Norway

Kenyan authorities cancel Crown Prince Haakon's visit following former President's death

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7th February 2020
The Norwegian Royal Court announced in December that His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon would visit Kenya and Mozambique in February of 2020. This morning, a new statement from the royal court stated that the visit to Kenya had been cancelled. This announcement comes just one week before the Crown Prince was scheduled to travel to Africa. The statement from the royal court said: “The…
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Norway

King Harald on his health: ''better and better''

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5th February 2020
On Tuesday, His Majesty presented the National Association for Public Health Research Prizes for 2020. Ulrik Wisløff received the National Association for Public Health’s Heart Research Award today. This year’s winners of the Dementia Research Award was Anders…
Norway

King Harald orders declassification of secret spy documents

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4th February 2020
King Harald of Norway has ordered the declassification of secret spy documents. This was made public by the Norwegian government last Sunday and reported by Norwegian media. This is very rare and has only happened a few times in recent history. It was during the weekly Council of State at the Royal Palace in Oslo on January 10 2020 that graded documents from the Norwegian secret services was…
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Sweden

Prince Daniel, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia attend Sweden’s Sports Gala

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30th January 2020
Prince Daniel, the husband of Crown Princess Victoria, together with Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia attended Monday evening the annual Swedish Sports Gala at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm. During the gala, Prince Carl Philip presented the Radio Sports’ Jerring Award which this year went to Swedish athlete Tove Alexandersson who in 2019 took five World Cup golds. The winner of the…
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Norway

King Harald approves changes to the Norwegian government

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24th January 2020
On Friday, an ordinary Council of State was held in Oslo following the exit of the Progress Party from the Norwegian government. This happened only one day after it became clear that King Harald has been declared healthy after being sick for the past two weeks. Crown Prince…
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European royals in Jerusalem to celebrate the liberation of Auschwitz

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24th January 2020
Several European royals attended a ceremony in Israel to commemorate that the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Thursday. The ceremony was held at the Holocaust Memorial Centre Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. The British Royal Family was represented by Prince Charles while King Felipe of Spain, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands, King…
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