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Carl Johans Gade with Slotted (i.e., Slottet), Christinia, Norway [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.06114. ("Photo shows the Karl Johans Gate, Royal Palace, and Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway; taken from a window in the Parliament building.")

Glad Syttende Mai! Celebration of the Bicentenary of the Norwegian Constitution

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

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The following is a guest post by Elin Hofverberg, a foreign law research consultant at the Law Library of Congress.

Carl Johans Gade
Carl Johans Gade with Slotted (i.e., Slottet), Christinia, Norway [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.06114. (“Photo shows the Karl Johans Gate, Royal Palace, and Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway; taken from a window in the Parliament building.”)
May 17 (or “Syttende Mai” as the locals call it), which falls this weekend, is always cause for great celebration in Oslo as Norway celebrates its National Day or Constitution Day. This generally means dressing up in local traditional clothing, bunads, and heading to the Carl Johans Gate