A 100-year-old package with specific instructions not to be opened until 2012, was unsealed Friday. The package, which dates back to 1912, held historical letters, documents, newspapers and national decorations.
The package is currently held in a museum in Gudbrandsal, Norway.
The Norwegian newspaper, Verdens Gang, said that the package dates back to August 26, 1912 and that it carries a note from a man named Johan Nygard that specified not to open it until 2012.
The insides of the package were unknown until today and there are not many clues as to what the package might hold. Not much is know about Nygard except it is said that he helped plan a celebration for the 300-year anniversary of a battle that the town won against Scottish mercenaries in 1612 and that sources say he handed the mayor the package. He said that its contents would "benefit and delight future generations," according to a video on the newspaper's website.
The opening was live broad casted on the news outlet, Verdens Gang and during the event the mayor of the Sel municipality in Norway snipped the rope that encircled the package.
Items included a white banner with gold tassels that said "Fra Kongen" which means "From the King" and other banner and flag decorations in Norway's colors of red, blue and white.
Amongst the documents were telegrams that museum workers said were related to the victory celebration as well as letters from the U.S. and newspapers from 1914 and 1919.
This article is copyrighted by Travelers Today, the travel news leader
