How can americanized modern Norwegians celebrate Saint Olaf, a despotic Christian king, a Viking ?
The 29th of July traditionalist Norwegians celebrate Saint Olaf, Norway’s “Eternal King”. This date, in the year 1030, he was killed at Stiklestad, central Norway, in a battle against heathen resistants. The night before his death is called “Olavsvaka” or “Olsok”. Not long-time after his death the celebrations were going to last until the 5th of August. Many anti-traditionalists join the celebrations. Post-war Humanists who boast of being rationalists, secularists, modernists and anti-Christians take pleasure of these Christian and nationalist celebrations. During Olsok they entertain the public with noisy theater performances reconstructing the battle at Stiklestad. What is their purpose ? They can nothing but hate a king who was dictatorial, deeply Christian, racist, elitist, male chauvinist, anti-relativistic, anti-democratic. Post-war Humanists who pretend celebrating Saint Olaf have of course a quite different agenda. These Modernists lack great historic moments as causes for own
