President of the Storting Masud Gharahkhani made a speech and laid flowers at the statue of Christian Frederik. There was music from the Women’s Choral Society of the University of Oslo (KSS) and Høybråten school band, and pocket-sized copies of the Norwegian Constitution were handed out.

See a video of the event on the Storting's Facebook page

Photos from the 17^th May celebrations were published throughout the day on Flickr. All photos may be freely used provided they are correctly credited.

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President of the Storting Masud Gharahkhani waving to the children’s parade from the balcony of the Storting. Photo: Storting.