Nordic calendar & events

nordic culture calendar illustrations

important dates and holidays in Nordic countries: find out also more about Finnish culture days and Swedish food days

Find Nordic events: Follow embassies to be updated on cultural events. For example, Lucia concerts. 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.

January – January – Janúar – tammikuu

  • Shrovetide season preceding Fat Tuesday (varies) – bolludagur (Iceland), fettisdagen (Sweden), fastelavn (Denmark), fastelaven (Norway)

February – Februari – Febrúar – helmikuu – veebruar

  • Runeberg day – Runeberginpäivä (Finland): 5th February (Finland)
  • Sámi people national day: 6th
  • Estonian Independence Day – Eesti iseseisvuspäev: 24th

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

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
  • Midsummer/St John – midsommar (Sweden), juhannus (Finland) sankthans (Denmark/Norway), jaanipäev (Estonia): summer solstice, 23-24 June

July – Juli – júlí – heinakuu

  • Finnish poetry and summer day – Runon ja suven päivä: birthday of poet Eino Leinon
  • Olavsøka (Faroe Islands): 28/29th

August – augusti -águst – elokuu

  • Tove Jansson/Moomin/Finnish art day: 9th (Finland)
  • Baltic Sea day – itämerinpäivä: 26th (Finland)
  • kräftskiva parties

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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