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Re:Thursday = Thor's day by hackermom on Friday May 07, 2010 @04:04PM (#1328562)
This is how it goes in Swedish as per our Norse history and heritage:

Monday = Måndag = Månes dag (Máni's day) - Måne, the brother of Sol. "måne" is also Swedish for "moon"

Tuesday = Tisdag = Tyrs dag (Týr's day, son of Oden)

Wednesday = Onsdag = Odens dag (Oden's day)

Thursday = Torsdag = Tors dag (Thor's day)

Friday = Fredag = Frejas dag (Freyja's day) - some say this day is named after Frigg, and some Norse history seem to indicate that Freyja and Frigg are one and the same goddess that somehow got separated as two in literature

Saturday = Lördag = lögardagen, from old, old Swedish "laugr" (water/waterfall), the day on which you bathe

Sunday = Söndag = Sols dag (Sól's day) - "sol" is Swedish for "sun"

Re:Thursday = Thor's day by zephjc on Friday May 07, 2010 @04:20PM (#1328621)
Icelandic shares only some and ends up being more like Bulgarian and Portuguese mentioned above - looks like the early Christian influence got the Icelanders too

   Monday: mánudagur = moon day
   Tuesday: þriðjudagur = 3rd day
   Wednesday: miðvikudagur = mid-week day
   Thursday: fimmtudagur = 5th day
   Friday: föstudagur = fasting day
   Saturday: laugardagur = washing day
   Sunday: sunnudagur = sun day