Two Countries to Love

In 1968, a young U.S. Air Force navigator named Carl J. Olsen gave the tale for dagen at the 17.mai celebration in Utah. In his remarks, he reflected on the dilemma that arises for anyone who comes to love two countries and two cultures. Watch this Minner fra Norge to understand how he resolved the dilemma.

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/aaeeb3_e6b465aebaa34fef931d46df8d6efaf8/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

Text by Carl J. Olsen from his tale for dagen given at the International Peace Gardens in Salt Lake City in 1968, as recorded in The Explorer, Sons of Norway Leif Erikson Lodge 6-83 archives, June 1968.

Music by Erling Krogh, Kan Du Glemme Gamle Norge? (Can you forget old Norway?)

Norwegian and English lyrics:

https://lyrhub.com/en/track/Rita-Engebretsen-feat-Helge-Borglund/Kan-Du-Glemme-Gamle-Norge-2/translation/en