17 MAY 2027
The full programme for Constitution Day in Bergen: times, locations, concerts, processions, ceremonies and family activities.
17 May 2025 · Photo: Silje Katrine Robinson
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Asbjørn Hodnekvam opens Constitution Day at Dreggen by Mariakirken. Nine cheers, a ceremonial march and “Ja, vi elsker” accompany the 07:00 salute, before the morning procession sets off to Bergen’s anthem.
View details →At 07:00, the Royal Norwegian Navy’s salute from Skansen wakes Bergen for Constitution Day. A solemn tradition with cannon fire echoing across the city.
View details →From Dreggen to the Viking ship at Festplassen with Krohnengen Brass Band and Lungegaardens Musikkorps. Stirring marches, cheers and traditional wreath laying along the way.
View details →Approximately 07:25: The leader of Studentersamfunnet i Bergen speaks and lays a wreath as the morning procession passes. Lungegaardens Musikkorps plays “Ja, vi elsker” afterwards.
View details →Approximately 07:35 as the morning procession passes: speech and wreath laying by a Committee representative, to be announced. Nine cheers. Krohnengen Brass Band plays Bergen’s anthem.
View details →Wreath laying at Minebøssen by Skipperforeningen and Maskinistforeningen, with Lungegaardens Musikkorps. March from Festplassen at approximately 07:50.
View details →Wreath laying by Skipperforeningen and Maskinistforeningen, with Lungegaardens Musikkorps. Follows the ceremony at Minebøssen.
View details →08:00: The Royal Norwegian Navy raises the flag at Bergenhus Fortress.
View details →08:00: Flag raising at Skipperforeningen’s house, part of the wreath-laying circuit leaving Festplassen at approximately 07:50. Music by Lungegaardens Musikkorps.
View details →08:00 at the Christian Michelsen statue at Festplassen: a speech by Committee chairman Asbjørn Hodnekvam. Music by Krohnengen Brass Band.
View details →Approximately 08:15 at Domkirkegården. Committee members Bjørn-Arvid Bagge and Bjørn Johannessen lay a wreath at the grave of the bishop and poet who wrote Nystemten.
View details →Approximately 08:15 at Assistentkirkegården. Committee vice-chairman Carl August Harbitz-Rasmussen lays a wreath at the grave of Fredrik Meltzer, the designer of Norway’s flag.
View details →Speech and wreath laying, a Royal Norwegian Navy honour guard, music by Alvøens Musikkforening and singing by Sangforeningen Forum. Speaker to be announced.
View details →Geir Eikenes and a Committee representative, to be announced, lay a wreath at the memorial to those who fell in the Battle of Alvøen.
View details →Geir Eikenes and a Committee representative, to be announced, lay a wreath at the memorial plaque to Eidsvoll delegate Jens Rolfsen at Korskirkegården.
View details →Approximately 08:15: The 17 May Committee lays wreaths at Allied airmen’s graves at Møllendal cemetery.
View details →Approximately 08:15: The regional sports association lays a wreath at the memorial to fallen sportsmen near Fløibanen’s upper station.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the Mons Haukeland memorial at Sydneshaugen by Bergenhus Home Guard District 09.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the Shetlands-Larsen memorial plaque in Fyllingsdalen by Fyllingsdalens Historielag.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the Edvard Grieg statue in Byparken by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the Ole Bull monument at Ole Bulls plass by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the Harald Sæverud monument in Byparken by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at Jonas Rein’s memorial plaque at Nykirken by Nordnæs Bataillon.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at Hans Jacob Grøgaard’s memorial at Nykirken by Nordnæs Bataillon.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the memorial plaque at the police station.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the memorial plaque at the old main fire station.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the Civil Defence memorial at Holen school.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the Gravdal memorial by Laksevåg Bueskyttere.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the Amalie Skram statue at Klosteret by Amalie Skram upper secondary school.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the Veterans’ Monument at Koengen by the chairman of the Bergen and surrounding area branch of the Norwegian Veterans Association for International Operations.
View details →Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the Rieber-Mohn and Bergenhus Regiment memorial plaques by Bergens Militærforening.
View details →08:15: Memorial ceremony led by a representative of the 17 May Committee, to be announced. Royal Norwegian Navy honour guard and music by Krohnengen Brass Band.
View details →09:00: Wreath laying for Shetlands-Larsen and at Nordstjernen by Sjømilitære Samfund and Bergen Skipperforening. Music by Krohnengen Brass Band.
View details →09:15: Wreath laying at the Ludvig Holberg statue by Det glade Bergen.
View details →09:30: Wreath laying for Bjørnson, Ibsen and Nordahl Grieg by the Bergen branch of the Norwegian Actors’ Equity Association.
View details →09:30: Wreath laying at Johan Ludwig Mowinckel’s grave by Unge Venstre.
View details →09:30: Wreath laying at the Constitution monument by BI students.
View details →10:00: Wreath laying for Dorothe Engelbretsdatter and Petter Dass by Bygdelagsnemndi.
View details →Departs Koengen at 10:30. Assemble from 09:30 and be in position no later than 10:15.
View details →The Royal Norwegian Navy fires a salute from Skansen at 10:30 as the main procession leaves Koengen. A ceremonial moment with cannon fire echoing across Bergen.
View details →Provisional time: 10:30, based on 2026. Decorated boats celebrate Constitution Day at sea. This year’s start area, route and participation arrangements will be confirmed later.
View details →Departs Christies gate by Festplassen at 10:40. Participants assemble at their column’s meeting point.
View details →11:00: Wreath laying at the Gestapohuset memorial by Bergens Forsvarsforening.
View details →Departs Kaigaten at approximately 12:30 after the main procession. Teams taking part in the rowing race walk to Dreggekaien.
View details →Traditional ceremonial speeches and patriotic songs after the main procession. Hosted by Inger-Lise Skarstein, with Bergen Operakor conducted by Anne Randine Øverby and a band to be announced.
View details →A national 21-gun salute from Sverresborg at Bergenhus Fortress. At 13:00 in 2027 because Constitution Day falls on Whit Monday. A salute is fired at Haakonsvern at the same time.
View details →Provisional start at 13:00, based on 2026. Teams race launches on Vågen in a Bergen Constitution Day tradition dating back to 1847.
View details →Dragefjellets Musikkorps performs a stirring Constitution Day concert at the bandstand in Byparken.
View details →14:00: Wreath laying at the Ivar Aasen bust at the University Library by Studentmållaget i Bergen. Communal singing.
View details →Scouts light beacons on Ulriken, Løvstakken, Sandviksfjellet and Lyderhorn. An atmospheric conclusion to Constitution Day.
View details →A fitting finale: celebratory fireworks over Lille Lungegårdsvann bring 17 May in Bergen to a close. Watch from Festplassen or Byparken.
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Principal and featured supporters of Bergen’s Constitution Day celebrations.
