17 May 2011 - Norwegian National Day

The Norwegian National Day is 17th May and marks the signing of The Constitution of Norway at Eidsvoll on May 17 in the year 1814. The celebrations will be held on Sunday 15 May 2011 at Toorak House, 21 St George Street, Toorak. We start with a church service at 11 am, and following with speeches, the parade, brass band music, children's games, raffle and hot dogs from 12 noon.

The planning for the celebrations, on 15 May at Toorak House, is well underway, and the full programme will be published in our next issue of Budstikka, in April/May.

There is much to organise, and as usual, we will need some generous, helpful hands, both before and during the day.

We would be incredibly thankful for volunteers who can either: - Bake some cakes
- Help out for a couple of hours on Saturday, to set everything up
- Help on Sunday, before and during the event, from about 9.30am in the morning

Please call or email Anecke (0417 138 000, aneckes@hotmail.com) or Kristin (0400 882 307, editor@friendsofnorway.asn.au) if you are able to assist with some, or all of the above. In return, we promise to provide a fun-filled traditional 17 May celebration for the entire family, with band, parade, hot dogs, kids games, bløtekake, brus and more.