Special events and other funny days

Labour Day is an official holiday (Helligdag)

May 1 is an international day of demonstrations for the labor movement.
The day is also called Workers' Day. The day was introduced at the suggestion of the trade unions in the United States and marked for the first time in 1890, also in Norway.

The American version of the Scandinavian Grab a Breast day on july 31 celebrated on May 3 every year. It is unknown who started it, but it was first known in 2014.

Since 2005, the first Saturday in May has been celebrated as World Naked Gardening Day.

World Naked Gardening Day is held on the first Saturday in May each year

It is The Naturist Society in America that first planted the idea of an early spring. The goal is intended to emphasize a healthy and comfortable relationship with one's naked body in a non-sexual way.

The first try started with a separate website in 2005, and since then a lush bunch has emerged that let the sun go where it rarely shines.

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