Bergen International Film Festival
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Wednesday september 27, 2023
Culture : Http://www.biff.no lasts 1 week - in Bergen 2021 season confirmed
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday october 29, 2023
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times
Advent Sunday
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Sunday november 26, 2023
Culture : From the Latin word adventus meaning coming : observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western liturgical year. [Wikipedia]
Christmas Day
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Monday december 25, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Years Day on Christmas Day.
St Stephen's Day
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Tuesday december 26, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Remembrance of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
New Year's Day
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Monday january 1, 2024
Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Christmas holidays (end)
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Wednesday january 3, 2024
School holidays : Www.molde.kommune.no
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Tromso International Film Festival
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Monday january 15, 2024
Culture : Www.tiff.no lasts 5 days - in Tromso 2024 season confirmed
Rally Norway
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Saturday february 3, 2024
Sports events : Lasts 3 days - www.rallynorway.com 2024 edition NOT confirmed
Mother's Day
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Sunday february 11, 2024
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation.
Carnival
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Sunday february 11, 2024
Culture : Originally celebrated in the Catholic south, but now also celebrated in other parts of the country by Catholics and non-Catholics. lasts 3 days
Valentine's Day
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Wednesday february 14, 2024
cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Friday february 16, 2024
School holidays :
Winter holiday (end)
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Monday february 26, 2024
School holidays :
Easter holiday (beginning)
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Friday march 22, 2024
School holidays :
Palm Sunday
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Sunday march 24, 2024
Culture : Not a paid holiday
Bank Holiday (from 13:00)
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Wednesday march 27, 2024
Banks only :
Inferno Metal Festival
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Thursday march 28, 2024
Culture : Www.infernofestival.net lasts 4 days - in Oslo 2024 edition confirmed
Maundy Thursday
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Thursday march 28, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Maundy Thursday: Commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist (Lord's Supper).
Good Friday
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Friday march 29, 2024
Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
Easter
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Special Events : At 1:00 am local times