Holidays in Denmark
From Free net encyclopedia
This is a list of holidays in Denmark. Notice that not all of these are work holidays.
| Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | New Year's Day | Nytårsdag | |||
| Seven weeks before Easter Sunday | Carnival | Fastelavn | |||
| The Thursday before Easter Sunday | Maundy Thursday | Skærtorsdag | |||
| The Friday before Easter Sunday | Good Friday | Langfredag | |||
| March/April | Easter Sunday | Påskesøndag | Danes celebrate two days of Easter. | ||
| The day after Easter Sunday | Easter Monday | 2. Påskedag | |||
| May 1 | Labour Day | Arbejdernes kampdag / 1. maj | Not everybody has this day off, and few people attend the political meetings. | ||
| June 5 | Constitution Day | Grundlovsdag | The signing of the Danish constitution in 1849. | ||
| The 4th Friday after Easter | General Prayer Day | Store Bededag | A collection of minor Christian holy days consolidated into one day. The name translates literally from Danish language, "Great Prayer Day". | ||
| 40 days after Easter | Ascension Day | Kristi Himmelfartsdag | |||
| 7 weeks after Easter | Pentecost | Pinse | Danes celebrate two days of Pentecost. | ||
| June 24 | Summer Solstice | Sankt Hans | Sankt Hans is the Danish name of St. John the Baptist. The day is celebrated with a bonfire. See the Denmark section under Midsummer | ||
| November 10 | The Feast of Saint Martin | Mortensaften | Sankt Morten is the Danish name of Saint Martin of Tours. Martin was forced to become a bishop by his parisioners and tried to hide in a barn. However, the noise of the geese gave him away. As "revenge" Danes traditionally eat goose this evening. | ||
| December 13 | St. Lucia Day | Lucia Dag | |||
| December 24 | Christmas Eve | Juleaften | |||
| December 25 | First Day of Christmas | Juledag / 1. Juledag | Danes celebrate three days of Christmas. | ||
| December 26 | Second Day of Christmas | 2. Juledag |
[edit]