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Crown Princess Mette Marit joins King Harald at football match in Oslo

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9th December 2019
His Majesty King Harald and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit were present at Ullevål Stadium on Sunday during the men’s cup final in football. The final was played between Viking and Haugesund. The two cheered on the football players from the most exclusive part of the VIP stand in Norway’s most famous football arena. Ullevål Stadium has a capacity of 27,000 people…
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The lost tiara of Queen Maud

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26th November 2019
This year, it is 150 years since the Norwegian Queen Maud was born in London. Much has been written about the queen who was elected to be monarch together with her husband as a new Norwegian royal couple in an independent Norway in 1905. When Queen Maud came to Norway, she…
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Queen Sonja and Crown Princess Mette-Marit attend football match

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26th November 2019
Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit were present during the women’s football cup final in Norway on Saturday. The final was played in the capital of Oslo at the Telenor Arena and was close match between the archrivals Lillestrøm and Vålerenga. They gave the royals a great game in the fight for the Norwegian championship. “We are all…
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Crown Princess Mette Marit brings her "literature train" to Germany

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13th June 2019
Early in May, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway hosted the “literature metro” together with her husband, the Crown Prince. Because of her health, Her Royal Highness has this year, chosen to switch out her annual “literature train” to a more urban “literature metro”. Instead of using some of Norway’s long and remote train lines to promote literature to young people, she used the…
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Norway’s Royal Family celebrates National Day

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17th May 2019
On Friday, Norway celebrated National Day – a day when Norway celebrates its constitution, which, just behind the constitution to the United States, is the oldest in the world still in use. The day was celebrated from early morning until late in the evening, and the…
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit hosts “literature metro” in Oslo

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10th May 2019
On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit hosted the “literature metro” together with her husband, the Crown Prince. Because of her health, Her Royal Highness has this year, chosen to switch out her annual “literature train” to a more urban “literature metro”. Instead of using some of Norway’s long and remote train lines to promote…
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