Norwegian group will host Syttende Mai celebration in Stillwater

Norwegian group will host Syttende Mai celebration in Stillwater

The St. Croix Valley Syttende Mai Society will host a banquet May 15 to observe Norway’s Constitution Day. “Syttende Mai” is Norwegian for “17th of May,” the day in 1814 the Norwegian Constitution was adopted, said Roger Bosmoe, president of the society. The holiday is “often thought of as Norway’s Fourth of July,” Bosmoe said. “Comparing it to our Independence Day is appropriate because Norway’s Constitution was patterned after the American Con…