#17. mai

[godteri-takk]

Gratulerer med dagen!!! 🇧🇻🇧🇻

Hilser fra Østlandet xD Håper dere har en super dag!!! Mine norske mutals @onstandbi247 @alchemydragon hallois

[granny-core]

Gratulerer med dagen to all my fellow Norwegians! I hope you get all the cake and kroneis you could ever want!

[mossmallard]

Gratulerer med da`n! 🇧🇻

[an-american-in-norway]

17. mai i Norge

the 17th of May has a dramatic history and the first years after 1814 were anything but a party. On May 17th, 1814 a completely newly convened National Assembly adopted a Norwegian constitution and elected its own king. But Sweden (which believed it was entitled to Norway as a spoil of war from Denmark) went to war, ending with a ''union'' between Sweden and Norway and a revised constitution. It wasn't until 1905 that Norway declared itself fully independent with its own king and the original constitution reinstated. Similarly, the Norwegian flag wasn't used as it is today until 1905.

For almost a century the 17th of May was a day used to debate Norway's lack of independence and over the years symbols of a free Norway emerged. From 1864 Bjørnstjere Bjørnsons ''Ja, vi elsker dette landet'' was used as the national song. Six years later he also pushed for an important ritual: a children's parade - the country's future waving the Norwegian flag.

As the political and protest aspects began to be left behind in favor of peaceful celebration, the interest for the bunad developed. Wearing a bunad was originally part of a big radical project, which dealt with Norway's independence. Folk costumes signalize a belonging to a community - from the individual or family history of an inherited bunad, to the more collective identity connected to region, all the way to the national level.

This spring holiday is full of symbols of community. There are wreath layings, speeches, the singing of the national song together, children's parades, and the wearing of bunads. Families gather for celebratory parties. That the 17th of May is considered a day for children is displayed best in the tradition of serving hotdogs, soda, and ice cream.

*Loosely translated from 'Årets Ritualer' av Helene K. Næss

[queenmeriadoc]

Gratulerer med dagen Norge

[fatelys]

Gratulerer med dagen is used for both wishing someone a happy birthday and also just to congratulate someone on the day, any day they might be celebrating. It is also used by and for Norwegians on 17th of May (today) for celebrating the National day of Norway. So gratulerer med dagen fellow Norwegians!

[therealvinelle]

GRATULERER MED DAGEN! 🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻

Takk i like måte!! 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

[haikyuu-and-more-haikyuu]

Gratulerer med dagen! 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

For de som ferier 17. Mai i dag og alle andre ❤️

For those who celebrate 17th of May, and everyone else ❤️

(thats the king and prince of norway)

Today Norway celebrates it's national day/ constitution day. For those who doesn't know, today in 1814, the Constitution of Norway got signed. In there, it declared that Norways was independent from other countries. We had been in union with Denmark and wanted to be independent from Sweden, which would last until 1905.

In 1864, the first norwegian parade was held in the capitol, but only for boys. It wasn't until 1899 that girl were allowed in the parade. During the WWII, every parade and using the colours of the flag was banned. The 8th of May, we were liberated and the flag became a strong symbol for us. But this day is not a holiday, but it helped celebration on 17th may nine days after.

It's also to note that Norway have children parade. This is like 'the day that belongs to the children'. Each school gather up in cities and parade around the town, waving flags. Parents, family and other people gather up to watch the parades. Afterwards, there's often a lot of candy stands in the cities where people can by candy floss and ice cream. The elementary schools often sell cakes and have games for the children.

In Oslo, the capital, you will see military soldiers in the parade. Cities often have parades for the 'citizens' too. There, people that participate in sports can come, people that are part of a political party can come too. Often the people that are in sports will dress up in their sportswear. I used to swim, and people would sometimes dress up in swimsuits and parade in that. There is also a parade for those who graduate out of high school, called Russetog. There children can collect cards that the graduates often throw out and watch the cars that many will buy and remake with their own logos and music. It's a whole thing!

A lot of people will also wear Norways traditional clothes. They're called bunad or festdrakt and a person chooses the clothes depending on were they are from. People will also wear the tradition clothes of the Sami people, called kofte. But a lot of people wear nice dresses and suits.

Sorry for the long post! This is simplified, because it would literally be too long if I'm going to state every important factor and name that led to the celebration we have today. I would have put more gifs up in this post, but most of those about norway is about skam...and not so helpful.

Have a nice day, all of you ❤️

[tangredont]

🇳🇴🌼Gratulerer med dagen til oss🌼🇳🇴

[milkywayan]

Gratulerer med dagen, Norge! 🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻

[wickedsingularity]

Gratulerer med dagen, Norge 🇧🇻🥳

[ferndweller]

Tomorrow's a very special day for those who like listening to marching bands play slightly off-key renditions of "Gammel Jegermarsj".

[bet-on-me-13]

Talia took a 20+ Year Undercover mission a while ago

So! Talia is the Daughter of Ra's Al Ghul, and has been alive and at his side for many years now. Decades even. She is well into her 100's, even though her physical Body looks like that of a 20 yr old.

And in all the years that she has lived, what's to say she didn't take a few years off as a vacation? Even Ra's must take a few years off every once in a while, leaving to spend time on some remote island he can relax on for once. So, one day in the Early 80's she decided to do the same.

But she wouldn't be completely relaxing, she would take the break to further the League's goals still. She decided to Dye her Hair, change her Name, get into an acceptable College, and study Lazarus Waters to their scientific limit. She decided to name if Ectoplasm, to avoid any unwanted attention.

And while there, she met a pair of men doing the exact same.

Jack and Vladimir were nice enough. Although their Research was more focused on Ghosts, or as she would call them, Pit Demons. They were convinced that Ectoplasm and Ghosts came from another Dimension, and if they could find a way to open a Dimension Gateway to this theoretical Ghost Zone, they could aquire Limitless Clean Energy (and maybe find a way to contain the Ghostly threat).

Over the years, Talia Maddie would fall for Jack. Eventually, even after she had completed her College Studies and Vlad had left contact with them, she decided to extend her Vacation to further study Ectoplasm with Jack. One thing led to another, and eventually she found herself pregnant. And then it happened again.

Jazzmine and Daniel were the cutest little babies. But she knew the danger they would be in if it was ever discovered that she was their Mother, so she trained them in everything she could so they could survive. She knew her time as Maddie Fenton was coming short, but she resolved to stay, at the very least until Jazz was an Adult.

She didn't account for Daniel becoming a Small Town Hero, but those were just the Trials of motherhood.

Then, the day came. She left a note on her bedside table explaining that she regretted what had to happen, and left in the middle of the night. It was better this way.

...

The year right after she returned, her Father forced her to have a Child with his most prospective Heir. The Bat, he called himself. Oh he was Charming, there was no denying that, but unfortunately she was still working through her feelings about Jack.

She treated her resulting child poorly because of that, and that she regreted it deeply. She loved him, honestly she did, but it was hard to look at him and not remember Daniel. Still, she persevered.

The day she once again had to give up her son for his protection was the hardest of her life.

But it was unavoidable. The Coup that had taken her Father's life had also fractured the Organization, anyone could have taken their shot at her Son as the rightful Heir. She needed to protect him as she took care of the Traitors.

...

Damian always knew he was the One True Heir. It was his defining character trait for his early years of life. Even though he had grown to be more than just that over recent years, he always felt like it was a key part of his identity.

Until now.

Because the BatComputer had just finished running a DNA Test on the Blood of a man who he had spotted on his Patrol the previous night.

A DNA Test that had come back, with results claiming that the man, who looked almost exactly like a younger male version of his Mother, was his Half Brother.

[an-american-in-norway]

Gratulerer med dagen, Norge!

This bunad is from Hardanger and belonged to Queen Maud, the first queen of independent Norway. She was inaugurated in 1906, 92 years after Norway created it's own constitution, which is what we celebrate on the 17th of May! The bunad was made by Anne Jerdal with silver jewelry created by Marius Hammer.

[malfubabbu]

This was from 17th of May, Norway’s Consitution Day (while I was living in Madrid).

[zu-is-here]

The unknown magician ★ Underfell birthday!

Ink by comyet

and his mew mew Fell by underfell