{"id":1698,"date":"2014-05-17T14:25:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T14:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2014-05-17T14:25:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T14:25:06","slug":"happy-anniversary-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/happy-anniversary-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Anniversary, Norway!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Celebrating<\/a>

Celebrating Norway. (Photo by Sean Hayford O\u2019Leary at Flickr<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Hurra for Norge!<\/b> (Hooray for Norway!) On this special 17. mai<\/b> small, handheld norske flagg<\/b> (Norwegian flags) are being waved with more stolthet<\/b> (pride) and glede<\/b> (happiness) than ever. It\u2019s 200 years since Norway left Denmark and got its own lover<\/b> (laws). Let\u2019s take a look back:<\/p>\n

For 400 years, Danish kings ruled Norway. Danmark-Norge<\/b> was one single country. Kongen<\/b> (the king), however, was usually busy enjoying life in the Danish city of Copenhagen. Many Norwegians felt neglected. There is a reason dansketida<\/b> (the Danish period) is also called firehundre\u00e5rsnatta<\/b> (the 400-years-long night)!<\/p>\n

Things began to change in 1813, when the French conquer-it-all emperor Napoleon lost an important battle against Britain and Sweden. You see, Napoleon had a friend, the Danish-Norwegian king Frederik den sjette <\/b>(the sixth \u2013 he was the little subdued boy with the insane father in the Oscar-nominated Danish movie \u201dA Royal Affair\u201d). Napoleon\u2019s enemies now forced Frederik to let go of Norway. The Norwegians didn\u2019t get complete uavhengighet<\/b> (independence), though. In 1814, Norway entered a union with Sweden.<\/p>\n

\"Eidsvoll<\/a>

The men discussing the constitution in Eidsvoll.<\/p><\/div>In early 1814, a number of Norwegian politicians feared that Norwegians would become Swedish. For that reason, 112 men from all over the country were chosen to write an independently Norwegian constitution. In April 1814, these men gathered in Eidsvoll<\/b> (a classy house to the north of Oslo). On May 17th the Norwegian constitution was ready to go public.<\/p>\n

Because of grunnloven<\/b> (the constitution), the Swedish king Karl Johan had to accept Norway as a separate nation. Norway joined Sweden in a union, which lasted until 1905.<\/p>\n

Den norske grunnloven<\/b> was inspired by the constitutions of France and the US. It stated that Kongeriget Norge er et frit, uafh\u00e6ngigt og udeleligt Rige <\/i>= Kongeriket Norge er et fritt, uavhengig og udelelig rike<\/b> (The Kingdom of Norway is a free, independent and indivisible country).<\/p>\n

If you ever go to Norway on this day, you\u2019ll see lots of people smiling, eating is og p\u00f8lser<\/b> (ice-cream and sausages), wearing bunad<\/b> (the Norwegian national costume), waving flags and singing joyful hymns while marching in 17-maitog<\/b> (May 17th-parades). Everyone is happy and nobody is left out. You absolutely don\u2019t have to be Norwegian to participate! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Everybody, from the smallest barn<\/b> (child) to innvandrere<\/b> (immigrants) to samer<\/b> (the Sami people) to kongefamilien<\/b> (the Royal Family) is out in the streets celebrating their beautiful country of fjell og fjorder<\/b> (mountains and fjords). And now you know why they\u2019re so happy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Hurra for Norge! (Hooray for Norway!) On this special 17. mai small, handheld norske flagg (Norwegian flags) are being waved with more stolthet (pride) and glede (happiness) than ever. It\u2019s 200 years since Norway left Denmark and got its own lover (laws). Let\u2019s take a look back: For 400 years, Danish kings ruled Norway. Danmark-Norge…<\/p>\n

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