Special events and other funny days

Ascension Day is a Christian moving holiday celebrated 39 days after the first day of Easter. In Norway, Ascension Day is a holiday that is often called just "Ascension of Christ. This day is not flag day in Norway.

The feast was probably introduced in the 4th century, when some Christian churches began to celebrate it as a separate feast. The first known example of this being found in a liturgical calendar is from the beginning of the 4th century, when the synod of Elvira rejected a custom of beginning a new fasting period after the fortieth day. The reason for such a fast seems to have been that one ...

National Day of Norway (Holyday in Norway)

May 17 is Norway's national day. On this day in 1814, the members of the Riksforsamlingen at Eidsvoll agreed on the final version of the country's constitution. The assembly then unanimously elected the regent, Prince Christian Frederik, king of an independent Norway. The constitution is in the text dated 17 May, but was only signed and sealed the next day, 18 May.

This started a short period for Norway as an independent state, before the country after a ...