The Devil's Birthday (Danish and Norwegian: Fandens fødselsdag) is a humorous term in Denmark and Norway referring to December 11 and June 11.[1][2] A royal decree by king Frederick III of Denmark issued 17 December 1656, ordered that loan repayments and payments of interests should take place on these dates.[3]

The term has been documented in written Danish since 1888.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Store norske leksikon: fandens fødselsdag
  2. ↑ Den Store Danske: fanden
  3. ↑ Nielsen, Oluf: Kjøbenhavns Historie og Beskrivelse 1885. Digitally available at: http://www.eremit.dk/ebog/khb/4/khb4_4.html
  4. ↑ Det var fandens sproget.dk


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