Today is Fullveldisdagurinn 👋🏻🇩🇰. On the 1st of December 1918, Icelandic and Danish authorities recognized Iceland as a fully sovereign state.
Today is the first day of the Old Icelandic month of Sumarauki. This is the leap month to reconcile the Icelandic and Gregorian calendars. This month of either 4 or 11 days long to keep all the months starting on the same day each year.
Today is the first day of the Old Icelandic month of Gormánuður. It signals the start of six months of winter. ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
To celebrate, today is also Kjötsúpudagurinn, or meat soup day 🍖🥣.
Today is the first day of the Old Icelandic month of Haustmánuður. This literally means Autumn month.
Today is the first day of the Old Icelandic month of Tvímánuður. It translates to “two-month”, reminding us there are only two months before the start of winter. ❄️❄️
Today is the first day of Sumarauki, the extra summer month in the old Icelandic calendar. #misseristal
Tonight, we celebrate Jónsmessa, or Midsummer Night, where cows can talk 🐮🗯, seals become human 🌊🤷🏼, and we roll naked in the dew-covered grass 🍑🌱.
Today is the first day of the Old Icelandic month of Sólmánuður. Literally Sun Month, this occurs right around the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.
Today is the first day of the Old Icelandic month of Harpa. It is Sumardagurinn fyrsti, the first day of summer, in Iceland. 🕶🏝 It is the start of the six month summer season. ☀️