In Scandinavia, the winters are long and cold and therefore, the people love to celebrate spring and summer with delicious food. Denmark consists of a small peninsula (Jutland) and more than 400 islands. It is therefore not a surprise that seafood is popular. In Denmark, open sandwiches are very popular, served with salmon, crab salad, prawns or frikadelle. They are called smørrebrød (which means butter-bread). Another popular item is smörgåsbord, a buffet with various dishes. Fish is very poplar, especially salmon, and green herbs like dill and parsley. Pork is also a frequent item on the menu, and it seems that in Denmark you will find many pigs, that is, according to the cookbook of Ikea, twice as much as human inhabitants. Ham, bacon, sausages as well as normal pork are part of the menu. Vegetables, which are often used are cucumber, beetroot and cabbage.
Special days in Denmark, on which you could serve these dishes, are 20 February, when Caroline Mikkelsen as first woman arrived in Antarctica (1935); 5 June  (Grundlovsdag) and 15 June, when Valdemar II of Denmark beat Estonia in 1206. For Christmas, the Danish like to serve risalamande. Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and worldwide celebration.