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| Title: | All about Scandinavia |
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| Moderator: | TLE::SAVAGE |
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| Created: | Wed Dec 11 1985 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 603 |
| Total number of notes: | 4325 |
360.0. "Public Holidays" by MLTVAX::SAVAGE (Neil @ Spit Brook) Thu Aug 24 1989 13:52
Source: "This Time Scandinavia {86, 88, 89}" [travel quide annuals]
Expect banks, many stores, some restaurants, and all government and
business offices to be closed on the following dates in the indicated
countries:
January 1, New Year's Day - All five countries
Epiphany - Sweden, Finland
Easter holidays:
Maundy Thursday - Denmark, Iceland, Norway
Good Friday - All five countries
Easter - All five countries
Easter Monday - All five countries
Thursday closest to April 22, First Day of Summer - Iceland
Last (or next to last) Friday in April, Common Prayer Day - Denmark
Saturday in late April or early May, Ascension Day - Finland
May 1, May Day - Finland
1st or 2nd Thursday in May, Ascension Day - Denmark, Iceland, Norway,
Sweden
Mid-May:
Whit Saturday - Finland
Whit Sunday - All five countries
Whit Monday - Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
May 17, Constitution Day - Norway
June 5, Constitution Day - Denmark
June 17, Independance Day - Iceland
Friday & Saturday nearest the summer solstice:
Midsummer Eve - Finland
Midsummer Day - Finland, Sweden
First Monday in August, Workers' Holiday - Iceland
First Saturday in November, All Saints Day - Finland, Sweden
December 6, Independance Day - Finland
December 24, Christmas Eve - All five countries (from noon)
December 25, Christmas Day - All five countries
December 26, Boxing Day - All five countries
December 31, New Year's Eve - Iceland, Norway (from noon)
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| 360.1 | Close - but no cigar... | STKSMA::AHLGREN | No commercial potential! | Fri Aug 25 1989 08:48 | 14 |
| I have a few corrections for the Swedish holiday list:
May 1st , Labour day - All five countries. At least in Sweden
everything is closed.
Midsummer Eve , Sweden, Everything closed except things like
Seven-Eleven.
December 24th , Sweden. Everything closed except shops that are
open until 3PM.
December 31st , Sweden, everything closed.
Paul.
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