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.

Father's Day is a holiday honoring fatherhood and paternal bonds. In USA it is celebrated on third sunday of june, the same date is for Canada, Philippines, most acian countries and eastern Europe.

On fathers day it's a tradition to honor your father. You can give him breakfast in bed, a gift, or just congratulate him on his day.

The concept of fathers day was started in USA, and it got popular in Scandinavia after the first world war.
Sonora Smart Dodd from Washington started to celebrate this day in 1909 to honor his father, William Smart, a vet from the sivil wa ...