Devil's Birthday

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 Archived 2012-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Det var fandens sproget.dk


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