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. | |
| Date | In seventh week before Easter, day before Ash Wednesday |
| 2019 date | March 5 |
| 2020 date | February 25 |
| 2021 date | February 16 |
| 2022 date | March 1 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Related to | Shrove 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 fatty-day.
| Year | Date |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 8 February |
| 2006 | 28 February |
| 2007 | 20 February |
| 2008 | 5 February |
| 2009 | 24 February |
| 2010 | 16 February |
| 2011 | 8 March |
| 2012 | 21 February |
| 2013 | 12 February |
| 2014 | 4 March |
| 2015 | 17 February |
| 2016 | 9 February |
| 2017 | 28 February |
| 2018 | 13 February |
| 2019 | 5 March |
| 2020 | 25 February |
See also
Sources
- "Why Swedes will eat 221 tonnes of cream and six million buns today". The Local Sweden. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- "Demographics of Sweden", Wikipedia, 2020-02-21, retrieved 2020-02-25
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