important dates and holidays in Nordic countries: find out more about Finnish culture days and Swedish food days
January – January – Janúar – tammikuu
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February – Februari – Febrúar – helmikuu – veebruar
- Runeberg day – Runeberginpäivä (Finland): 5th February (Finland)
- Sámi people national day: 6th
- Estonian Independence Day – Eesti iseseisvuspäev: 24th
- Fat Tuesday (varies) – bolludagur (Iceland), fettisdagen (Sweden), fastelavn (Denmark), fastelaven (Norway)
March – Mars – Márs – maaliskuu – märts
- Estonian language day – Emakeelepäev (Mother tongue day): 14th
- Nordic day: 23th, Institued by the Nordic Council
- Waffle day – Våffeldagen, vaffeldagen: 25th
- Faroese language day – Móðursmáldagur: 25th
- 27 – multilingual day
April – Apríl – huhtikuu
- Finnish language day – Suomenkielenpäivä: 9th
May – mai – maí – toukokuu
- 17. Mai: Norway national day (Constitutional day – Grunnlovsdag)
June – juni – júní – kesäkuu
- Danish constitution day – Grundlovsdag: 5th
- Valdemar day – Valdemarsdag (Denmark): 15th
- Iceland’s national day – Þjóðhátíðardagurinn: 17th
- Greenland national day – Ullortuneq : 21st
- international mother language day: 21st
July – Juli – júlí – heinakuu
- Olavsøka (Faroe Islands): 28/29th
August – augusti -águst – elokuu
- Tove Jansson/Moomin/Finnish art day: 9th (Finland)
- Baltic Sea day – itämerinpäivä: 26th (Finland)
September – syyskuu
- European day of languages: 26th
October – oktober – óktober – lokakuu
- cinnamon bun day – kanelbullensdagen: 4th
- Sami language week: last week of October
November – nóvember – marraskuu
- icelandic language day – dagur íslenskrar tunga: 16th
December – desember – joulukuu – detsember
- Finnish Independence Day –
itsenäisyyspäivä: 6th - Luciadagen: 13th – Lucia concerts are organised by Swedish embassies
- Christmas – jul, jól, joulu, is celebrated on 24th, Christmas eve, in Nordic countries
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In some countries there are active Seamen churches (Rotterdam, Bruxelles, Antwerp , Paris, Berlin…) – events in occasion of National days, Christmas markets and more cultural activities are organised
Italy
- Istituto culturale nordico: corsi di lingua ed eventi a tema Nordico.
- Casa editrice Iperborea: Dal 1987 porta la letteratura del Nord Europa in Italia. Oltre a opere dalla Svezia, Danimarca, Norvegia, Finlandia, Islanda, pubblica letteratura baltica e olandese.- organizza I Boreali festival culturale Ha una collana dedicata alle strisce dei Mumin di Tove Jansson. Il 16 dicembre 2025 si è svolta la Festa di Natale di Iperborea: in via vico a Milano: brindisi, libri in promozione e il pane di Davide Longoni, aveva proprio i moomin sul poster per promuoverla.
- Invasioni nordiche: eventi finlandesi a Milano. Tra altri i Nordik House pop-up store – a giugno, settembre e novembre al pop-up store Nordik House si trovano prodotti nordici e vengono organizzati eventi come Literary Smørrebrød e workshop di Nordic embroidery. Fondatrici finlandesi! Per Natale invece, c’è il Piccolo Mercatino Nordico – 29-30 novembre. Creazioni artigianali, prodotti tipici e dolci di paesi Nordici e Baltici, ma anche workshop tra cui decorazioni a tema moomin… Presso la Fondazione Culturale Ambrosianeum (dietro al Duomo). Da Idea Mondo (Lambrate)- con l’evento Un Soffio Nordico dal 4 al 23 dicembre nel 2025 si trovavano libri illustrati, oggetti Mumin, idee regalo e dolci dalla Finlandia! Workshop visibili su instagram: @ ideamondo.
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