May 17 - Norway's national day

News and events // Last updated: 4/5/2013 //

Every year on May 17 Norwegians fill the streets with cheers and flags in celebration of Norway's constitution adopted in 1814. School children, many wearing national costumes, march in parades to the beat of thundering bands, and a resounding "Hurrah for the 17th of May!" can be heard throughout the day.

Constitution Day parade in Oslo.
Photo: Stein Bjørge, Oslopuls.

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Friends of Scandinavia and Sons of Norway will celebrate Syttende Mai at 11 AM on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at St Giles Presbyterian Church, 5101 Oak Park Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27612. Parade with flag bearers and fiddlers, picnic, Norwegian folk dances and more. Contact: (919) 847-0522.

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Independence Day celebration (199th anniversary) with parade. folk music, games. hot dogs, special Norwegian desserts, and the crowd-pleasing cod-toss competition.

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Norwegians in the Chicagoland area will be celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day with the following events.

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Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum will celebrate Syttende Mai, Norway’s “Constitution Day,” with a street dance on Friday evening, May 17, and a traditional Children’s Parade, plus family activities on Saturday, May 18. The Syttende Mai celebration events are free and museum admission is free on Saturday, May 18. Syttende Mai at Vesterheim is sponsored by Jeff and Marilyn Roverud of Decorah,...

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Come celebrate a real Norwegian "syttende mai feiring" at the Norwegian Seamen's Church in San Francisco!

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Syttende Mai, or the 17th of May, is the Norwegian Constitution Day, and each year Ballard hosts the largest Syttende Mai parade outside of Norway! In celebration, admission is free at the Nordic Heritage Museum all day on Friday, May 17.

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Friday, May 17, all day: Hurra for Syttende Mai in Ballard! Norwegian Constitution Day! The Norwegian Seventeenth of May Committee invites you to join in the festivities. We have children’s games and crafts, live music in Bergen Park, a special luncheon, open house, two cafes, fjord horses to see and touch, and a PARADE!

17. May parade in Oslo.
Photo: Stein Bjørge, Oslopuls.

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Come celebrate the Norwegian constitution day in Carderock Park on Sunday May 19. Speaker of the day is Deputy Chief of Mission Lajla Brandt Jakhelln from the Royal Norwegian Embassy. There will be music, parade, food, drinks, and games for the children.

May 17 - Norway's national day

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