Name Days Norway & Calendar

Rebuilt from scratch for iOS 26, now in English too. See whose name day it is today, get a reminder when a contact celebrates, and send a greeting in one tap.

In Norway, most first names have their own day in the almanac, and many people get congratulations on it, birthday or not. This app is that name day calendar in your pocket.

The whole calendar ships with the app: 961 names across 363 days, with only New Year's Day, Christmas Day and the leap day left out. Today's names are on top, the rest of the year scrolls below, and search finds any name with a countdown to its day.

TODAY AND THE YEAR AHEAD Open the app and today's names greet you first. Below them the whole year rolls on, day by day, so you always know who is next. Jump to any month from the top bar, and tap a name to read about it on Wikipedia.

YOUR CONTACTS The app can match your contacts against the calendar and list when each of them celebrates, soonest first, with their picture from your address book. Anyone celebrating today sits highlighted at the top. Matching happens on first names, middle names and nicknames, entirely on your phone.

REMINDERS AND GREETINGS Turn on reminders and a notification arrives at nine in the morning when a contact has their name day. When someone celebrates today, one tap opens a text message with the greeting already written, ready for you to edit and send.

THE STORY A short built-in read tells how the tradition arose in the early church and how the Norwegian name day list got its shape.

PRIVACY Your contacts never leave your phone.

• The full Norwegian name day calendar, always available offline
• Today's names first, then the whole year ahead
• Search every name, with a countdown to its day
• See when your contacts have their name day
• A reminder on the morning of the day itself
• A greeting ready to send in one tap
• The story behind the tradition
• Works on iPhone and iPad, in English and Norwegian