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Beer Day (Iceland)
In Iceland, Beer Day (Icelandic: Bjórdagurinn or Bjórdagur〔(8 Things You Might Not Know About Iceland ) from mentalfloss.com〕) is celebrated every year on March 1, honoring the elimination of the 74-year prohibition of beer. Prohibition lasted from 1915 to March 1, 1989.
==Origin==
(詳細はSpain refused to buy Iceland's main export, fish, unless Iceland bought Spanish wines; then lifted further after a national referendum in 1935 came out in favor of legalizing spirits. Strong beer (with an alcohol content of 2.25% or more〔("Beer (Soon) for Icelanders" ) the New York Times, May 11, 1988.〕), however, was not included in the 1935 vote in order to please the temperance lobby—which argued that because beer is cheaper than spirits, it would lead to more depravity.〔() Insight Guides, Jane Simmonds, Tom Le Bas, Brian Bell, ''Iceland'', p.63, 1999 (ISBN 0-88729-176-7, 9780887291760)〕
As international travel brought Icelanders back in touch with beer, bills to legalize it were regularly moved in parliament, but inevitably were shot down on technical grounds. Prohibition lost more support in 1985, when the Minister of Justice (himself a teetotaler) prohibited pubs from adding legal spirits to legal non-alcoholic beer (called "pilsner" by Icelanders〔("Beer-like = Bjórlíki?" ) föstudagur, 2007〕) to make a potent imitation of strong beer. Soon after, beer approached legalization in parliament—a full turnout of the upper house of Iceland's Parliament voted 13 to 8 to permit the sales, ending prohibition on the island.
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