Syttende Mai!

[chibiphonebooth]

Happy Syttende Mai everybody!!!!

Today, May 17, is when Norway celebrates its Independance!!! YAYYYY

REJOICE FOR NORWAY ;D

[JasonPratt]

{bowing in Norway's general direction!} {s!}

Since most of us (myself included) probably don't know--is this independence from the Nazi invasion of WWII, or something much older? (I'm guessing probably much older, but I honestly don't know.)

[chibiphonebooth]

"The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17 in the year 1814. The constitution declared Norway to be an independent nation."

Voila!

[Jingo Jaden]

Heh, how about a speech in Norwegian?

Det er fint og se at til og med på et internasjonalt nivå at denne dagen har noe kjennskap til den. Med tanke på at Norge er et nokså lite land så er det en ganske stor ting for oss. Det er 17 mai, dagen der Norge ble uavhengig av andre nasjoner, noe som også står fast til denne dagen. Noe som mest sannsynelig også vil stå fast mange, mange flere dager.

[Kisa]

cool! *cheers for Norway* ^_^

[chibiphonebooth]

Hurra for Kongen, flagget og Fedrelandet!!!

XD

basically, I celebrate it because my mom is full norwegian, so I'm half. We've celebrated it ever since I can remember. :3

[Technomancer]

{bowing in Norway's general direction!} {s!}

Since most of us (myself included) probably don't know--is this independence from the Nazi invasion of WWII, or something much older? (I'm guessing probably much older, but I honestly don't know.)

While chibi mostly answered this, I thought I'd add that it marks the dissolution of Danish rule of Norway following the Congress of Vienna, and the establishment of the union of Swedena and Norway. This later union would be disolved in 1905. Have a good time!

[mitsuki lover]

Let's all listen to some Grieg now!
(Note:Grieg's great grandfather was Scottish and named Greig but changed the spelling around when he was forced to immigrate to Norway)

[ChristianKitsune]

oooh...I wish I could Speak teh Norwiegen! ^^ Yaay for Norway's Independence! Have fun everyone!!

[Taliesin]

* waves a flag for norway

[Fiore teh Duck]

horray.

[mitsuki lover]

So how many people here are of Norwegian extraction?

[KhakiBlueSocks]

Ummm....whoo-hoo?

Congrats on the independence, Norway...though I can't begin to point to ya on the map...darn you Geography!

[Jingo Jaden]

Norway, north of Danmark and Germany.

I am Norwegian

[USSRGirl]

Uh......... GOD BLESS NORWAY!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOOOOOO! Do you use fireworks over there?

:: Randomly grabs Khakibluesocks, straps a rocket to his back and launches him into the air ::

You know JM could've just quoted a Palpatine speech and no one would ever know. O.o Unless some of you speak Norwegian.

[mitsuki lover]

Norway is part of Scandinavia.Patron St. is St. Olaf.

[wingedfox]

I wish i could speak it. but i have a pen pal from Norway.

[mitsuki lover]

I think though the only problem with native English speakers who go to other countries or have pen pals from other than English speaking countries is that every time you try to practice the native language they try to practice THEIR English on you instead.

[Jingo Jaden]

Norwegian is a pretty hard language to learn. One of the hardest in fact. If you can understand Norwegian you can also understand part of Swedish and Danish. However the Norwegian languages got 0 languages associated with them.