2021 SYTTENDE MAI BANQUET
Photo
attribution: Art Andersen
2021 DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED (BELOW)
An annual event, the League presents a banquet in
celebration of Norway's Constitution Day in May. Often
held the day before the Syttende Mai (Constitution Day) parade.
Enjoy some pictures from previous banquets here.
Our 2014 200th Norwegian
Constitution Anniversary Gala Banquet was special
"Syttende Mai" - in Norwegian means "the 17th of May". When
Norwegians mention the day they are referring to their
annual celebration of the signing of the Norwegian
constitution on May 17, 1814, in Eidsvoll, Norway. 200 years
later we celebrated this significant event.
While Chicago could not possibly match the magnitude of the
Syttende Mai parade in Oslo, Norway, that year with 100,000
people attending including children from over 100 schools,
The Norwegian National League held a Gala Banquet in
addition to the annual Syttende Mai
parade.
Pictures
from the 2014 banquet held at the
Wynstone Golf Club, North Barrington Illinois
are on their own page.