National Holidays

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 4 Jun 2003, 22:28

Now on friday, June 6, it's Swedens national holiday. Hooray!
*hums Swedens national anthem*

Some other national holidays i know:

Norway - May 17
Finland - December 5 (i think)
USA - July 4
France - July 14

Fill up the list, and tell us your country's traditions (if any).

Stini · Post by **Stini** » 4 Jun 2003, 22:32

Finland: 6 December (not 5)
6 December is also TorInge's b-day

insane guy · Post by **insane guy** » 4 Jun 2003, 22:55

dont know ifwe have one here, if so i havent noticed yet

2fast · Post by **2fast** » 5 Jun 2003, 07:56

insane guy wrote:dont know ifwe have one here, if so i havent noticed yet

Yea,me too.Don`t remember any of the dates.

WkE · Post by **WkE** » 5 Jun 2003, 08:19

Israel : actually it's by the hebrew calendar... Iyyar 5th. it's our 8th month and it's approximately on May..... every year it's on other day in May.

jcl · Post by **jcl** » 5 Jun 2003, 09:17

Hungary - 20th of August

Jalli · Post by **Jalli** » 5 Jun 2003, 15:24

Danish today I think...

Post by **SveinR** » 5 Jun 2003, 15:36

insane guy wrote:dont know ifwe have one here, if so i havent noticed yet

Of course you have one, your country did get independent one day I reckon..

(although Norway's 17th May is not Norway's independence day..)

chux · Post by **chux** » 5 Jun 2003, 22:09

England doesnt have an Independance Day, I guess thats cos we owned everyone...and no, Im not particularly proud...although Britain does have a kewl flag

John · Post by **John** » 5 Jun 2003, 22:57

Like zworqy said swedens national day is on the 6th of June...
12 mins left...

Here's swedens national anthem...
http://www.johnnyronnberg.com/svesang.htm
searched a bit on altavista...

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 6 Jun 2003, 00:23

OMG, it's Swedens national holiday now!!!

John wrote: Here's swedens national anthem...
http://www.johnnyronnberg.com/svesang.htm
searched a bit on altavista...

OMG, four verses? I've only heard the two first!!

John · Post by **John** » 6 Jun 2003, 10:44

zworqy wrote:OMG, it's Swedens national holiday now!!!

John wrote: Here's swedens national anthem...
http://www.johnnyronnberg.com/svesang.htm
searched a bit on altavista...
OMG, four verses? I've only heard the two first!!

me too...

Napoleon · Post by **Napoleon** » 6 Jun 2003, 10:46

holidays = beers

Vaitork · Post by **Vaitork** » 6 Jun 2003, 16:20

zworqy wrote:Some other national holidays i know:

July 4th here

MopoGirl · Post by **MopoGirl** » 6 Jun 2003, 17:15

John wrote:
zworqy wrote:OMG, it's Swedens national holiday now!!!

John wrote: Here's swedens national anthem...
http://www.johnnyronnberg.com/svesang.htm
searched a bit on altavista...
OMG, four verses? I've only heard the two first!!
me too...

omg, you sweds do too much snuff, don't even know your national anthem?

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 6 Jun 2003, 23:20

Well, nobody ever sings more than the first two verses... But those I know perfectly!

Juble · Post by **Juble** » 7 Jun 2003, 03:14

26th of January=Australia Day

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 10 Jun 2003, 06:51

5 february - Waitangi or New Zealand day
25 april - ANZAC day

Post by **SveinR** » 10 Jun 2003, 12:47

chux wrote:England doesnt have an Independance Day, I guess thats cos we owned everyone...and no, Im not particularly proud...although Britain does have a kewl flag

A book I got says that Great Britain got its independence in 1066...still gotta figure out the date :/

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 10 Jun 2003, 15:47

chux wrote:England doesnt have an Independance Day, I guess thats cos we owned everyone...and no, Im not particularly proud...although Britain does have a kewl flag

no no. Denmark took over great britain some time ago...a long time ago acutally. THE VIKINGS RULZE.

chux · Post by **chux** » 10 Jun 2003, 22:20

Oh yeah! the vikings!
1066 was the battle of hastings, there were 3 guys that wanted to be king or summin, so they all had a big mopobattle and a guy called william won...i think...

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 11 Jun 2003, 11:29

have non of u idiots ever watched BraveHeart,
that is all about william wallace and the battle of hastings

jw · Post by jw » 16 Jun 2003, 15:21

Back to topic: the Netherlands don't have an independenceday, but we have something like a liberationday: 5 may

Post by **SveinR** » 16 Jun 2003, 19:20

jw wrote:Back to topic: the Netherlands don't have an independenceday, but we have something like a liberationday: 5 may

Hmm...IMO that's the same thing..or, it depends what you were liberated from of course, and..blah I'm not sure anymore :/ Norway has a liberation day on April 8th (from the Germans), but still June 7th is our "real" liberation and independence day, cause then we became an independent country..blaah I'm talking rubbish :/

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 16 Jun 2003, 23:36

Just to make things clear: Swedens national holiday is NOT an independence day. Sweden has never been taken over since it was created some 1000 years ago.

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 6 Jun 2009, 12:42

Hooray for Sweden today!

jw · Post by jw » 6 Jun 2009, 13:34

and today 65 years ago: D-Day

Igge · Post by **Igge** » 6 Jun 2009, 16:31

who the hell cares anyway? Hurray! Today like 500 years ago Gustav Vasa became king in sweden!!121

I bet 99,9% of the people who "celebrate" this day don't even know that.

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 7 Jun 2009, 09:51

what pleasure to beat sweden on their national day ;D

jw · Post by jw » 7 Jun 2009, 11:59

Igge wrote:who the hell cares anyway? Hurray! Today like 500 years ago Gustav Vasa became king in sweden!!121

I bet 99,9% of the people who "celebrate" this day don't even know that.

I would take that bet. If you know it and your mom does and your brother knows it and your father knows it as well there need to be 3996 "celebraters" around you who do not know it.

Igge · Post by **Igge** » 7 Jun 2009, 13:08

jw wrote:
Igge wrote:who the hell cares anyway? Hurray! Today like 500 years ago Gustav Vasa became king in sweden!!121

I bet 99,9% of the people who "celebrate" this day don't even know that.
I would take that bet. If you know it and your mom does and your brother knows it and your father knows it as well there need to be 3996 "celebraters" around you who do not know it.

Neither my dad nor my mom knew it.

Post by **SveinR** » 7 Jun 2009, 14:18

igge is the smartest person in Sweden.

Igge · Post by **Igge** » 7 Jun 2009, 14:44

Yeah, but sadly extremely few people know that.

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 7 Jun 2009, 15:22

SveinR wrote:igge is the smartest person in Sweden.

No, igge is an idiot. Sure, the date 6th June was chosen because Gustav Vasa became king then, but that's not what we're celebrating. We are celebrating SWEDEN, nothing else.

8-ball · Post by **8-ball** » 7 Jun 2009, 15:57

LET'S HAR HOLIDAY BECAUSE FUCK YEAH SVERIGE

Mats · Post by **Mats** » 7 Jun 2009, 20:35

Thats, the fact in all this remember. Its all about holidays, or else there would be no celebration

Bismuth · Post by **Bismuth** » 14 Jun 2009, 02:23

In Canada I think it's July 1st, but in Quebec, the holiday (and it is celebrated quite a lot) is on June 24th. Saint-Jean Baptiste!

dorTrus · Post by **dorTrus** » 15 Jun 2009, 11:27

On this weekend was national day of Russian Federation. 12th of June Russia Day!

Mats · Post by **Mats** » 1 Jul 2009, 22:20

Mawane · Post by **Mawane** » 1 Jul 2009, 23:03

yeah! but why this interest for canada?

gonna make canada lev

Mats · Post by **Mats** » 2 Jul 2009, 15:25

Mawane wrote:yeah! but why this interest for canada?
gonna make canada lev

Bismuth wrote:In Canada I think it's July 1st, but in Quebec, the holiday (and it is celebrated quite a lot) is on June 24th. Saint-Jean Baptiste!

Memphis · Post by **Memphis** » 2 Jul 2009, 16:20

yup, max good canada day this year!

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