Elise Aasen

Norwegian tweeting in English. Photos, Norwegian events + international news, info, fun. Cand.Scient. in Physics. Data consultant.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

🇳🇴 There is one day of the year when Norway loses its mind completely, and it is magnificent.

The 17th of May is Norway’s Constitution Day, and if you have never seen a Nordic nation decide to throw the most joyful party imaginable, you are missing something. Every town in the country erupts in a procession of schoolchildren waving flags with the focused enthusiasm of people who genuinely mean it. The adults wear their bunad, the traditional folk costume, with a seriousness that would be reserved elsewhere for a state funeral. Here it signals the opposite.

Oslo is the epicentre. The children’s parade winds up Karl Johans gate toward the Royal Palace, where the royal family stands on the balcony for hours, waving back at roughly a million people who are waving at them. It is relentlessly cheerful. There are brass bands. There is ice cream at ten in the morning. There is champagne. There are hot dogs consumed at a rate that would alarm a cardiologist.

The whole country smells of spring and optimism and someone’s grandmother’s lefse.

Come once. Just once. You will understand immediately why Norwegians consider this the finest day on the human calendar, and you will struggle to argue with them.

Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

[Football Norway @NorwayFooty]

🟡 BODØ/GLIMT 3 - 1 MANCHESTER CITY 🔵

BODØ/GLIMT TAKE THEIR FIRST EVER WIN IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND WHAT A WAY TO DO IT. 🟡🇳🇴

BODØ/GLIMT IS NOW 26TH IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ON 6POINTS!!! #UCL

[Therese Gudmundsen @ThereseUTD]

Manchester City picked a good time to come up north to Bodø - free aurora show included!😇💚🩷

[Lars Bugge Aarset @LarsAarset]

Norway announces historical claim to North America

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@JerryDMinistry @TIME This prize was for events in 2024.

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@RandomTheGuy_ @TIME In 2024? Nomination deadline was January 31.

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@pr0650 @TIME This year's prize is for events in 2024.

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@Tigerfan11 😄😄😄

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@Pierceddanger @AtherlyMoney @SeeRacists Norway's 88 year old King and Queen are still loved and respected, especially after this inclusive speech:
https://t.co/g0fhZlE2Rg

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@Pierceddanger @AtherlyMoney @SeeRacists Many feel sorry for the royals having to deal with this. Some feel they should have helped him more - or stopped him - in the past, or have spoken more about the situation now.
In 2017, 81% supported the monarchy, last year 62% did. I suppose even fewer do that today.

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@AtherlyMoney @SeeRacists Welcome to modern Scandinavia. He is not a royal.

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@JAGVintage73 @SeeRacists As far as we know, his victims are all adults.

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@Tigerfan11 He must have saved up for one! 😆

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@Milestek_MeGa @SeeRacists It has been announced that he *will* be prosecuted, probably in January. The Oslo police has worked quickly, checking thousands of media files. Norwegian will accept any special treatment of this guy.

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@TheGhostofTedd2 @CollinRugg He is not a prince and he was just charged. The prosecution will probably take place in January.

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@IutaroG @CollinRugg There are lots of incriminating videos, photos, sound bites, many recorded by himself.

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@TheAptCatalyst @TdawgMontana @CollinRugg He will be in detention for the rest of his life.

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@envisionalt7 @CollinRugg This is egalitarian Norway. He will be prosecuted in January and there is a lot of evidence against him (videos etc). He will be convicted.

[Elise Aasen @TheEliselise]

@skk8232 @SeeRacists He is not a royal. His mother had him before she married the Crown Prince.