Constitution Day and Father’s Day:

Today it’s both the Danish Constitution Day and it is Father’s Day.

The constituion was signed in 1849 (after we gave up on depotism) and was last modified in 1953 (among other things with the whole male-preference primogeniture thing...).

Denmark does not have a National Day – per se – but Constitution Day is pretty close.
Most people have half a day off, but it’s not something you are ‘entitled’ to - unless you have an agreement with your work place. The day is usually celebrated with political speeches (if celebrated) and many doesn’t think any difference between Constitution Day and May 1st - which is not a Danish holiday either but it’s celebrated by a lot more people anyway.




A thing we do celebrate June 5th is Father’s Day.