Editing Carnival (section)

====Denmark and Norway====
{{Main|Fastelavn}}

Carnival in [[Denmark]] is called ''Fastelavn'', and is held on the Sunday or Monday before Ash Wednesday. The holiday is sometimes described as a Nordic [[Halloween]], with children dressing in costume and gathering treats for the ''Fastelavn'' feast. One popular custom is the ''fastelavnsris'', a [[switch (corporal punishment)|switch]] that children use to [[flagellation|flog]] their parents to wake them up on Fastelavns Sunday.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HVorfor har man fastelavnsris? |url=https://natmus.dk/historisk-viden/temaer/fester-og-traditioner/fastelavn/fastelavnsris/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Nationalmuseet |language=da}}</ref>

In [[Norway]], students having seen [[Paris Carnival|celebrations in Paris]] introduced Carnival processions, masked balls, and Carnival balls to [[Oslo|Christiana]] in the 1840s and 1850s. From 1863, the artist federation ''Kunstnerforeningen'' held annual Carnival balls in the old [[Freemasons]] lodge, which inspired [[Johan Svendsen]]'s compositions ''Norsk Kunstnerkarneval'' and ''Karneval in Paris''. The following year, Svendsen's ''Festpolonaise'' was written for the opening procession. [[Edvard Grieg]] attended and wrote "Aus dem Karneval" (''Folkelivsbilleder'' Op. 19). Since 1988, the student organization {{ill|Tårnseilerne|no|vertical-align=sup}} has produced annual masquerade balls in Oslo, with masks, costumes, and processions after attending an opera performance. The Carnival season also includes ''Fastelavens søndag'' (with cream buns) and ''fastelavensris'' with decorated branches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hvorfor har man fastelavnsris? |url=https://natmus.dk/historisk-viden/temaer/fester-og-traditioner/fastelavn/mad-til-fastelavn/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Nationalmuseet |language=da}}</ref>