Fettisdagen

Fettisdagen (Fat Tuesday) is the Swedish name for the Tuesday after the Quinquagesima and the day between Shrove Monday and Ash Wednesday. Because it is the last day before the Lenten fast, a tradition has developed of eating buns, called "fastlagsbullar", "fettisdagsbullar" (Fat Tuesday Buns) or "semla".

Fettisdagen
A typical semla.
DateIn seventh week before Easter, day before Ash Wednesday
2020 dateFebruary 25
2021 dateFebruary 16
2022 dateMarch 1
2023 dateFebruary 21
FrequencyAnnual
Related toShrove Tuesday
Mardi Gras

Swedes eat an estimated six million semlor (the plural of semla) on this day each year.[1] The population of Sweden is just over 10 million.[2]

The day is called "Mardi Gras" in France, "Carnaval" or "Vastenavond" in the Netherlands, "Laskiainen" (or "fastlagstisdagen") in Finland, "vastlapäev" in Estonia, and "Fastelavn" in Denmark. In the UK it is known as Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day. In Iceland, "Bolludagur" or bun-day.

YearDate
20058 February
200628 February
200720 February
20085 February
200924 February
201016 February
20118 March
201221 February
201312 February
20144 March
201517 February
20169 February
201728 February
201813 February
20195 March
202025 February

See also

Sources

  1. "Why Swedes will eat 221 tonnes of cream and six million buns today". The Local Sweden. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  2. "Demographics of Sweden", Wikipedia, 2020-02-21, retrieved 2020-02-25
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