American Reacts to Celebrating Norway's Constitution Day (17th of May)
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As an American I don't know much about Norway's Constitution Day, or May 17. Today I am very interested in learning about how Norwegians usually celebrate the 17 of May, and what kinds of things they do during the day. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
It's the only day we say hello to each other without being in the mountains, so yes it's a big day in Norway.
I don't even say "Hi" on this day. :D I went for a hike in the forest....now I'm going to eat meat balls. :)
Maybe in Oslo, but other places we say hello always😊
@@Kjell-Ottar I'm not in Oslo, I'm pretty rural. :D Ok, I say "Hello" at the lokal store to people I know...
@@Kjell-Ottar I'm not from Oslo :D
😂
I think every school in every town all over Norway has a parade and a band marching on 17 of May 😁🇳🇴👍🏻
I remember when I was a kid, I played in a marching band, and I think we had the most rural parade route in Norway. We probably played for more sheep and horses than we played for humans 😂
Dont need to think
The parade in my city played gam gam style
HAPY 17th of MAY GUYS🥳🇳🇴❄️✨
@@Henoik I still get phantom pains in my feet whenever I hear marching band music...
Everyone is allowed to wear the dress, but you have to respect it.
Each valley or area have their own bunad. Most Norwegians don't care anymore if you wear a bunad from a different place than your ancestors, but you shouldn't mix clothing. If you wear jewelry from another bunad, or a different vest, you will get angry scowls.
Traditional dresses from other cultures and countries are also allowed.
Well, yeah. Actually, the "Bunad" thing is pretty complicated. My Grandmother used to research these things, and a lot of the clothing is just scraps and pieces brought together from whatever they could find from older days. It´s also a bit mix and match into this, but today we made our best interpretation of what the fashion dictaded in different areas of our diversified country.
True, but nobody probably would, because it’s so expensive
It is NOT to celebrate the independence from Sweden. It is to celebrate that Norway got its own constitution, and that it was signed on Eidsvoll, 17th of May 1814. And with that, Norway got its own king separate from Denmark, a country which ruled Norway until then. The final independence was gained in 1905, when the union with Sweden was dissolved. Norway's first prime minister Wedel Jarlsberg actually supported the union with Sweden, because he thought that Norway was too weak to stand on its own feet.
Thets is true
However, I doubt the prime minister was consulted before the union was decided. In my understanding, Denmark was forced by the allies against Napoleon into giving up the land of Norway, while Norway was awarded to Sweden, during the Treaty of Kiel. Within that change of hands, Norway had little representation of it's own yet tried to have with the constitution of 1814.
@@wayneeldonludvicksonii There is little doubt that he supported the Union with Sweden: "Following the Swedish defeat against Russia in 1809, and Swedish nobility’s dethronement of King Gustav IV Adolf the same year, Wedel held secret talks with central Swedish civil servants on a possible union between Norway and Sweden."
@@ragnarkisten Thanks for your reply. But I'm not doubting that he supported the union with Sweden. There were others in certain industries who did, too, at least a decade before that because they hoped it would their business get out from what they considered unfair relations with Denmark.
What I am doubting, however, is whether the prime minister's support was among the key reasons for the union. It may have made the union more attractive, though, to those who wanted it ...
As far as I have studied it, the union seems to have been more a product of the desire of certain allies (probably Great Britain and Prussia, but that can be checked) to reward Sweden for declaring war on France and the Denmark-Norway union, to compensate Sweden for the loss of Finland, and to punish Denmark for its complicity with Napoleon (even though that complicity was rather forced since Denmark-Norway had intended to remain neutral; however, the British blockades seem to have had a bad influence on the Norwegian economy -- this is worth looking into.)
@@wayneeldonludvicksonii My guess, and this is merely hypothetical, is that Norway would have become united with Sweden, regardless of his sentiments. However, Jarlsberg was not a man without influences if you take a look at his network.
Just returned to the U.S. after visiting Oslo, Flam, Bergen and Stavanger. The most friendly and most beautifully warm people I've ever met....😍
It's not disrespectful. We don't use a lot of words like appropriation in Norway.
I have an African friend. He moved to Norway from a country that has a lot of issues. Moved to I say, fled to, would be more accurate.
He wears his bunad proudly, and worked his ass off to afford it. He's also the one yelling hurra the loudest, and him and his family are always smiling ear to ear while waving their Norwegian flags.
Yeah, I see a lot of immigrants proudly wear bunads and wave Norwegian flags and I think it's really cool to see. How anyone would be insulted by someone embracing and showing love for their new home is beyond me.
Happy May 17th everyone. PS! My local bunad costs around $7K with all the jewelry.
The Royal family is waving from the balcony of the Royal castle in Oslo. It’s the home and workplace of the King and Queen. You should watch a video about the royal castle in Oslo😊
It's the Royal Palace. The Royal Castle is Akershus festning
@@BastianNorW You’re right, sorry!
Gratulerer med dagen, alle sammen!
Ta vare på hverandre, å ring en venn ❤️ Mange er ensomme i dag!
Folk bryr seg stort sett ikke - sålenge de kan show off bunaden sin og sine perfekte liv, så driter de i alle som ikke er velkommen til det "gode selskapet" De bryr seg ikke før en eller annen distant bekjent har begått selvdrap av ensomhet og utenforskap, og da bryr de seg kun fordi de ønsker å bli ansett for å være sympatiske... Verden er full av falske folk, og Norge topper hele dritten.
I just have to comment on one thing, Tyler. 🙂
The usage of «the Train» is Not an accident. We really do call it the «17th of may Train» (17. mai-tog).
I have never heard of a single norwegian refer to it as «the 17th of may parade».
This is in order to make a deliberate distinction from a militray parade.
How funny.... I am at home and watching NRK's coverage of the celebrations from the entire country, and thought "Tyler should see this" 😂.... And 15 minutes after I find this 😂.
Every single school in the entire country has some kind of celebration I think...
To give a sense of how "normal" the Norwegian royal family is, they are really a prominent sports family in the sport of Sailing. The King and his father the previous King Olav are both Olympians and King Olav even won an Olympic Gold in 1928. The current king has multiple World Championship medals in Sailing.
Gratulerer med dagen, as we say in Norway! Don't worry too much about the bunad... anyone can wear a bunad. It's of course most "correct" if you wear a regional variant that hails from wherever in Norway you (or your ancestors) hail from, but the rules about that has been relaxed a lot in later years, and I don't think anyone but the most sour-faced traditionalists would object to an American wearing a bunad.
I don't have a bunad, cause they're HELLA expensive. They're generally not mass produced, and there's a lot of silver jewelry and decorations, so they cost a lot. Lots of bunads are inherited from grandparents... it's the women's bunads that are the most elaborate and I definitely think more women than men have and wear bunads.
Gratulerer med dagen Fra Bergen😂🇳🇴❄️😎
@@MaxFox13 Takk det samme!!
There's even several parades in USA both NYC and Minnesota for May17th.
It is and it’s same pop in USA
Yeah, basically everywhere you have at least a few norwegians or people of norwegian descent it is celebrated
Also in Ballard in Seattle, lots of Norwegian/Americans there. They have a parade there on the 17th of May every year! 🥰🇧🇻
@@benedikteh6661 Nice.👋🏻🫡🇳🇴
Im 13 years old and I am from Norway.🇳🇴
It’s beautiful weather today.!!
Gratulerer med dagen fra Bergen🇳🇴🎉🎉 😂
I’m from Norway 🇳🇴 You can just wear a nice dress and bunad but you can’t wear your normal outfit. And everything the girl said in this video is true. We spend the whole day together and we have so much fun, and we celebrate 17th may all around the country even on a mountain. 17th may is definitely the biggest day in Norway 🇳🇴 Gratulerer med dagen🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴
The building is the Royal Palace, the color an pattern of the bunad varies with where you are from. The answer to every other question in the video is yes
May 17th Constitution Day is *not* celebrating our Independence from Sweden.
It's celebrating our constitution which was signed and dated May 17th 1814.
Norway became independent from Sweden on June 7th 1905. That's our Independence Day
Exactly.
And the constitution was written because we didn't want to belong to Sweden, which we were "given to" after the Napoleonic wars since Denmark supported Napoleon, Treaty of Kiel in January 1814. We even tried to choose a Danish prince as our king, from 17th May 1814, but he was replaced by the Swedish king in October the same year as we agreed to the personal union with Sweden, which was effective from November 1814.
Gratulerer med dagen alle sammen 🇧🇻 Hipp hipp hurra 🇧🇻 and thank you Tyler 😊Nice video 🇧🇻
Eloha god 17. Mai
grattis med dagen!!
Gratulerer med dagen! 🥳 🇳🇴
Gratulerer med dagen 🇳🇴🥳
Gratulerer med dagen🇳🇴🥰
The building in question is the King’s Castle/palace. I have great memories from the 17th of May. I always walked in the parade with my school choir and waved to the royal family. And afterwards my father took me to an amusement park and I ate a lot of ice cream 😊 Gratulerer med dagen alle sammen 🇳🇴🇳🇴☀️
So interesting to hear your comments about norwegian stuff!
To your question on why he is wearing a light colored jacket: The bunads is actually a rather new tradition, but so is our country, really. They gained popularity in the end of 1800 and beginning of 1900. The constitution was written 1814 and we gained independence 1905, so we needed to reinvent our own culture, sort of. So the bunads were a hit, and each district got their own version.
17. mai is celebrated over the whole country, in every little nook. It is ecpecially the childrens day, as the first parades were children (we call them tog- wich directly translated means train). In the parade the brass band walks first, then the schoolchildren, then the adults. In the cities it's a bit different, in Bergen there are one parade for the children, and later in the day a parade for all organizations in the city.
We got our own constitution on May 17 1814 but had the same king as the Swedes until 1905 when we elected our own King, Haakon 7, originally Prince Carl of Denmark.
All cities, towns or places in Norway celebrate the same way.
Bunads vary greatly in different regions, in all colours and patterns
I'm willing to bet that Tyler (ignorantly) believes the US Constitution (among the oldest in the world) was signed alongside the Declaration of Independence on or around July 4th, 1776.
@@user-kq5ke5yb6k Hey Karen, you have written this exact comment four times now on the same video. But here you forgot to like your own comment. Just a friendly reminder.
God 17. Mai alle sammen 🎉❤🇳🇴
😅takk
Hva mener du? Det heter "Gratulerer med dagen!"
Takk, ilige måde
Just came from the celebration in Fitjar; beautiful weather, amazing bands and parades🇳🇴Gratulerer med dagen!🇳🇴 17th of May is definetly the biggest day of the year!🇳🇴
Thank you so much 🇳🇴🥂🇳🇴
🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🎉 Happy 17th of may to you too!
I'm willing to bet that Tyler (ignorantly) believes the US Constitution (among the oldest in the world) was signed alongside the Declaration of Independence on or around July 4th, 1776.
It’s actually extremely respectful for people to celebrate 17th of May and use bunad🇳🇴🇳🇴 we want people to embrace our culture and we want to share it🇳🇴🇳🇴
Gratulerer med dagen! we always get up early and raise the Norwegian flag. Eats an extra good breakfast. then we go to town to watch our son walk in the may 17 parade. After that we eat a soft ice cream before going to my mother's house and grilling in the garden with the rest of the family.
I live in a municipal with 18000 people, and we have parades in 5 different towns/villages.
In the biggest town we had thousands walking in the parade or watching it, and 6-7 different bands and choirs playing. My guess is more than half the population is out celebrating.
The program for the town looked like this:
* Hoisting the flag at the fortress with tambour drums and trumpets.
* Flowers are put on war memorials, and singing by the local choir or orchestra.
* Choirs or orchestras play at the local institutions, like care centers and veteran's center.
* Religious service at the local church.
* All the schools gather outside the church.
* Cannon salutes from the fortress announce the start of the parade, and they walk down to the town hall.
* Speeches by the mayor, school kids, music, dance and singing the national anthem.
* Games, food and playing at the local schools.
* Car parade with old (mostly americal) cars.
* Russ parade.
* Cinema with kids movies.
Many people only attend the parade, then meet with family and friends to eat cake and ice cream, have a drink and talk about their uncomfortable dresses and shoes.
Gratulerer med dagen!
My history is a bit rusty, so I may be wrong, but I think it goes that Norway was its own country, but then the black plague came and killed a lot of our people, including the vast majority of farmers, not to mention crops and grain being contaminated by the rodents spreading the disease.
Norway, facing the hardest time in a long time, decided we could not survive this plague without help from the outside, so the King of Norway went to the King of Denmark and pleaded for help, to which the King of Denmark agreed on the condition that Norway be turned over to the Danes, which the Norwegian King reluctantly had to accept to save his people.
After Denmark was done with Norway, Sweden managed to gain ownership just before Norway was to be given back ownership of its own country, and thus started a new period for Norway being owned by another country.
"After Denmark was done with Norway"
Not exactly. Norway was taken away from Denmark and given to Sweden following the Treaty of Kiel, because Denmark had supported Napoleon during the Napoleonic wars.
I’m a 25 year old Norwegian. When I was a child I walked the parade with my classmates. Every city has their own parade. Some cities have a big parade with every school and every marching band in it, and other cities have a parade for every school. In my city my school had their own parade. When I started the 4. Grade I started my regions marching band and walked 2-3 parades every year until I finished high school. As a child after the parade my family often had a barbecue with friends and family after the parade. After high school people usually have a breakfast that looks like the one in this video. And then som people watch the parade and some do other things. My friends went in a boat trip this year, then dinner and finished off with a party at night. When you start getting your own kids you go back to the school parade. Same goes for grandparents. Obviously you do the russefeiring in your senior year of high school.
I don’t thing I would be offended by a Swedish barrow a bunad. But if he wanted to by one (without having any Norwegian heritage) I would be offended. I don’t think they would do it considering that they cost about 4700 USD. If he (or she) had become a Norwegian citizen it would also be okay by one.
At 12.44, that is the royal castle where the King an Queen live, there is also kind of a castle called Skaugum where the Crownprince and his wife lives a few miles outside Oslo.
Don't think anyone would mind foreigners wearing a bunad :). Gratulerer med dagen, folkens 🇳🇴
They even celebrate The Norwegiqn national day with a parade, hot dogs, ice cream etc in USA and in other countries where there are Norwegians living or those with Norwegian ancestors…
After the parade you either find an outdoor restaurant (of its nice weather everyone wants to be outside), and eat and drink beer and wine and have fun/party the rest of the evening/night or you have a barbeque at someones garden or even in public parks. Children and families usually go to schools where there are different games and fun for the whole family or people go to a fair. In Oslo today they said it was around 500k people out in the streets (there are around 700k living in Oslo for reference).
Norway's Constitution Day looks like a combination of Thanksgiving, Independence Day in the United States, and the Tournament of Roses Parade (aka Rose Parade) in California. Wow!
After the parade, in every municipality , most people get an ice cream, and or hot dog, and go to their children’s school for the next part of the partying 🎉.
There they eat food, cake, play out doors games.
Then the kids perform songs, and plays and dances.
And the principal holds a speech.
Then many go to the city to watch the russ-parade.
And then some people party n the city, some go home.
Some go to their church for a second party, after the school party. 🎉🎉🎉
You have such a great spirit and passion and knowledge we had a super beautiful 17th May celebration here in Aalesund Norway with big sun and blue sky and with 22+ now yeasterday heat almost through out the country keep doing your great job Norways people loves you I can feel it🇺🇸💯🇸🇯.
There are 17th of May parades all over the world, including in the parts of USA where Norwegian immigrants settled. It is quite touching..
13:22 Bunad is very expensive because it’s handmade. Mens bunad is hard to adapt as you grow older so most men don’t have it and wear suit.
Women’s bunad are easier to adapt in size and therefore they are “for life” and also passed down from generation to generation. A young teen was interviewed on TV today and told us she was wearing a bunad originally made and worn by her great grandmother and was worn on the 8th of may 1945 when Nazi Germany capitulated. She literally was wearing a bit of Norwegian History. 🇳🇴
17 May is probably the real big day for the whole country. It is celebrated in every town and valley, in the mountains and by the sea. The day often starts with a family breakfast, where the large family meets as early as 08.00. After breakfast there is a children's parade at 10.00, and after the children's parade we often go to a cafe or similar, and eat cake. Then it's home, to get ready for the BBQ and family party we're having, where anyone who wants to can come. And often there are many of us, where neighbors and acquaintances come. It's a great day, but it's also tiring at times.
I would like to mention that a men's jacket costs about 2,500 dollars, and the ladies's costs about 3,000-5,000 dollars, so this is not a common pr
Most bunads for men are black, but some also have light jackets. Women's bunader varies greatly in color and shape. My grandfather embroidered 90 bunads after he retired.
My family each has its own bunad, my husband's from where his ancestors came from and me and the "children" where I have my roots.
My husband's bunad is black with little embroidery, my daughter's and mine are black with a lot of embroidery and my son has a bunad that has a lot of embroidery on all parts, including the jacket. No wonder the price including the silver is insured for $21535.00.
They are made of wool, so it was warm today when we had 25°C.
I like that new residents in Norway take this tradition with them and celebrate in the same way. Everyone should have a bunad if they wanted, but it costs money. The bunads are hand-embroidered and sewn together according to your measurements.
Some also have knitted stockings (especially men), woven bands for hair or trousers for men.
Bunad is a separate subject, and you can train in embroidery and sewing together bunads. This is in fact an profession in Norway.
Every region of Norway has its own unique bunad, and there are different colours on them
They celebrate 17 May in Seattle in USA.
The parades are not only in Norway. Anywhere there are Norwegians they will march, flags and all. This year they were 4 people strong on Jan Mayen in Antarctica. GRATULERER MED DAGEN FOLKENS. KOS Dere. 🎉
Gratulerer med dagen alle sammen! 🇳🇴🎉
Gratulerer med dagen fra Bergen🇳🇴🎉🎉
My Brother played in a marching band. Remember we had to wake up wery early at may 17th. So they were around and played to wake people up and play at memorials monuments in the mornings. My self had to meet at my school at 8 am to be transported to the town center so we could go in the parade. My brother played. And after the parade we went together with the band to play at institution. Then it was back home to get changed from the bunad to the soccercostume, and go in the folk-parade with my soccer-club
Gratulerer med dagen fellow norwegians!
Happy birthday to every norwigans or Gratulerer med dagen til alle norske folk
Just came home from the celebration at my school Al the activities foods and all the fun I had it was so awesome we also saved lots of Russ cards
What is making 17th of May different from celebration of the constitution/independens/victoy-day … is that it is the children and their lively parade that are in focus., not the officials, not the army.
The children, the coming generations. Those who will inherit our nations freedom of speech and social community. It is also a nice time of the year: snow has gone, winter is fading, daylight has become long, the leaves are back on the trees, flowers blooming, it is spring and summertime is just ahead.
Yeah, the men signing the constitution chose a perfect date ❤
I am happy they didnt gather in example november or january 😂
Gratulerer med dagen Norge! 🎈🥳 🇳🇴
Norway constitution day is the only day celebrating specifically Norway/the Norwegian people.
Some people care more about celebrating 17.Mai more than others, or prioritize Christmas or another holiday more. But 17 of Mai is the most important day for the country.
Thank you so much Tyler🎉🇳🇴🎈,have a wonderfull day😊.Gratulerer med dagen kjære landsmenn Hipp Hurra🎉🎉🎉🇳🇴
Gratulerer med dagen fra Bergen😂🇳🇴❄️
Gratulerer med dagen🇳🇴🎉❤️
Love all your videos. To answer you questions: When we invite to a breakfast on 17 of may it looks a lot like this, some ppl also calls it "champagnefrokost"(champagne breakfast) and just drink alcohol all day. The big building is the royal castle, and all the cityes do have a parade with the kindergardens and school kids, and marching bands. After the parade someone holds a speech, we sing the national anthem, when this is done we take the kids to an event at the school or kindergareden they goes to, there we eat ice, pølse(sausage), play games and talk with all the other parents. When this is over many goes out to eat, or home to barbeque or something like that. Around 17(5 pm) or 18(6pm) many of the citys have russe tog( russ parade) where all the russ busses and car show off. The reason that he had a brighter jacket is cause of it from a other region of norway, its about 450 different types of bunads in Norway. Hope this was a informative answer to your questions.
I have many, many memories of walking in the parade on 17th of May, since a child :)
You should come to Norway and celebrate with us next year! It’s the best day ever 🙌
I'm so glad you remembered 17. mai. Gratulerer med dagen! 🇧🇻
Gratulerer med dagen Tyler! You’re one of us now 😅
Anyone can wear a bunad, but wear it properly.
Also like if you're from one part of the country you can choose to wear one from a diffrent part just because you like it better (Every region have it's own design)
Not everyone wear it tho, it's most common for women to use it. But even women often choose not to because it's too warm to wear during summer.
God 17. mai! Gratulerer med dagen!
Gratulerer med dagen på Bergen🇳🇴🎉🎉
Gratulerer med dagen i fra Skien🇳🇴🎉🥰
2:03
Yes, but it depends on the bunad and where you live.
You should have a connection to the place, or use a standardized one for the whole country.
There's traditions about who might use what bunad.
Some are only for unmarried people, some for married people, men and women obviously have different bunads, and every location has different ones.
6:14
He's trolling a little bit.
Basically Norway was in a personal union with Denmark (same king, different country, laws etc, think the UK and Canada or Australia now, but with a king actually making decisions in both countries, he was in the process of merging Denmark and Norway at the time, but the process hadn't finished)
Anyway, the Napoleonic wars where raging on the continent.
France under Napoleon where planning on forcing Denmark-Norway into joining the war on the French side, and we both had a big navy and one of the biggest merchant fleets in the world at the time.
So when UK intelligence discovered the French plans they worried that the Royal Navy that already had its hands full with the French, Spanish and various other navies and merchant fleets would be unable to stop a invasion if Denmark-Norway joined in.
So they decided to do a preemptive (and unprovoked) strike on neutral Denmark-Norway who had done everything possible to stay out of the war, even removing all the ropes and sails from their warships, making them incapable of combat Without a long lead time.
But the Royal Navy came in, bombed Copenhagen, including using some of the first rockets used in war in Europe, till they surrendered both the city and half the fleet of Denmark-Norway, everything at anchor in the city.
Half the fleet was essentially just stolen, apparently without any reason.
It was essentially a deceleration of war, forcing Denmark-Norway into the war on the French side.
Sweden decided to join the war on the British side.
Of course Napoleon lost, the war...
Denmark was forced to cede Norway to Sweden.
Norway didn't like that and wrote a constitution, as well as declaring independence.
After a brief war with few casualties we where forced to join into a personal union with Sweden, but one of their concessions to us was allowing us to keep our constitution (with a few modifications).
That's what we're celebrating.
We didn't have freedom of speech or the press before that constitution, but we did under the Swedes (or at least we started to get it, there where still restrictions, but you could discuss politics in the newspapers now as long as you where careful about what words you picked).
Of course less then a century later we declared independence from Sweden, and got it.
10:14
The Norwegian word for a parade literally is the same word we use for trains.
10:48
Yes
12:49
That's the royal palace.
15:21
After the parade people celebrate with various childrens games, meals etc.
Gratulerer med dagen! And thanks to you talking about Norway. Happy 17th of May!
Gratulerer med dagen fra Bergen🇳🇴🎉🎉
Gratulerer med dagen i fra Skien🇳🇴🎉🥰
Love to see another of our videos from “How To Norway” series;) Gratulerer med dagen 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴
Gratulerer med dagen! Happy 17. May!
Takk!
Your "Hurra for 17. mai" was very good:)
Ha en fin dag Tyler
The bunad can be worned by anyone, but also other cultures wearing their national cosumes.. it's a show of respect. Make an effort.. we will respect it 🙂
I am celebrating my day at home, on the couch, with a few beers and video games.
The days leading up to 17 mai are the hardest of the year, every year. So I'm taking this day for myself this year, because I'm back at work tomorrow, before the (my) weekend starts.
I usually wake up very early, put on my suit, go to my mother's house for breakfast along with other family and friends.
Then head into town to see the parade. After that it's just eating ice cream and hotdogs until I'm ready to burst.
Me and my friends then gather to get shit faced in the evening, and go home to sleep it off.
This year I just can't find the energy, so I'm at home in front of my ps5, switched out champagne breakfast and suit for a pepperoni grandiosa with extra cheese and sriracha, and a Norwegian beer, wearing sweat pants and a t-shirt.
Having a pretty good day so far.
Gratulerer med dagen fra Bergen🇳🇴🎉🎉
Eg gjorde det samme i år. Me tek det igjen neste år 🎉 Gratulerer med dagen til deg 😊
Bro u deserve more than 19k subs!🎉
Gratulerer med dagen!
Takker så mye.✌🏻🫡🇳🇴
Bunads are nice, they are also wool, and incredibly hot. And today is gonna be like 22 degrees. Have fun
13.35 the reason he is wering a different jacket is because he is wering a tradisjonell Bunad, while thee others are wering normal suits. Even though meny norwegian has on Bunad some people were other Nice clothing😊. ( sorry fore any wrong spelling i'm dysletix😅)
Christmas lasts several days, so it is probably a bigger holiday in that respect, but for Norway as a whole, I would say May 17th is bigger. This is because it involves the entire nation, regardless of things like religion, or whatever else that could keep someone from enjoying the other (typically Christian) holidays.
There is nothing objectively wrong about a foreigner wearing a bunad at any time, but it is a bit sensitive as there is a lot of identity, history, and tradition involved. Although it is becoming a bit diluted now, the bunads are region specific, and it is considered a bit "rude" if you chose a bunad from a region that you don't have any connection to. One example is how it seems that half of Oslo (particularly the western parts) have ancestry in Nordland, as the Nordlandsbunad is extremely popular there, and it is considered one of the most (if not the most) beautiful bunads. This is definitely a tongue in cheek statement, so take it for what it is, but it points out the attitude towards choosing a bunad based on looks, rather than connection. Most of the population doesn't really care that much (those who REALLY care are referred to as The Bunad Police), but as with any tradition it's one of those things that makes Norwegians go "well, you aren't supposed to change it...". If you were to buy a bunad, and just show up as a tourist to celebrate May 17th wearing that bunad, it would get mixed reactions, almost like a form of cultural appropriation. Not really wrong, but a bit of a gray area. That said there are Norwegians that are vehemently opposed to non-ethnic Norwegians wearing bunads, but they are few, and far between.
May 17th is NOT our independence day, but it symbolizes a very important step on the way there. 17th of May 1814 is the day our own constitution became official, but independence from Sweden took almost another 100 years as it didn't happen until 1905. If you consider the fact that 1905 was the end of around 500 years of foreign rule/administration, you can probably see why Norwegians are a proud people; sometimes even considered too proud according to Swedes in one of your previous videos.
The reason he said train is because there is a difference between the use of certain words in English vs. Norwegian:
* 17. mai tog (which is the word we use) literally translates to 17th of May train. Think of if like a long line of people, just like the carriages of a train, which is exactly what it is.
* Parade (pronounced a bit different than the English word) is associated with the military, which is something that our celebration parade does NOT want to be associated with. It is however translated to parade in English because that would be understood as the same thing.
The building with the columns in front is the Norwegian Royal Palace.
The bunads are almost entirely made of wool, so wearing a white jacket is just wool that hasn't been dyed. It has no significance that it's white, it is simply the look that was chosen when that particular region created their bunad a long time ago.
Him: is that a royal building
Me: oh yeah thats the palace
In Norwegian we call it train and not parade.
The day is for the children, but nowadays many poeple destroy the day drinking from early morning
The color an the bunad and how it looks usually say something about what part of the country you, or ancestors come from.
There are many different bunads with different colours and patterens.
Everyone can where them.
Traditionaly you choose a bunads from the region you are from or where you kin is from.
There of course some people who don’t like non-Norwegians wearing them, but those people are few and are usually racists.
Personally I really like when people where national costumes from their (or their parents) country of origion.
17.may is a huge day.
Where I live it starts at 08:00 with a saulte at the mountainside. That will wake you for sure.
The parades is called «barnetog» and word by word that translates to «childrens train».
Norwegian word for parande is tog and tog also means train.
The barnetog is all over the country. Some a big and some are tiny.
The parade usually end at the local childrens school (1st-7th grade).
At the school the pta have organized games and kiosk. And there is a speech or two. And some entertainment from the kids.
After that people either
- barbeque at home with family and or friends
-go to hytta
-go to the tivioli
-go tho a party or our on the town
And some people just stay at home and watch 17.mai on tv and enjoy that.
There are different bunader for women and men, it depends on which county you come from.
There are many , many different Bunads. Some have light colors , some dark , many different color combinations , and some have parts of the Bunad made of leather. And the Same population has beautiful traditional clothing! The Bunad is connected and shows where You are from : wich region , city , valley etc.. So the Bunad this Swedish guy are wearing is probably an original. ..but I can`t tell You wich one. I think we`ll leave it to someone who recognizes it , or to an expert 🙂👍
We do call it train (17th of May train = 17mai tog) Every cities, towns and small villages have its own 17th of may parade. It is a day filled with icecream, hotdogs, sodas and alot of fun especially for children.
There’s a lot more to 17th of May. This was mostly just the morning… it goes on late in the evening/night.
the wierdest parade I remember .. xD it was snowing all sudden
In Oslo every school has their own place in the childrensparade there the either have their own marching band, or share it with other schools. as of the breakfast, there is an tradition that's called champagne breakfast, where you start the day with a glass (or 20) of champagne. The day is for the children, but if you don't have kids, it´s usually a day where you go out day drinking with your friends. as of the bunad there are tons of different bunads chosen by where you come fram, or where your ancestors came from in Norway, and you often get the bunad when you are 15 yers, on your confirmation day. As a Norwegian we do really enjoy the 17th of may, and I might consider it one of the most fun days of the year!
04:16 actually a swede in a bunad is kind of the ultimate sacrelige 🙂 I guess older generations would not like that. Some are also very strict about who and where you come from in different parts of Norway if you are allowed to wear that districts version of the bunad and then finally, if it is made by a "sactioned" tailor/seamstress. None of this "rules" are enforced by law, but it will get frowned upon by many if broken.
17th of Mai for Norway is basically on the same importance as you would say 4th of July is for America
Obviously we celebrate it very differently (no fireworks or guns)
Its all day and its amazing for sure, you should especially look at the "trains", also no, the train wasn't a misspeak, its literally what we call it in Norwegian
Especially the celebration in Oslo around the royal palace is really nice to see
The jacket is white since its a bunad vs the others wearing a suit
Happy 17. May Tyler 🥳
17. May 1814 our constitution was signed at Eidsvold. 🥳
It was part of an atemt to decleare our own king, (a danish prince at the time, Christian Frederik), and thereby our own soveriginty.
In sted we got "forced" in to a union with Sweden by the great powers that be, since Danmark was on the loosing side in the Napoleonic war. (we had been ruled by Danmark since 1396)
It had Nothing to do with the liberation from Sweden as *stated in the oridginal video* ,, that was 90 years later.
There are parades all over Norway on 17th May. in every little place where there is a school. And after the parada people often gather at the school for entertainment. Like throwing ball on tincans, running with a potato on a spoon etc. And we buy ice cream, kake, hot dogs and more. This is mostly for familys, young adults keep on partying.
Gratuler med dagen
We actually call it "17. mai toget", or the 17th of May train directly translated.
And, it's not only the one in Oslo, every little town with more than 4 inhabitants pretty much has its own celebration with its own "tran" and festivities afterwards, so I guess there would be like somewhere between 500 and 1000 "trains" all over Norway...
Detailed explanation of 17. May
- The parade
The parade is what we like to call a train. Kids from 1st to 7th grade usually walks in the parade. At least in the state I live in, we are yelling some cheers that our class made. And it's only the class you're in that has that cheer. And later the best cheer from 1st to 4th grade gets a check of 1000 bucks. And then after that, it's the same thing for 5th to 7th.
-The bunad
Anyone can wear it, but it has to be well taken care of and respected. Trust me. You don't wanna ruin it. Some can cost up to 60 000 bucks. I personally don't use a bunad, I use a festdrakt that many people use instead of bunad as it isn't so expensive. And did you know that the look on the bunad can tell you where the bunad was made? Well each state has their own unique bunad.
-The celebration
You can celebrate it just the way you want to, but many people (in my state) has a place to meet up for example at the school. But in Oslo most people go to the King's castle. But in my state, we meet up, can buy lots of food and drinks. We also a lot of minigames like potato race, bag race and a regular race. It's honestly really fun
Champagne breakfast Has become very common on 17 May. And it is one of the biggest days in Norway when it comes to celebration.
17 of may is an all day bright and early thing for sure😂
It depends a bit on if you are a family with kids or not as they usually go in the early parades.
The parades are usually schools from each grade in a long parade then they go school grade then next school grade then after the early kids parade which we do call train in norway, then comes the adult parades which is sports clubs etc. each big town has their own version, smaller towns do a small school parade around the town, i remember my school “practicing” for the big day by marching to visiting the local elderly homes and singing the songs. We have the Norwegian anthem but also other songs especially for 17th of may.
We basically march around in bunads waving flags and singing. After that we get together either at local gatherings like schools have events, hot dogs and cake, simple fun games like hit the nail with a hammer as few times as u can, potato sag jumping race, throwing horse shoes etc.
Others get together at restaurants or at home outside in the sunny weather and have a bbq. The best part is how kid friendly it usually is. Obviously if its only adults you might take out the alcohol but usually there isn’t a focus on alcohol at all, which makes if all about friends and family and the first official sausage of the year. After that we have bbq as much as the weather allows, its almost like 17th of may is a starting pistol for bbq season 😂👌
17th of may is our celebration of our own constitution. We were up until 17th of may 1814 under the rule of Denmark. We got our own king and we became a independent country.
In 1905 we broke with Sweden and the union was dissolved. The Bunad is local and that's why there is alot of different colors and patterns. Yes a foreginer can wear it, as long as you don't mix up different patterns and don't mix the bunad with common clothing. Think of it like a military uniform, respect the brand and wich local area it comes from. Also they are quite costly and take alot of time to craft. Breakfast can be different, but usually we have a solid one to last a long and wonderful patriotic day. We don't usually have alot of show of military force, but the kings guard plays and marches in the parades in Oslo. 17th of may is celebrated all over Norway. From the far north to the south, east to west. From the Capitol to the small villages.
Dude. Love your channel!
But i have to ask. Have you even visited Norway?
I would be happy to finance a trip if not.😊
12:40 its is the royal family castle
His bunad is lightly coloured, you have differently coloured costumes depending on which region you are from, or which one you pick if you're an immigrant- they come in wheat, blue, red, green most commonly, with different patterns and designs and varying accoutrements(shawl, pouch, pant-straps, kyse(headpiece for women), hats for men, etc.).
his bunad looks like the one from Østfold*
...I could be wrong though*
Gratulerer med dagen🇳🇴
Happy happy day guys.love from the south of Norway. Agder bunad place
10:49 That's difficult to say for sure, but I do imagine the more populated areas would definitely have parades. In Stavanger I remember in the late 90s when I was a kid, we had to show up at a designated meeting spot where all the kids from the surrounding schools would converge and be neatly placed in an orderly line for the parade leading to the city centrum. Each shool would have their own marching band that would be in charge of setting the tempo for the singing of various songs that all the kids would then sing while marching the endlessly long way towards the city centrum.
Then when we reach the centrum, we'd have a brief respite as we watched parades made by high-school (this would also include Russ) and university students, sometimes parades made up by the police, fire department, and - I think also - the ambulance workers, and also by the military.
I think there were also parades made up of adults, as well, I'm pretty sure.
Then as everyone finally arrived at the centrum, more parade marching would ensue, as we would then begin marching along a designated route that took us through the various neighborhoods surrounding the centrum.
Throughout all the marching, the sidewalks and roadside would be filled with everyone from parents to non-parents that would often be packed so tightly together that no gap was left open for anyone to see through, let alone pass through. We're also talking about parading that covered miles worth of streets.
After the parades finished the marching - back at the starting point in Centrum, - it was back to your respective schools to then buy and eat as much food as you could handle, while the kids - and sometimes parents - participated in various games and contests, ranging from bingo, lottery, and bean bag throwing, to three-legged racing with your parent and lots of other various activities for both young and small.
Our Princess actually got special permission from the army to wear sunglasses while on the balcony waving. She is currently serving her country in the army and wore their formal wear.
Happy 17.may everyone 🥳🇧🇻