Nanuq Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Gratulerer med dagen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gran Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17 in the year 1814. The constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom in an attempt to avoid being ceded to Sweden after Denmark–Norway's devastating defeat in the Napoleonic Wars. The celebration of this day began spontaneously among students and others from early on. However, Norway was at that time in a union with Sweden (following the Convention of Moss in August 1814) and for some years the King of Sweden and Norway was reluctant to allow the celebrations. For a few years during the 1820s, King Karl Johan actually banned it, believing that celebrations like this were in fact a kind of protest and disregard — even revolt — against the union.[1] The king's attitude changed after the Battle of the Square in 1829, an incident which resulted in such a commotion that the king had to allow commemorations on the day. It was, however, not until 1833 that public addresses were held, and official celebration was initiated near the monument of former government minister Christian Krohg, who had spent much of his political life curbing the personal power of the monarch. The address was held by Henrik Wergeland, thoroughly witnessed and accounted for by an informant dispatched by the king himself. After 1864 the day became more established when the first children's parade was launched in Christiania, at first consisting only of boys. This initiative was taken by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, although Wergeland made the first known children's parade at Eidsvoll around 1820. It was only in 1899 that girls were allowed to join in the parade for the first time. By historical coincidence, the Second World War ended in Norway nine days before that year's Constitution Day, on May 8, 1945, when the occupying German forces surrendered. Even if The Liberation Day is an official flag day in Norway, the day is not an official holiday and is not widely celebrated. Instead, a new and broader meaning has been added to the celebration of Norwegian Constitution Day on May 17.[citation needed] The day focused originally on the Norwegian constitution, but after 1905, the focus has been directed also towards the royal family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimnul Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 https://youtu.be/sZXrK3f4zbkFrom your loving neighbour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 https://youtu.be/sZXrK3f4zbk From your loving neighbour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitmic Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Hey Gran, don't mess with the king! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Hey Gran, don't mess with the king! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted May 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Gran, I have met him twice when he was here in Alaska. What an honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendota Explorer Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 ^ One of my cousins in Norway is married to one of his former secret service detail. I don't know if he traveled with the family but for sure he was with them at the palace and around locally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitmic Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) LMAO Edited May 18, 2015 by fitmic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 LMAO funny isnt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitmic Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Helt hysteriskt roligt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swemoose Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysaleman Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 (edited) Are eyes deceive me? Are GRAN in first granpixx on top? GRAN is it you in back row??? Tskk tskk!! Mister Giold Vest, with friendly hands on friendly girl behinds? CARZY!!! Edited May 19, 2015 by Crazysaleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Are eyes deceive me? Are GRAN in first granpixx on top? GRAN is it you in back row??? Tskk tskk!! Mister Giold Vest, with friendly hands on friendly girl behinds? CARZY!!! thats me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted May 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Hmmmmm, looks to me like the lovely lasses are wondering where their knickers got off to? Gran, you animal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Hmmmmm, looks to me like the lovely lasses are wondering where their knickers got off to? Gran, you animal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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