In norway we get 5 weeks vacation per year for full time workers with a fixed salary. You can chose how to use this, either take out the full 5 weeks in summer, or spread out it into shorter vacations. (In the summer we get about 11-12% of our income before taxes as a "summer salary") In addition to this we get these official holidays:
January 1 - New Year's
Moveable Sunday - Palm Sunday - Sunday before Easter Sunday
Moveable Thursday - Maundy Thursday - The Thursday before Easter Sunday
Moveable Friday - Good Friday - The Friday before Easter Sunday
Moveable Sunday - Easter Sunday
Moveable Monday - Easter Monday Andre påskedag The day after Easter Sunday
May 1 Labour Day - International Workers' Day
May 17 Constitution Day - Celebration of the Constitution of 1814
Moveable Thursday - Ascension Day - 40 days after Easter
Moveable Sunday - Pentecost - 50 days after Easter
Moveable Monday - Whitmonday - 51 days after Easter
December 25 - Christmas Day - Informal celebrations on eve of December 24 the (Julaften)
December 26 - St Stephen's day.