It’s coming – Valentine’s Day. Next week is the day we celebrate love. Valentine’s Day, like Christmas and Easter, is one of the holidays that is celebrated internationally. While cards, flowers, goodies, and red hearts are popular world-wide, every country has a few traditions of their own – including the Scandinavian countries. Ingebretsen’s has some… More Valentinsdag Is Around The Corner
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
Varies The birthday of the President of Iceland, (currently the 26th of June) January 1 New Year’s Day Varies Good Friday Varies Easter Varies (first Thursday after April 18 First Day of Summer May 1 International Workers’ Day Varies Pentecost Varies (First Sunday in June) Sailors Day June 17 Icelandic National Day November 16 Icelandic… More Official Iceland Flag-Flying Holidays