{"id":116,"date":"2009-07-09T19:29:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T23:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=116"},"modified":"2009-07-09T19:29:03","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T23:29:03","slug":"4-juli-i-norge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/4-juli-i-norge\/","title":{"rendered":"4. juli i Norge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My friend, Espen, <\/strong>enthusiastically waving the American flag.\u00a0<\/p>\n

4th of July in Norway.\u00a0 On July 4th, 1534, Christian III was elected King of Denmark and Norway.\u00a0 However, there is\u00a0an annual\u00a0July 4th celebration in\u00a0Oslo, Norway for a different reason-American Independence Day.\u00a0 In fact, there is a Lincoln\u00a0Monument in Vigelandsparken <\/strong>(refer to an earlier post I wrote for details on this park).\u00a0 The people of North Dakota gave\u00a0Vigelandsparken<\/strong>\u00a0the Lincoln\u00a0sculpture (a work by Paul Fjelde), which was unveiled on July 4, 1914.\u00a0 Every year since there has been a celebration on this day.<\/p>\n

The year 1914 is significant to Norway because it was the 100th years anniversary of\u00a0the signing of the Norwegian Constitution in Eidsvoll, Norway.\u00a0 A delegation from North Dakota, including the governor, sailed the vessel S. S. Kristiania across the Atlantic to Norway for the celebration.\u00a0 Kong Haakon VII <\/strong>was present at a banquet celebration later in the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year, a group from North Dakota was again present as this year marks the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth.\u00a0 Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale attended the celebration.\u00a0 Actually, some of the people in attendence this year\u00a0from North Dakota were descendants of some of those from North Dakota back in 1914.\u00a0 American Embassy representatives working in Norway were also present.\ufffd\u00a0 The event is organized every year by the American Coordinating Council of Norway (ACCN).\u00a0 Activities include American food (ribs, hot dogs, hamburgers and ice cream), a football game (American football that is, not to be confused with fotball<\/strong>, soccer), a softball game, a classic car show, an Elvis impersonator, and blues music.\u00a0\u00a0 One thousand Americans and Norwegian friends show up to celebrate American Independence\u00a0in Oslo.<\/p>\n

Another southern Norwegian community celebrates\u00a0this day\u00a0in a similar fashion.\u00a0 Lista<\/strong>, a community from which thousands of residents emigrated to\u00a0Brooklyn\u00a0from the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century,\u00a0is very unique in that most of those emigrants returned\u00a0and brought\u00a0heavy American influence back with them.\u00a0 One can still find American architecture, art, automobiles, language, and food in Lista.\u00a0 Siv Ringdal, <\/strong>author of several books about this particular topic, developed a project in 2004 called Amerikakofferten, <\/strong>where students from schools in the area interviewed, photographed, and wrote about the huge impact these travels back and forth from their community to Brooklyn have impacted their homestead.\u00a0 I will certainly write a post about this project as well.\u00a0 I actually met Siv <\/strong>at a coffee shop in Oslo and asked her all about the project.\u00a0 She gave me a copy of one of her books too. Very cool.<\/p>\n

Please share comments about your experiences with 4. july in Norway!<\/p>\n

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My friend, Espen, enthusiastically waving the American flag.\u00a0 4th of July in Norway.\u00a0 On July 4th, 1534, Christian III was elected King of Denmark and Norway.\u00a0 However, there is\u00a0an annual\u00a0July 4th celebration in\u00a0Oslo, Norway for a different reason-American Independence Day.\u00a0 In fact, there is a Lincoln\u00a0Monument in Vigelandsparken (refer to an earlier post I wrote…<\/p>\n

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