Norwegian group will host Syttende Mai celebration in Stillwater

The St Croix Valley Syttende Mai Society will host a banquet May to observe Norway s Constitution Day Syttende Mai is Norwegian for th of May the day in the Norwegian Constitution was adopted revealed Roger Bosmoe president of the society The holiday is often thought of as Norway s Fourth of July Bosmoe mentioned Comparing it to our Independence Day is appropriate because Norway s Constitution was patterned after the American Constitution Leif Erickson who was selected in to represent Minnesota s Norwegian public at the first annual national Leif Erickson Day ceremony held in Washington D C will be the featured speaker Erickson a longtime member and former president of Synn ve-Nordkap Lodge of Sons of Norway retired from Century College in White Bear Lake in where he served as a physics and mathematics faculty member for years The event will be at St Paul Lutheran Church in Stillwater Social hour starts at p m dinner at p m Tickets are Reservations which must be made by May are required contact Bosmoe at - - or rbosmoe yahoo com Related Articles Gammelg rden opens for season on May restoration of Pastor s House is planned MN Healthcare Department updates fish consumption guidelines for PFAS Oakdale middle school lecturer charged with criminal sexual conduct with minor Convicted rapist who cut off GPS tracker and fled Minnesota exposed dead in Texas Scott Hildebrand tapped to be Birchwood Village city administrator