I am reading "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest," the second book in Stieg Larsson's trilogy about an antisocial computer hacker and a middle-aged magazine editor. Much of the first part of the book takes place between the Wednesday of Holy Week and Easter. I was struck by the fact that (in the book at least), the whole country shuts down for a four day weekend from Thursday through Sunday. However, no one goes to church. Instead, they go off to their vacation cabins. It is a bit like Christmas and Easter in the Harry Potter novels. People observe the holiday, but there is no religious significance.
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