Gratulerer med Dagen! 17th May in Norway.
Posted: Thursday, 17 May 2007 |
Today was Norways Big Day! Dag has sent me a couple o pix of the festivities in Dirdal.
The ladies costumes can actually show where in Norway the wearer comes from, just by the decoration. Perhaps Dag can tell us some more?
I am told that today you can say 'Gratulere med Dagen' on this day in Norway, or 'Hurra for Syttende Mai!'
The ladies costumes can actually show where in Norway the wearer comes from, just by the decoration. Perhaps Dag can tell us some more?
I am told that today you can say 'Gratulere med Dagen' on this day in Norway, or 'Hurra for Syttende Mai!'
Comments
Lovely pics! It looks so sunny there, and not a breath o` wind...*looks outside at the pelting rain and blowing wind* Love the costumes too, is that tablet woven braid on them?
Hermit from Sanday
Thanks for these most interesting pics, Ruth and Dag. Syttende Mai crops up in Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon books, the inhabitants of his fictional town being of Norwegian extraction. There are quite a lot of Norwegian phrases in the books as I recall. The costumes are gorgeous, the braid or embroidery so colourful, and the aprons seem to be done in some kind of openwork - maybe Hardanger embroidery? Hard to tell. Some close-ups of the costumes would be really nice! Thanks again.
Jill from EK
Tussen takk for this blog Ruthodanort. The Norske flag flew proudly in Trondra yesterday - nice to have the opportunity to celebrate such a significant day with our Nordic friends
Diamondbigdod from Trondra
Is there a few sentences missing from here? Or is it just me that has no idea what is going on? Why are the lovely peoples all dressed up in their finery? The guy nearest the camera in the 2nd photo. Is that Tommy Sheridan? At least the flag seller's done good business. More words please Ruthie, no need to ration words, or FC will be calling you a lazy blogger.....
Tws & Got from Here & In Her Bed
we noticed the Norske flag - was it your hoose Dod?
scallowawife from shetland
To TWs Tommy Sheridan wasn't here, but I think I saw Sean Connery and Tony Blair. Tony Blair is moving to Dirdal when he resign as PM because he think everyone in the UK has been nasty to him. To the seious part. We celebrate our independence and our constitution. In Dirdal we meet to pay our respect to people killed during the war. There's a service in church and then we walk in parade to the school. There are speech for the day , games for everyone, icecream , lemonade, sausages and hamburgers. A good day to meet people and chat. People wear national costumes. The 2 ladies wear Hardangerbunad, the most beautiful in Norway.
Dag from Norway
Lake Woebegone, fictional? Jill, next thing you are going to claim that powdermilk biscuits are not real. Lemme tell you, ole Jill: if the kids in EK were to eat powdermilk biscuits, they would also be above average. In fact, come to think of it, George W. could have used some (quite a few?) while he was growing up.
mjc from NM,USA
What big day is it?
minky me from NORT
Minky You, Dag has given a good description a few comments up, do you need to know any more? 17 Mai in Norge soonds good to me, think I'll have to go over there for a look and see for myself sometime.
Ruthodanort from Unst
Was that there when I axed this? Blind dug me. Independance frae Denmark I assume?
Minky Me from Nort
Independence from Sweden in 1905
Soljey from Shetland Mainland
Oh....more swedes...Shetland is awash with neeps!
Flying Cat from ski-ing on a sloping lake
Strictly speakingg 17th May is Constitution Day, commemorating the writing of the constitution in 1804, the Norwegians had to wait another century for proper independence. The main focus of the celebrations is on the children. It is not a jingoistic military day. The Tog in Kirkwall contained the pupils from both primary schools, there seemed to be well over 100 of them. Incidentally, one of the authors of the constitution was a scot by the name of Christie, he is commemorated by having a street, Christiesgate, named for him in Oslo.
Hyper-Borean from Stortinget
Strictly speakingg 17th May is Constitution Day, commemorating the writing of the constitution in 1804, the Norwegians had to wait another century for proper independence. The main focus of the celebrations is on the children. It is not a jingoistic military day. The Tog in Kirkwall contained the pupils from both primary schools, there seemed to be well over 100 of them. Incidentally, one of the authors of the constitution was a scot by the name of Christie, he is commemorated by having a street, Christiesgate, named for him in Oslo.
Hyper-Borean from Stortinget
Did I reply twice. I plead a combination of advancing years and trying to keep up wi da young eens at Folk Festival time.
Hyper-Borean from Seeing double
are trolls from norway? My dad went there once and brought a troll pendant for me..
kit from the penthouse
Yes, 17.mai is the Constitution Day, signed 17.mai 1814. But we were not a free nation untill 1905 when we got rid of the Swedes.
Dag from Norway
Christie is a norse name is it not? Didn't Norway belong to Denmark at all?
minky mee from Nort
How did you manage to have time to visit da Western Isles and the Argyll & Clyde Islands? Especially when Muness was coming to for tea? BTW, I still haven't seen Magnolia View Part III. You can also tell puffinbilly that the Moles have been avenged. We beat Sandwick Social Club at da quiz night on Friday!!!
Soljey from Shetland Mainland
Minky. the Danish Crown was combined with the Norwegian for many years indeed at various times the crowns of Norway, Sweden and Dennmark were in the the possession of the same family. This no doubt caused a degree of confusion and sometimes anger among the various subjects. At the time of the pawning of Orkney and Shetland the Danish King Christian effectively gave the Islands to King James in lieu of a dowry. This despite the fact that the islands only pertained to him via the Norwegian crown. Confused? Try working your way through the dynastic interrelationships, especially considering that they were all called,Olaf,Christian, Gustaf, Carl, Haakon, in varying combinations and with numbers going up into the teens. The women nearly all seemed to be called Margaret.
Hyper-Borean from Tre Kronor
And, further to my last; the King of Sweden in 1814 was called Bernadotte. He had been one of Napoleon's generals but got over promoted as a reward for service to the Emperor. Le Petit Corse made a habit of elevating generals and relatives to the crowns of subjugated nations.
Hyper-Borean from Still Tre Kronor
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