To finance the investments needed in the military, the new government wants to remove one of the days off we get. So far, the proposed day for removal seems to be Store Bededag (fourth Friday after Easter).
- The “Great Prayer Day” was invented by the bishop Hans Bagger in the 17th century (all shops and restaurants in the country were forced to close so that people could go to church and pray). Tradition says that you eat “warm wheat” or “wheat buns” the night before (tradition invented by the bakers).
- Many confirmations take place on this day. The former bishop Kjeld Holm proposed to remove the second Pentecost day instead.