Fri, Holiday | Government: Not current to remove public holidays
Recently, the Danes were suddenly notified that one of their saints may disappear. This is currently not relevant in Norway, roar the government.
The Ministry of Labor and Inclusion states that the removal of public holidays is not on the agenda.
– We have not discussed removing public holidays and holidays in Norway, says State Secretary Maria Walberg (Ap) to NTB.
Money for the defense
All Saints’ Day is a great day of prayer that is in danger of disappearing in Denmark. The Danish government wants him gone and thinks it can raise 3 billion Danish kroner extra for the state coffers. The money must be used to strengthen the Danish defence.
Saka has caused a great debate in Denmark. I have an opposition party opposed the plan and can come up with a plan to escape losing Friday. But the government stands its ground.
Store Bededag is an annual saint’s day in Denmark, which fell on fire after Easter. It was introduced in the 17th century, and the idea was that inns and shops should be closed so that people could go to church sober and pray in the city.
We also had a day of prayer in Norway. In 1916, he was moved to the Friday before All Saints’ Day. Then in 1950 he was moved to All Saints’ Day – the day of penance and prayer – in 1950. But he is therefore not an official saint’s day.
More holy days in Norway than Denmark
Denmark currently has eleven holy days, and will end up with ten if the day of prayer is removed. In Norway we have these twelve holy days and feast days:
* 1st New Year’s Day (January 1)
* Maundy Thursday (last Thursday before Easter Sunday)
* Good Friday (last Friday before Easter Sunday)
* First Easter Sunday (first Sunday after the first full moon that occurs on or after March 21)
* Second Easter Sunday (first Monday after Easter Sunday)
* Ascension Day (sixth Thursday after Easter Sunday)
* First Pentecost (seventh Sunday after Easter Sunday)
* Second Whitsunday (first Monday after the first Whitsunday)
* Christmas Day (December 25)
* Boxing Day (December 26)
* 1 May (holiday)
* 17 May (holiday)
Argument about red days
The holy days have previously been the subject of discussion in Norway as well. Last year Unge Venstre called for the removal of all Christian holidays, and rather let people take their days off as they see fit.
– We no longer have a state church. There are ten red days a year, and ideally people should be able to spend them as they see fit, says Ane Breivik in Unge Venstre. The online newspaper.
This caused Finance Minister and Sp-leiar Trygve Slagsvold Vedum to react.
– I see that central Left-wing people are no longer advocating for the removal of all the Christian holy days, and that words about outdated and silly are being used about the red days. I deeply disagree that we should remove these as holidays, wrote Vedum Facebook.
2023 and 2024 – for leap years for holy days
Norwegians have just been through several lean years heilagdagsmessig. In 2022, for example, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve fall on Saturdays, and people were “tricked” into having a day off on both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. After all, May 1 was on a Sunday.
A quick look at the calendar for 2023 reveals that several holy days fall on weekdays. For example, May 17 falls on a Wednesday. In addition, people get a day off the day after the celebration, since Ascension Day falls on May 18.
Christmas Eve in 2023 falls on a Sunday, which means that Christmas Eve is also a public holiday. I add country holidays on Christmas Day and Boxing Day thus on Monday and Tuesday, potentially creating a four-day long weekend for many workers. New Year’s Eve will therefore also be on a Sunday.
2024 also delivers very solidly on the calendar. Christmas Eve then lands on a Tuesday, which means that Wednesday and Thursday are official holy days and squeeze in this Friday.
I add landar May 17, 2024 on a Friday and will be followed by Pentecost, which ensures that Monday is also Friday.