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Happy birthday Norway

The Norwegian Constitution Day is the National Day of Norway and is an official national holiday observed on May 17 each year.

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.

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