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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima touch down in Oslo for State Visit to Norway

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9th November 2021
Following almost two years of restrictions and shutdowns, life is beginning to go back to how it was before, albeit with some remanence of the trauma we collectively lived through. State visits are starting to reappear on heads of states’ calendars, and on 9 November, the Dutch state visit to Norway began.  King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and the outgoing Dutch Minister of…
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Queen Sonja Print Award gets its first Honorary Member

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6th September 2021
Bill Goldston has been made the very first Honorary Member of the Queen Sonja Print Award in a private ceremony on the 2 September in Oslo. Bill Goldston joined Universal Limited Art Editions in 1969, and has been the director and master printer of the ULAE studio from 1982…
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The king who gave his own daughter-in-law away

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29th August 2021
When Crown Prince Harald announced his intent to marry commoner Sonja Haraldsen, King Olav knew his future daughter-in-law’s father had died almost a decade before; so, being a gentleman, the monarch chose to escort Sonja down the aisle to his son. Crown Prince Harald married the love of his life on 29 August 1968 after announcing their engagement on 19 March 1968. The couple had dated…
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Queen Sonja opens art exhibition

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19th March 2021
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…
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Queen Sonja grants digital audience to 11 men who skied over the mountains to catch her attention

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15th March 2021
For seven days, a group of 11 men skied from Hardanger to Oslo. The goal has been the Royal Palace in a the long trip they have called Queen Sonja’s salute march. The goal was to capture the Queen of Norway’s attention in an attempt to invite her to this year’s music festival in Hardanger. It was a tired, but happy, group that arrived at the final destination of the trip, the…
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Norway's most glittering tiaras

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15th January 2021
As Norway’s first queen consort since 1938, Queen Sonja brought back the spectacle and glamour of a queen when her husband, King Harald, came to the throne in January 1991. As a major representative of Norway, both home and abroad, Queen Sonja has many majestic tiaras…
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King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon visit victims of landslide

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4th January 2021
King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon have marked the beginning of the new Norwegian royal year in a sad way. The three royals visited the people of Gjerdrum after the catastrophic quick clay landslide that started on December 30th 2020. So far, seven people have been confirmed dead, while three people are still missing. Another ten people are injured and still more than 1.000 are…
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