Fribourg Business Day Calculator
Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: October 8, 2026
Calculate business days in Fribourg with its own cantonal public holidays. Like the Switzerland calculator, this page counts Monday to Friday as working days; what changes is the holiday list, so due dates and deadlines can land differently from the Switzerland calculator's count.
How Fribourg differs from the Switzerland calculator
Fribourg's law on employment and the labour market (LEMT, RSF 866.1.1, art. 49) makes four days holidays across the whole canton: Nouvel-An, Vendredi-Saint, Ascension and Noël. Every other holiday depends on the commune. Communes with a Roman Catholic majority add Fête-Dieu, Assomption, Toussaint and Immaculée-Conception; communes with a Reformed majority add the lendemain du Nouvel-An (2 January), lundi de Pâques, lundi de Pentecôte and lendemain de Noël (26 December), and the canton's jours fériés page names those communes. This page counts the canton-wide days and 1 August, so against this site's eight-day Swiss baseline it drops Easter Monday, Whit Monday and 26 December and adds nothing. For a business in a particular commune, add that commune's four days under Advanced options.
Worked example
Adding 1 business day to Thursday, April 2, 2026 using Fribourg's holidays lands on Monday, April 6, 2026. With the Switzerland calculator's holidays, the same calculation lands on Tuesday, April 7, 2026: the gap comes from Fribourg's own calendar.
Fribourg public holidays in 2026
| Date | Day | Public holiday |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Thursday | Neujahrstag (New Year's Day) |
| April 3 | Friday | Karfreitag (Good Friday) |
| May 14 | Thursday | Auffahrt (Ascension Day) |
| August 1 | Saturday (weekend) | Bundesfeiertag (Swiss National Day) |
| December 25 | Friday | Weihnachten (Christmas Day) |
How to count Fribourg business days
For an interactive calculation, use the Switzerland calculator and add Fribourg's own dates under Advanced options, one per line in YYYY-MM-DD form; the Fribourg public holidays 2026 page linked below lists the dates. The Advanced options can add dates but not remove them, so a count that crosses Ostermontag (Easter Monday) (Monday, April 6, 2026) and Pfingstmontag (Whit Monday) (Monday, May 25, 2026), days in the Switzerland calculator's set but not in Fribourg's calendar, will land one working day later than Fribourg's own for each of those dates it crosses.
Fribourg public holiday data is verified against the Fribourg Loi sur l'emploi et le marché du travail (RSF 866.1.1), art. 49, bdlf.fr.ch.
Related links
Documents cited for this canton
The holiday list and the explanation above rest on these documents, alongside the holiday data source below.
- État de Fribourg: Jours fériés (opens in a new tab)
- Fedlex (Swiss Federal Chancellery): Arbeitsgesetz (SR 822.11), Art. 20a Abs. 1 (opens in a new tab)
- Fedlex (Swiss Federal Chancellery): Bundesverfassung (SR 101), Art. 110 Abs. 3 (opens in a new tab)
Sources and verification
Official source: bdlf.fr.ch (opens in a new tab)
Cross-checked against this source on October 8, 2026.
For informational purposes only
This calculator provides general estimates based on business day counting rules. It does not constitute legal advice. Deadlines in legal, regulatory, or contractual matters may be subject to jurisdiction-specific rules, court orders, or statutory exceptions. Always verify critical deadlines with a qualified professional.