Norway

King Harald and Queen Sonja conclude tour of Western Norway

King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway have concluded their three-day long visit to Western Norway with a trip to the city of Florø. The royals have used the Norwegian royal yacht during this journey. Small boats followed the Royal Yacht towards the quay in Florø where the couple disembarked and visited Florø cultural house for conversations about how people had coped during the…
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Queen Sonja to open commercial gallery in Oslo

A longer interview of Queen Sonja was published on Monday this week by state TV show NRK. The interview was done on the occasion that the Queen will open a commercial gallery in Oslo to strengthen the artists’ finances. The gallery will sell art and all proceeds will go back to the foundation, which will help artists financially. The Queen Sonja print award is now the world’s largest…
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Queen Sonja talks about her own art in new interview

In a new interview this week with the Norwegian state TV-channel NRK, Queen Sonja opens up about her thoughts on art and not least her own art. Queen Sonja is passionate about art, both as an art collector and as a performing artist. The Queen has been apprenticed to the…
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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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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.
Norway

Queen Sonja opens art exhibition

Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway has attended the digital opening of an exhibition with painter Anna Ancher at Lillehammer Art Museum. The exhibition “Anna Ancher – Skagen’s inner and outer space” is the largest collection of art from Anna Ancher outside Denmark ever. The Norwegian Queen has always been very involved in art and has put it high on her agenda. Queen Sonja is…
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