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Fettisdagen (Fat Tuesday^[1]) is the Swedish name for the Tuesday after the Quinquagesima and the the day between Shrove Monday and Ash Wednesday. Because it is the last day before the Lenten fast, a tradition has developed of eating buns, called "fastlagsbullar", "fettisdagsbullar" (Fat Tuesday Buns) or "semla". The day is also called "White Tuesday" because the buns are made out of white flour.

The day is called "Mardi Gras" in France, "laskiainen" in Finland, "Tłusty Czwartek" in Poland and "Fastelavn" in Denmark. In the UK it is known as Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day.

Year	Date
2005	8 February
2006	28 February
2007	20 February
2008	5 February
2009	24 February
2010	16 February
2011	8 March
2012	21 February
2013	12 February

Sources

^ Fråga om språket! Fettisdagen, DN, 13 February 2007

[1] Fråga om språket! Fettisdagen, DN, 13 February 2007

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 [[Image:SemlaFlickr.jpg|thumb|300px|A typical [[semla]].]]
-'''Fettisdagen''' (''Fat Tuesday''<ref>''[http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1637&a=523689&viewAll=true Fråga om språket! Fettisdagen]'', DN, 13 February 2007</ref>) is the Tuesday after the [[Quinquagesima]] and the last day before the Christian [[Calendar of Saints|feast]]; the day between [[Shrove Monday]], and [[Ash Wednesday]]. Because it is the last day before the Easter Feast, it has created a tradition to eat buns, so called "fastlagsbullar",  "fettisdagsbullar" (Fat Tuesday Buns) or "[[semla]]". The day is also called "White Tuesday" since the buns were made out of white flour.
+'''Fettisdagen''' (''Fat Tuesday''<ref>''[http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1637&a=523689&viewAll=true Fråga om språket! Fettisdagen]'', DN, 13 February 2007</ref>) is the [[Swedish language|Swedish]] name for the Tuesday after the [[Quinquagesima]] and the the day between [[Shrove Monday]] and [[Ash Wednesday]]. Because it is the last day before the [[Lent]]en [[Fasting|fast]], a tradition has developed of eating buns, called "fastlagsbullar",  "fettisdagsbullar" (Fat Tuesday Buns) or "[[semla]]". The day is also called "White Tuesday" because the buns are made out of white flour.
-The day is called "[[Mardi Gras]]" in [[France]]. The day is called "fettisdag" in [[Sweden]] and "laskiainen" in [[Finland]]. In [[Poland]], this day is called "Tłusty Czwartek". In [[Denmark]], this day is called "Fastelavn". In the [[UK]] it is known as [[Shrove Tuesday]] or Pancake Day.
+The day is called "[[Mardi Gras]]" in [[France]],  "laskiainen" in [[Finland]], "Tłusty Czwartek" in [[Poland]] and "Fastelavn" in [[Denmark]]. In the [[United Kingdom|UK]] it is known as [[Shrove Tuesday]] or Pancake Day.
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