Iceland has a unique holiday celebrated only in Iceland, Sumardagurinn fyrsti — the First Day of Summer. Of course after a long winter it makes complete sense that Icelanders want to celebrate the arrival of summer, but why is it celebrated in late April when freezing temperatures are likely to occur in Iceland. So What’s… More Summer Is Here (In Iceland)
February 5 Runebergin päivä (Runeberg’s Day) February 28 Kalevalanpäivä (Kalevala Day) April 9 Mikael Agricolanpäivä (Mikael Agricola’s Day) April 27 Veteraanipäivä (Veterans Day) May 1 Vapunpäivä (Labor Day) 2nd Sunday in May Äitienpäivä (Mother’s Day) May 12 Snellmanin päivä (JB Snellman’s Day) Varies Whit Sunday June 4 Puolustusvoimain Lippujuhla (Armed Forces Day) June 20 Juhannuspäivä… More Official Finnish Flag-Flying Holidays
Every country in the world has official national holidays when the flag is required to be flown. Here you can find the flag flying holidays for these Scandinavian countries. Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden