Halden municipality has published this year’s 17 May programme, so from now on it is almost possible to plan the day down to the smallest detail.
At 08.00 Hafsrød farm: Challenge at Halden Ski Club
At 08.00 the Memorial Temple on Rødsberget: Flag raising
Community song: Yes, we love (4 verses)
Sang Halden ladies’ choir: Sisken på earth (A. Dramstad/Franz Joseph Haydn) Devotional by parish priest Sigvald Lorentsen Steilbu
Community song: God bless our dear fatherland
Speech and wreath-laying by Mayor Fredrik Holm
Sang Halden ladies’ choir: Fredsvise (Terje Formoe/Svein Gundersen) Greetings from the youth by Russian President Tuva Marie Mjølnerød Bøhn
Community song: Haldensangen
Guard of honor at Halden Home Guard
Music by Halden Janitsjar
Flaggborg by scouts from Fossekallen
10am-3pm Shoe factory, open house
Halden Frivilligsentral and Vekst Spiseri are open. Halden library is more open/self-service.
Games and food sales at Halden Frivilligsentral.
At 10.30 am Oscar Borgs plass, departure of the children’s train.
Starting shot from the fortress at Fredriksten Artillerie Compagnie
The order of the children’s train:
- Flaggborg by scouts + the police
- Tistedal music association, 17 May committee + municipal board, chairmanship and main committee for teaching
- Gimle school
- Halden Janissary
- Montessori
- Ladybirds
- Prestebakke school, Idd school music corps, Kongeveien
- Låby
- Halden school music band
- Hjortsberg
- Berg school
- Halden Drum Corps
- Throat
- Rice
- Skövde Paradorkester
- Rødsberg
- Halden High School
11-15 Kulturhuset, open house
Choral singing, Halden Drum Corps, games for children, cultural features. Food and drink.
12.00 Fredriksten fortress, the Queen’s bastion
Salute
Speech by Mayor Fredrik Holm and Commandant Åsmund Hanevik
Singing and music by Aasmund Kaldestad and Edel Bolstad
At 12.02 Inner Harbour
Bekransning ankeret, Langbrygga at Fredrikshald Sømandsforening
Speech by chief engineer and board member of the Fredrikshald Seamen’s Association Finn Stam Olsen
The Salvation Army’s horn orchestra plays
At 12.02 Immanuel’s church
Festive service
Devotional service by priest Jacob Breda Austad
Organist: Knut-Ronald Haugen
At 12.30 Busterudparken
Speech by Else-Marie Waleur Andersen, managing director of Sparebank1stiftelsen Halden
Concert by the Norwegian Wind Ensemble Fredriksten’s March (Oscar Borg)
Norwegian Artist Carnival (Johan Svendsen)
Hunter march IR 18 (Leif Gunnar Orvan)
From “Peer Gynt” (Edvard Grieg)1) Anitra’s Dance2) Peer Gynt’s Homecoming3) In Dovregubben’s Hall
Election march (Johannes Hanssen)
At Vestlandsk Farmers’ Convention (Konrad Grimstad)
Norwegian Gymnastics March (Oscar Borg)
The Halden Song (Oscar Borg)
Yes, we love this country (Rikard Nordraak)
1 p.m. Vognmakergata – Gågata – Halden Torg
Russian train
Departure from Vognmakergata. The train goes to Halden Torg via the pedestrian street
The Russian buses stop at Halden Torg
14.00 Prestebakke church
Festive service outside by the bautaen
Devotional service by chaplain Ole Jens Hovda
Music by Skövde Paradorkester
Family train from Prestebakke church to Prestebakke school. Games for children at school.
14.00 The shoe factory, the shoe sole on the lower floor
Concert at Opera Østfold
Christina Jønsi (vocals) and Stefan Ibsen Zlatanos (piano)
14.00 Vestgaard – city centre
Motorcade at Halden Street and cruisin’ club
Departure from Vestgaard, driving to the city centre
2.30 pm Fredriksten fortress, stevensletta
Games for children at the Fossekallen scout group
Premiums
At 16.00 Bakke rehabilitation centre
Concert
At 19.00 Fayegården
17 May quiz at the museum cafe
The children’s schools
For events at the schools, see the municipality’s website.
The health institutions
The city’s band holds concerts at various health institutions.
5 – 10 pm Byparken, disco
The Treasury invites you to a 17 May disco in Byparken with DJ Øivind Strøm behind the controls and microphone. It is a two-part event where those from 4th to 7th grade can enter from 5pm to 7pm. There will be dancing and competitions. From 8 to 10 p.m. there is a disco for 8th to 10th grade.
It is a drug-free event with free entry!
