Cinnamon Roll Day
| Cinnamon Roll Day | |
|---|---|
 Homemade cinnamon rolls | |
| Official name | Swedish: kanelbullens dag |
| Observed by | Sweden, Finland |
| Type | Swedish and Finnish festival |
| Celebrations | Baking and eating cinnamon rolls |
| Date | 4 October |
| Next time | 4 October 2025 |
| Frequency | Annual |
Cinnamon Roll Day[1] or Cinnamon Bun Day[2][3][4] (Swedish: kanelbullens dag, Finnish: korvapuustipäivä) falls on 4 October each year.[5] It is an annual theme day created for marketing purposes in Sweden and Finland that was instituted in 1999 by Kaeth Gardestedt.[6] At the time, she was a project manager for Home Baking Council (Hembakningsrådet) which was historically a trade group supported by yeast, flour, sugar, and margarine manufacturers and is now supported by the Dansukker brand of sugar.[7]
Cultural role
[edit]The purpose of the celebration is to increase attention on Swedish baking traditions, with a particular focus on cinnamon buns, and to increase the consumption of products like yeast, flour, sugar, and margarine. The day is promoted through advertising signs in shops and cafés. Every year, IKEA stores worldwide also commemorate the day by having promotions for cinnamon buns in October. Cinnamon buns are also featured in community events among Swedes in New Zealand and at the Church of Sweden Abroad.[8]
Most official food celebrations are minor events that receive little attention, but the Swedish adoption of Cinnamon Roll Day has been unusually popular.[9] Most people in Sweden will eat a cinnamon bun on that day.[10] According to Swedish ethnologist Jonas Engman, the popularity is due in part to a crisis of national identity, which has caused people to value things that remind them of positive features from past years.[9]
Date
[edit]Cinnamon Roll Day is celebrated on 4 October because the Home Baking Council did not want the day to compete with other food traditions, such as sweet semla buns, which are served in Sweden on Shrove Tuesday. In Sweden, International Children's Day is celebrated on the first Monday of October. "A thought with Cinnamon Roll Day was that it would be a day of thoughtfulness".[11]
See also
[edit]- Fika – Swedish practice that frequently features cinnamon rolls
References
[edit]- ^ "The best places to grab a cinnamon bun in Stockholm". Vogue Scandinavia. 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Cinnamon Bun Day and celiac disease". Karolinska Institutet Nyheter. 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Toolkit Cinnamon bun day". Uppsala University (includes recipe). Sweden. 8 June 2023.
- ^ Nikel, David (29 September 2021). "Celebrating the Cinnamon Buns of Scandinavia". Forbes.
- ^ "Alla dessa dagar". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 21 April 2006. ISSN 1101-2447. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Med hembakat skänker vi varandra glädje och omtanke". Hemmets Journal. 20 March 2008. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010.
- ^ "Nyhetsbrev från Hembakningsrådet" (PDF). April 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2010.
- ^ "Kanelbullensdag". 21 October 2007. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007.
- ^ a b "Why Cinnamon Bun Day is an enduring Swedish success". The Local. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ Linter, Simon (4 October 2019). "Swedes to eat millions of 'kanelbullar' on cinnamon bun day". Sveriges Radio.
- ^ Axelsson, Mattias (3 October 2009). "Varför är kanelbullens dag den 4 oktober?". Högtider och traditioner (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.