Special events and other funny days

Fandens fødselsdag is the name of the danish and norwegian dates june 11 and desember 11. In 1656 it was decided that these dates would be due for payment of interest and installments.
The first written mentioning of fandens fødselsdag is from 1888.

According to the folklore you would only get berggylt, fjesing and knurr if you went fishing on fandens fødselsdag.

Saint Lucy's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Lucy, is a Christian feast day observed on 13 December.

Saint Lucy's Day is celebrated most widely in Scandinavia and in Italy, with each emphasising a different aspect of her story.[2] In Scandinavia, where Lucy is called Santa Lucia, she is represented as a lady in a white dress symbolizing a baptismal robe and a red sash symbolizing the blood of her martyrdom, with a crown or wreath of candles on her head.

In Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Swedish-speaking regions of Finland, as songs are sung, girls dressed as Saint Lucy carry cookies and ...