Tag: 17th of May
Swedish royals to join the party
King Carl Gustav and Queen Silvia of Sweden will join in Norway's constitutional bicentenary celebrations after all. The royal couple initially snubbed the offer...
Swedish royals snub anniversary
The Swedish king and queen have reportedly declined an invitation to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Norway's constitution, grunnloven. The document announcing Norway's freedom...
War hero’s statue damaged again
A statue of Norwegian war hero Gunnar Sønsteby has now been removed from its base at Solli Plass in Oslo, after it was found...
Holiday ended with drunks and destruction
Norway's 17th of May celebrations on Friday ended with rowdy parties, drunkenness and even vandalism to the statue of national war hero Gunnar Sønsteby....
‘Hurra’ for all on the 17th of May
New research that has surprised even those conducting it reveals that Norway's Constitution Day on the 17th of May has emerged not as a...
17th of May leader defied critics
Shoaib Sultan was born in Pakistan but grew up in Oslo and then, from the age of 10, in a small village northeast of...
Early parade for the youngest
PHOTO FEATURE: As school children marched all over Norway in Constitution Day parades on Friday, the youngest Norwegians got into the act as well,...
Flags fly but 40% drop big parade
As Norway headed into its annual, festive Constitution Day celebrations on the 17th of May, interest seemed to be declining in the traditional children's...
Town fails to drum up organizers for 17th of May celebrations
A small community in northern Norway may become the only township in the country without an official celebration of Constitution Day on the 17th...
Flag conflict waves in Ålesund
Norway's west coast city of Ålesund was caught in conflict this week after the local committee in charge of planning Constitution Day festivities on...
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