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🇳🇴 Norway's Constitution Day was celebrated alternatively this year. Instead of parades with many people close to each other, parades with cars, motorcycles etc. were arranged to avoid large crowds.
🇳🇴 Norway's Constitution Day was celebrated alternatively this year. Instead of parades with many people close to each other, parades with cars, motorcycles etc. were arranged to avoid large crowds.
🇳🇴 Norway's Constitution Day was celebrated alternatively this year. Instead of parades with many people close to each other, parades with cars, motorcycles etc. were arranged to avoid large crowds.
It is Norway's constitution day today and I'm celebrating with a Hot Dog 🐕 in one hand - a bit different than other's hot dog,
a flag 🇧🇻
and an ice cream 🍦
in the other hand
And I wasn't alone in my forest, even on this day Norwegians need their hike 😄
Norwegian Constitution Day is the national day of Norway and is an official public holiday observed on May 17 each year. Among Norwegians, the day is referred to simply as syttende mai (lit. "seventeenth May"), Nasjonaldagen (The National Day).
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.[2] 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. In 1905, the union with Sweden was dissolved and Prince Carl of Denmark was chosen to be King of an independent Norway, under the name Haakon VII. Obviously, this ended any Swedish concern for the activities of the National Day.
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.
A noteworthy aspect of the Norwegian Constitution Day is its very non-military nature. All over Norway, children's parades with an abundance of flags form the central elements of the celebration. Each elementary school district arranges its own parade[3] with marching bands between schools. The parade takes the children through the community, often making stops at homes of senior citizens, war memorials, etc. The longest parade is in Oslo, where some 100,000 people travel to the city centre to participate in the main festivities. This is broadcast on TV every year, with comments on costumes, banners, etc., together with local reports from celebrations around the country. The massive Oslo parade includes some 100 schools, marching bands, and passes the royal palace where the royal family greet the people from the main balcony.
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🇳🇴 Norway's Constitution Day was celebrated alternatively this year. Instead of parades with many people close to each other, parades with cars, motorcycles etc. were arranged to avoid large crowds.
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Spontaneous and disorganised group portrait from Glasgow, Scotland.
An old shot from 2017 that I had almost forgotten about. I took a couple of candid shots of these Norwegians in Glasgow and they asked me to make some group portraits for them in a spontaneous session on the banks of the River Clyde.
Wishing all of my Norwegian Flickr friends a fabulous "syttende mai" Constitution Day of Norway.
As street photographers I feel it is important to always give back. We 'take' our shots from the city so when people ask me to take a photograph of them I am always happy to do so, many of which I never share here on Flickr because it was a gift to them and not a photograph for me. Stay safe!
Enjoy!
Gary Gregory, Master Printer/Executive Director of The Printing Office of Edes & Gill – Celebrating Constitution Day at the Old North Church – Boston, MA, U.S.A. September 17, 2017 bostongazette.org/
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Into the thick of it with stinging smoke in your eye's and your vision impaired by the heavy smoke, your only companions are the men beside you as you fight one of the world's best trained armies; the British Army during our Revolutionary War.
Colored Pencil style in Topaz.
We celebrate our day with childrens parades in the streets.
Every school has their own banners and there is music in the streets and Hurray Hurray for Norway is being cried out.
Many is wearing their traditional clothing, called bunad.
Hot dogs and ice cream and tivoli is of course happening.
And we also got nice weather.
Lucky us 💖
Kamera: Yashica Mat-124 G
Linse: Yashinon 80mm f/3.5
Film: Rollei Retro 400S + Red Filter
Kjemi: Rodinal (1:25 / 10:30 min. @ 20°C)
From the monument celebrating Norway´s first public parade in celebration of the constitution signed 17th of May 1814. The first parade was held 17th of May 1826 in Trondheim and was started on the initiative of Matthias Conrad Peterson (1761-1833) who was born in Slesvig, Denmark, but who had moved to Trondhjem before the dissolution of Denmark-Norway in 1814. This was a very public and visible display of opposition to the enforced personal union with Sweden 1814-1905 and is today everything Norway´s National Day 17th of May is all about.
Assistant to Gary Gregory, Master Printer/Executive Director of The Printing Office of Edes & Gill – Setting Type, Celebrating Constitution Day at the Old North Church – Boston, MA, U.S.A. September 17, 2017 bostongazette.org/
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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 and for some years the King of Sweden and Norway were 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 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. In 1905, the union with Sweden was dissolved and Prince Carl of Denmark was chosen to be King of an independent Norway, under the name Haakon VII. Obviously, this ended any Swedish concern for the activities of the National Day.
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.
A noteworthy aspect of the Norwegian Constitution Day is its very non-military nature. All over Norway, children's parades with an abundance of flags form the central elements of the celebration. Each elementary school district arranges its own parade with marching bands between schools. The parade takes the children through the community, often making stops at homes of senior citizens, war memorials, etc. The longest parade is in Oslo, where some 100,000 people travel to the city centre to participate in the main festivities. This is broadcast on TV every year, with comments on costumes, banners, etc., together with local reports from celebrations around the country. The massive Oslo parade includes some 100 schools, marching bands, and passes the royal palace where the royal family greet the people from the main balcony.
(Wikipedia)
We love our flag and everyone who has a flag will use it today, either in their hand, in the garden or on the house.
And we are all crying Hurray and singing our nationalsong "Ja vi elsker dette landet" ("Yes we love this country"
✨🎉✨
Lol, we are indeed fond of our country and its flag 💖
Hand over another Ice Cream, thank you!
😁😂
Me and Richard had a lovely time celebrating Norway's National Day with a Hardanger photo trip yesterday.
I think Richard got several nice images of me in my "bunad" (the Norwegian National Costume), but I wanted to try to get one I could post in my own photostream as well ; ) I didn't find it easy composing self portraits, so this is the best I got..
Will upload more images of the beautiful fruit blossoms in Hardanger soon.
My album of images and information about the Norwegian National Day here.
And my album of self portraits here.
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I didn't do much on our national day yesterday, until we right before sunset spontaneously decided to go by our boat to Eigerøy lighthouse to take some photos. So I put on my beloved bunad (national costume) in a hurry 😀 Here's a self portrait I took in between Richard photographing and filming me.
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Today is the day where Norway is filled with children's parades, band music in the streets and waving flags.
Lots of tired small legs and even the bigger ones.... 😂
It is quite the atmosphere, the streets are filled with smile and good vibes, baloons and ice-cream eating people.
"The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on 17 May 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.
During World War II, when Norway was under occupation by the Nazis, it was strictly forbidden for Norwegians to celebrate 17 May, participate in any procession, or to use the colors of the Norwegian flag on clothes. At the liberation on 8 May 1945, the Norwegian flag therefore became a strong symbol of Norway’s freedom.
A noteworthy aspect of the Norwegian Constitution Day is its very non-military nature. All over Norway, children's parades with an abundance of flags form the central elements of the celebration. Each elementary school district arranges its own parade with marching bands between schools.
During the parade, a marching band will play and the children will sing lyrics about the celebration of the National Day. The parade concludes with the stationary singing of the national anthem "Ja, vi elsker dette landet" (typically verses 1, 7 and 8 ), and the royal anthem "Kongesangen".
In addition to flags, people typically wear red, white and blue ribbons. Although a long-standing tradition, it has lately become more popular for men, women and children to wear traditional outfits, called bunad. The children shout "Hurra!", sing, blow whistles and shake rattles.
In addition to the children's parades the streets across the country are filled with young and old, turning out in festive attire, and vendors selling ice cream, hot dogs.
In many neighbourhoods, small towns and villages, it is common for them to have their own events with relaxed open dining and fun, unpretentious competitions for children.
Syttende Mai is also celebrated in many Norwegian migrant communities throughout the world,"
(Wikipedia)
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Norwegian Constitution Day is the national day of Norway.
These are my daughters. The setup is inspired by Edvard Munchs painting "Pikene på broen"
“We have built no national temples but the Capitol; we consult no common oracle but the Constitution.” - Representative Rufus Choate, 1833
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#onthisday, September 17th, in 1787, the American experiment in enlightened government took a major step forward and a united government was formed. This new unified government simultaneously compounded and compromised the power of the 13 states that had once been colonies and had been separate governments. Although the constitution that was formed at that time had deep flaws in it, and supported existing power structures and social, racial, and gendered hegemony and unbalanced hierarchy, the crux of the idea behind the new United States was compromise and change. The Constitution was only ratified if it could be changed and amended leading to the unlimited potential for growth and betterment of the people that maintain the government. The fundamental principle is still with us today. And may it always be so. May we always grow and change to meet the times we are in.
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Every war has them. Nobody knows their names or who they were. We often forget the little guy's who I call the "Faceless Hero's" who without their "stepping up to the plate" with their determination and sacrifices many of the things we take for granted today we wouldn't have.
for an upcoming exhibition...
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America...."
With national costumes from Setesdal.
The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on 17 May 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 personal union with Sweden (following the Convention of Moss in August 1814, by which they shared a monarch as separate nations) 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.[2] 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. In 1905, the union with Sweden was dissolved and Prince Carl of Denmark was chosen to be King of an independent Norway, under the name Haakon VII. Obviously, this ended any Swedish concern for the activities of the National Day.
During World War II when Norway was under occupation by the Nazis, it was strictly forbidden for Norwegians to celebrate 17 May, participate in any procession, or to use the colors of the Norwegian flag on clothes. At the liberation on 8 May 1945, the Norwegian flag therefore became a strong symbol of Norway’s freedom.
By historical coincidence, the Second World War ended in Norway nine days before that year's Constitution Day, on 8 May 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 not widely celebrated. Instead, a new and broader meaning has been added to the celebration of Norwegian Constitution Day on 17 May to reflect the victory over Nazi oppression.
Constitution Day is the national day of Norway and is an official public holiday observed on 17 May each year. Among Norwegians, the day is referred to as Syttende Mai ("Seventeenth of May"), Nasjonaldagen ("National Day"), or Grunnlovsdagen ("Constitution Day"), although the latter is less frequent.
The May 17th Constitution Day parade makes its way through the snow. I was told that this event is normally graced by Spring sunshine! --- Longyearbyen, Svalbard (May 2013).
Made it to Flickr Explore.
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.
Trondheim, Norway, 17th May (Norwegian Constitution Day) 2016, © Lise Utne
On Constitution Day, national costumes from all over the country -- and other parts of the world -- are lifted out of countless bedroom wardrobes for their annual excursion into fresh air. People are proud of their national costumes; they are very expensive and express belonging and tradition.
Trondheim lies in mid Norway, i.e. the southern part of Sápmi, but this national costume is from Finnmark up north, i.e. in northern Sápmi (Sápmi being the Saami area extending across mid-to-northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and north-western Russia.)