Norwegian Constitution Day ||This article needs additional
citations for verification. (June 2012)| |Constitution Day or 17
of May.| Children's parade in front of the Royal Palace, Oslo
|Also called||Syttende mai (bokmål), Syttande mai (nynorsk) or
Søttende mai (old) (May 17)| |Significance||Celebrating the
signing of the Norwegian Constitution in Eidsvoll, May 17,
1814.| |Related to||Constitution of Norway| Norwegian
Constitution Day is the National Day of Norway and is an
official national holiday observed on May 17 each year. Among
Norwegians, the day is referred to simply as syttende mai
(meaning May Seventeenth), Nasjonaldagen (The National Day) or
Grunnlovsdagen (The Constitution Day), although the latter is
less frequent. Historical background  The Constitution of Norway
was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17 in the year 1814. The
constitution declared Norway to be an independent nation in an
attempt to avoid being ceded to Sweden after Denmark-Norway's
devastating defeat in the Napoleonic wars. The celebrat