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Easter hygge. Cover of the Typographers' Easter booklet, 1953

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Jonsokbryllup (Midsummer Wedding), Sylte, 1890s

In Western Norway it is tradition to have a mock wedding for Midsummer (Sankhans/Jonsok = St. John’s eve) where children fill all the roles, from bride and groom, to fiddler and wedding guests. The oldest source mentioning this tradition in Norway is from 1823, where it was referred to as an old custom. The bride is usually dressed in traditional costume with a bridal crown.

There are also other important customs and traditions tied to Midsummer in Norway. The most important is the bonfire. This is most likely a very old pagan tradition, but it is still very much alive and there are, and will be, countless bonfires all around the country every Midsummer. Bonfires are also traditional in many other countries in Europe. 

Flowers also plays an important role and it is custom for young girls to pick 7 different types of wild flowers. If they sleep with these flowers under their pillow they will dream of their future husband.

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Midsummer (Sankthans), Norway

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Man in Setesdalbunad

Setesdal, Norway, 1920s

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Grünerløkken school boy’s music band in the May 17 parade

Oslo, 1908

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Bridal crown, Norway, 1890s

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The crowd on ladders to see the May 17 parade in front of the parliament building

Oslo, 1951

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Nes, Hallingdal, 1909

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Gratulerer med dagen!

HIPP HIPP HURRA!

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Host Erik Diesen presents the competitors and the songs they will sing during the Melodi Grand Prix (national eurovision final) in 1961

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People celebrate the liberation on May 8, 1945, outside the Addresse newspaper in Trondheim

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Castberg and Brun

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Ragna Wettergreen in "The Talisman", 1897

#Norway #1890s #Ragna Wettergreen #actress #photographer: Christoffer Gade Rude

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Magda, Hansia, Sigrid and Dagny in the fireplace lounge at Finse Hotel, Easter 1911

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Easter 1948

#easter #ski #skiing #snow #1940s

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Skiing and sunbathing, Norway, 1960s

#self reblog #bringing back a classic

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Easter, Odda, 1966

#ski #easter #mountains #1960s #color