{"id":338,"date":"2010-05-11T02:53:02","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T02:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=338"},"modified":"2014-08-21T20:39:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T20:39:23","slug":"mothers-day-in-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/mothers-day-in-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother’s Day in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norwegians celebrate morsdag<\/strong> the second s\u00f8ndag i februar<\/strong>.\u00a0 For those of you who aren’t aware, it was morsdag<\/strong> yesterday here in the U.S.\u00a0 This year it happened to fall on the same day as Valentinsdag<\/strong>.\u00a0 Although many countries in the world celebrate morsdag<\/strong>, it is arguably the most recognized in the U.S., the birthplace of the helligdag<\/strong> (holiday).\u00a0 How many of you actually know the origins of morsdag<\/strong>?\u00a0 I didn’t have a clue until I just did some research.\u00a0 It’s quite an interesting story.<\/p>\n

We can thank Anna Jarvis<\/em> of West Virginia for her persistance in fighting for public recognition of m\u00f8dre<\/strong> (mothers).\u00a0 Her mother,\u00a0 Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis,<\/em> organized several Mother’s Day Work Clubs,\u00a0in which\u00a0she and her fellow\u00a0female counterparts strove to forbedre<\/strong> (improve) helse <\/strong>(health) and sanit\u00e6re forhold<\/strong> (sanitary conditions) in surrounding Virginia towns.\u00a0 Jarvis<\/em> sparked controversy by encouraging the Mother’s Day Work Clubs to\u00a0work to\u00a0forbedre<\/strong>\u00a0both the Union and Confederate soldiers’ sanit\u00e6re forholdene <\/strong>in den amerikanske borgerkrigen<\/strong> (the American Civil War).\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Although Anna Jarvis<\/em>, datter til<\/strong> (daughter of) Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis was never a mor<\/strong> herself, she cared deeply for her own mor<\/strong>; it was after her mor <\/strong>passed away that she began to campaign for this helligdag.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>After about 4 years of promoting the creation of a morsdag<\/strong>, the 1st recognition of this helligdag<\/strong> was 102 years ago today, May 10, 1908 in Grafton, West Virginia.\u00a0 In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson<\/em> declared morsdag <\/strong>en offisiell helligdag<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Morsdag<\/strong> soon became\u00a0such a\u00a0commercialized helligdag<\/strong> that the founder, Anna Jarvis<\/em>, expressed her disgust\u00a0to the point that she was arrested protesting the commercialization and wished she hadn’t fought so hard to create this\u00a0helligdag<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As for Norway, the first time morsdag <\/strong>was celebrated was in 1919 and it revolved mostly around religi\u00f8se organisasjoner.\u00a0 Morsdag <\/strong>quickly evolved to become en familiedag<\/strong> (a family day)\u00a0n\u00e5r m\u00f8dre f\u00e5r blomstrer og noe s\u00f8t \u00e5 spise for eksempel<\/strong> (when mothers get flowers and something sweet to eat, for example).\u00a0\u00a0Barn begynte \u00e5 feire mor<\/strong> (Children began to celebrate mom)\u00a0p\u00e5 skole<\/strong> (in school) by making kort og gaver<\/strong> (cards and gifts).\u00a0 At this point in time, however, the tradisjon<\/strong> to feire morsdag p\u00e5 skole<\/strong> is gradually fading because of the reality of the many different household compositions throughout befolkningen<\/strong> (the population).<\/p>\n

On this note, I must mention something interesting I read the other day in The Foreigner<\/span>.\u00a0 Tradisjonelle eventyrer<\/strong> (Traditional fairytales) are to be phased out of the curriculum p\u00e5 barnehager<\/strong> (in kindergartens) in favor of sexually diverse stories that teach about kj\u00f8nnidentitet <\/strong>(gender identity).\u00a0 Instead of stories about princes saving princesses and falling in love with them, The Ministry of Children and Equality wants\u00a0children\u00a0to learn about strong women who save men and are in romantic relationships with other women or kings who would rather goof around with their children than rule the kingdom.<\/p>\n

Either way, even though morsdag<\/strong> is highly\u00a0commercialized and some children have 2 dads and no mom, it’s never a bad idea to feire din mor<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Norwegians celebrate morsdag the second s\u00f8ndag i februar.\u00a0 For those of you who aren’t aware, it was morsdag yesterday here in the U.S.\u00a0 This year it happened to fall on the same day as Valentinsdag.\u00a0 Although many countries in the world celebrate morsdag, it is arguably the most recognized in the U.S., the birthplace of…<\/p>\n

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