from year to year.
The number varies from year to year, depending on which weekday the holidays fall on. Choose 2026 in the calculator above to see the exact count and dates.
Because a holiday only creates a squeeze day when it falls on a Tuesday or Thursday. If May 1 or May 17 lands on a Monday, Friday or midweek, no squeeze day appears around that particular date that year.
No. The calculator only looks for workdays (Monday–Friday) squeezed between a public holiday and a weekend, since those are the days you'd actually need to take as a vacation or time-off day to get a continuous stretch off.