Norway

Norway's Royal Family lead celebrations on country's national day

Norway has been celebrating its national day and although events were smaller this year, due to the pandemic, the Norwegian royal family had a central role during the celebrations. Led by King Harald, they remained the centre of this second, consecutive scaled back National Day celebrations. The National Day started traditionally for the Crown Prince’s family at home in Asker, where they…
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Crown Prince Haakon commemorates the liberation of Norway

On Saturday, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon laid a wreath to commemorate those who have lost their lives in the service of Norway. Over the weekend, Norway marked their liberation from German occupation after World War II. The Norwegian Royal Family has a long tradition of participating at these events, as they themselves were directly affected during the war and had to live in exile for…
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Crown Prince Haakon launches digital visit to California

On Tuesday this week His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway started his two-day virtual visit to San Francisco, California. The trip is Norway’s first major virtual visit abroad where the public get the opportunity to follow the official visit digitally. The Norwegian participants were in a studio in Oslo, and the Americans in a studio in San Francisco. However, for those who…
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Norway’s Royal Family reveals plans for Easter

Norway begins its Easter holiday on Friday while the country is in the third wave of the pandemic, and everyone is living under strict infection control measures. However, people are allowed to travel to private holiday homes; this was not allowed during Easter of last year. Therefore, the Royal Court announced on Thursday afternoon that the royals would travel to their cabins in the mountains…
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