Every day in Sweden is somebody's name day. Today is the turn of Rudolf and Ralf, who will receive a small gift and maybe a card from any traditional parents, friends, grandparents, godparents, relatives or teachers left in the land. All Swedish diaries will tell you which name day is today and a lot of people have the RASPBERRY ALMANAC in their workplaces to make sure they remember to buy chocolate for Anna, Sven, Olof and the rest of the cast of Frozen.
The royal family's name days are worthy of little flags on all the buses, but if you're a dirty foreigner like me with a dirty foreign name THERE'S NO GIFT FOR YOU. Although this
twee little website believes in NAME DAYS FOR ALL (Alla i Sverige har rätt till en namnsdag!)
Ah, yes one of the great political struggles of our time. Hey, if they're successful then Sven and Anna will only have to share their day with 931 other names. What is your name day?
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