Myhren Family: August 2008

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

NORTH DAKOTA PICTURES

Bonnie & Art Makinster and D. Jay & Jerilee traveled via train to visit with Lars Borgen and family. We had a wonderful time!!

Please view the slideshow off to the left. If you see a picture you like and want it larger, just click on the picture and it should open up on your screen.

More pictures and thoughts of our trip later.

The Norwegian flag was created in 1821, but didn’t become the official flag until 1898.
The Norwegian flag is similar to the other Nordic flags (Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland) in its pattern. All the Nordic flags have at least one cross placed on a different colored background.
Fredrik Meltzer was one of the men who on Eidsvoll in 1814 formulated Norway's consitution. He got the idea for the Norwegian flag in 1821 after having seen his son draw a blue cross in the middle of the Danish flag: The Danish flag is red with a white cross. The Norwegian flag has another cross, a blue one, on top of the white cross. The chosing of colors was related to the French revolution and the French tricolour (the French flag) - one hoped the colors would inspire Norwegian nationalism.
The patriotic spirit needed an upswing after hundreds of years under foreign rule: In 1814 Norway gained independence from Denmark to which it had belonged for 400 years.

Myhren Family

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

NORTH DAKOTA PICTURES

The Norwegian flag

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