Name Day

Today is Daniel's second name day. Just like dogs, humans have long official names, but they usually just use one first name and one family name. Daniel has two first names besides Daniel, his second name is Gustaf, which is the name day today.

Gustaf was the name of the Swedish king who was made King of Sweden on this day 1523, finally ending the Danish dominated Kalmar Union that Sweden had been a part of for more than a hundred years. It is thus the latest day that Sweden has become fully independent, which is the main reason for it being the National Holiday.

We do not only celebrate National Holiday today, but celebrate Daniel a little bit, too.