On Monday, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
arrived for a visit to Colombia. The Crown Prince was invited to
the country because he is a goodwill ambassador for the UN
Development Program (UNDP). The visit to Colombia was not announced
by the royal court until Monday morning, for security reasons. The
Crown Prince has, during his stay, attended a breakfast meeting
with Colombia’s Foreign…
King Harald of Norway has visited the
Kongsberg weapon factory. The King was warmly welcomed by hundreds
of cheering children with flags as he arrived for his visit on
Tuesday. Chairman of the Board, Eivind Reiten and CEO Geir Håøy
welcomed the King to the Kongsberg Group.
Today, an impressive large statue of King
Karl Johan is present at the Palace Square in Oslo. It has been
there since 1875 and has become a symbol, a landmark and an icon of
the entire city. What is less known is that this was not the first
statue there. Before the…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway is visiting
Colombia from Monday to Wednesday this week. He has been invited to
the country because he is a goodwill ambassador for the UN
Development Program (UNDP). The visit to Colombia was not announced
by the royal court until Monday morning, probably for security
reasons. The UNDP has been fighting poverty worldwide for the last
50 years. HRH the Crown Prince.
Norwegians have, like American and
British audiences, been obsessed with the Netflix series, “The
Crown”. Royal history is fascinating. So now Norway is in the
process making its own version of the British show – with Norwegian
royal history of course. The company…
After being closed for a few weeks, Queen
Sonja’s Art Stable in Oslo is now open again with a brand new
exhibition. It was Her Majesty The Queen who opened the brand new
exhibition on Thursday evening. The exhibition shows the art
from three generations of Sami artists.
Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway was
joined by her son, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
today when they attended the celebration of the Sami national day
in Oslo City Hall. The royals were also accompanied by Prime
Minister Erna Solberg. The Mayor of Oslo, Marianne Borgen welcomed
the royals and more than 400 invited guests with a Sami background
from the Oslo area. “It is with…
The Swedish Royal Regalia which was
stolen last year has been recovered by police. The Crown Jewels
were found on Monday night – It is uncertain whether all or only
parts of the regalia have been discovered. According to Swedish
media, they were found hidden in a…
On Friday afternoon, His Royal Highness
Prince Luiz Philippe of Orléans-Braganza was inaugurated in
Brasília for his first term as Congress-representative in the
Brazilian parliament. During the inauguration, the Prince of the
former Empire of Brazil wore the Imperial…
The Crown Prince of Norway has opened a
new learning centre for young people in Gol. The centre,
“UngInvest“ has a new department for up to fifteen young people and
aims to help more people in the area complete upper secondary
education. Crown Prince Haakon was greeted on arrival by the CEO of
UngInvest, Ingebjørg Mæland who has led the process which has seen
young people, teachers and…
