After two years where the pandemic has slowed down the celebration considerably, there were many big smiles to be seen during this year’s May 17 celebration.
According to tradition, celebrities flocked to the Grand Hotel in Oslo on National Day itself. It was time for Christian Ringnes‘annual May 17 party.
TOGETHER: Øystein Stray Spetalen with his wife Charlotte and daughters Sophie and Jenny. Photo: Tore Skaar / See and Hear
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Among those who showed up at the party was investor Øystein Stray Spetalen (59), wife Charlotte Spetalen (48) and daughters Sophie (18) and Jenny (19). The whole family was also present at the Grand Hotel in 2019 – during the previous normal May 17 celebration.
THREE YEARS AGO: The Spetalen family pictured outside the Grand Hotel in central Oslo back in 2019. Photo: Tore Skaar / See and Hear
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Recently opened the youngest Spetalen daughter, by the way, talks about what she intends to do forward.
– I see school as a gift, and it has never been an option for me to drop out to focus on music. I thought it was completely idiotic, Sophie told D2 Magazine.
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By the autumn, the plan is to study law, rather than focus on a career in music.
MAY 17: Mia Gundersen with her sons Georg (right) and Daniel. Photo: Tore Skaar / See and Hear
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The leper was not the only one who took the family to a celebrity party yesterday. Mia Gundersen (60) will make her debut as a nun in the musical «Sister Act» this autumn, but this Tuesday she dedicated herself to the family.
On Tuesday, she took the trip to Ringnes’ party with her two sons, Georg (26) and Daniel (18).
HAPPY: Samantha Skogrand showed up with her daughter Elsa in a pram. Photo: Tore Skaar / See and Hear
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Samantha Skogrand (32) was also present, and she had both a pram and her fiancé Emil Hegle Svendsen (36) with her.
Skogrand has been engaged to the former biathlete for six years, but due to the Olympics and the pandemic, the wedding has been postponed several times.
CELEBRATION: Celina Midelfart, son Olav and Trygve Hegnar. Photo: Tore Skaar / See and Hear
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Investor and business leader Celina Midelfart (49) took her son Olav (10) to the Grand Hotel, and smiled at the camera together with businessman Trygve Hegnar (78).
BUNAD: Fredrik Solvang in Østerdalsbunad. Photo: Tore Skaar / See and Hear
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The birthday child Fredrik Solvang (45) celebrated both the national day and his own birthday on Tuesday. The NRK presenter posed in a bunad and a big smile at the Grand Hotel.
FRIENDS: Mia Gundersen and Lilli Bendriss. Photo: Tore Skaar / See and Hear
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Author and TV personality Lilli Bendriss (75) also took the trip to Ringnes’ annual May 17 celebration. Here with her friend Mia Gundersen.
ENGAGED: Christian Ringnes and Lotte Birgitta Inger. Photo: Tore Skaar / See and Hear
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Investor Christian Ringnes (68) is the organizer of the large and traditional May 17 party at the Grand Hotel. Here he is with his fiancée Lotte Birgitta Inger (45).
The couple was engaged in 2019 after being boyfriends for almost ten years.
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