Ólavsøka
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ólavsvøku, Olavsoka, Olavsvoku, Ólafsvaka, Olafsvaka, St. Olav's Day
thumb|Ólavsøka – Horses and sportspeople on parade on 28 July thumb|Ólavsøka – Clergymen and politicians on parade on 29 July
Key facts
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Ólavsøka
- Holiday.type
- national
- Holiday.image
- File:Føroysk fløgg á Ólavsøku.jpg
- Holiday.observedby
- Faroe Islands
- Holiday.date
- 28–29 July
- Holiday.scheduling
- same days each year
- Holiday.duration
- 2 days
- Holiday.frequency
- annual
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Concert, 27 July
- Procession and opening, 28 July
- Boat race, 28 July
- Procession and cantata, 29 July
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Ólavsøka – Horses and sportspeople on parade on 28 July thumb|Ólavsøka – Clergymen and politicians on parade on 29 July
Ólavsøka () is the biggest summer festival in the Faroe Islands, and by most Faroese considered as the national holiday of the Faroes along with Flag Day on 25 April. Ólavsøka is celebrated over two days, from the 28th to the 29th of July, the second of which is the day when the Faroese Parliament (Løgting) opens its session.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ólavsøka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.