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‘Hipp hipp hurra,’ at least 200 times

PHOTO FEATURE: Oslo Mayor Fabian Stang was among all the Norwegians who turned out in huge numbers on Saturday to celebrate their constitution's bicentennial....

Oslo basked in a spectacular 17th

Sunshine and clear blue skies provided perfect conditions for the hundreds of thousands of people who filled the streets of the Norwegian capital on...

Most immigrants embrace ’17.mai’

Norwegians and "new Norwegians" alike marched side-by-side again in parades Saturday on what the locals call "17.mai," the Constitution Day holiday on the 17th of...

Greetings on a special May 17th

We got up early here in Oslo today, as Norway woke up to the 200th anniversary of its constitution on the 17th of May...

Constitution gets historic overhaul

The Norwegian Parliament introduced a raft of amendments to the Constitution (Grunnloven) this week in the historic document's most comprehensive revision since it was...

Norway set for big bicentennial party

This week marks the run-up to Norway's bicentennial celebrations that will climax on Saturday, the 17th of May, when Norwegians will mark the 200th...

Constitution set for modernization

After much debate, the three biggest Norwegian political parties reached an agreement on Monday over how they would breath new life into the Constitution (Grunnloven)...

‘Sins’ lurk behind bicentennial party

As Norway launches a year of festivities to mark the bicentennial of its constitution, two authors are reminding Norwegians that their constitutional history has...

Bicentennial festivities begin

Norway officially kicked off the bicentennial celebrations of its Constitution (Grunnloven) on Sunday, 200 years to the day that a group of 21 men...

War hero’s triumphant return

After being subjected to vandalism and even theft, a bronze statue of wartime resistance hero Gunnar Sønsteby has been repaired and relocated, to a...
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