In light rain, His Royal Highness Crown
Prince Haakon opened Tuesday the Nor-Fishing 2018 fair in
Trondheim. “Fortunately, we have a tent,” said a happy Crown Prince
to the press when he arrived. The Nor-Fishing fair has, since 1960,
been an important national and international meeting place for the
fisheries industry. Today, it is one of the most significant
fisheries technology exhibitions…
Yesterday, Crown Princess Victoria of
Sweden visited Estonia together with her husband, Prince Daniel.
During their daylong visit, the royals were accompanied by
Estonia’s President Kersti Kaljulaid. The occasion of the trip is
to pay respect to the country’s…
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess
Mette-Marit of Norway has not always been Crown Princess of Norway.
For many years of her life, she was just an ordinary Norwegian
girl. The woman who was to become Norway’s Crown Princess, and in
the future, Norway’s Queen was…
On Thursday afternoon, His Majesty King
Carl XVI Gustaf and Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden attended a
seminar at Ørebro Castle in Sweden in connection with the 200th
anniversary of King Karl Johan’s ascension to the throne. This year
marks 200 years since Karl Johan became King of Sweden and Norway,
and founded the Royal House of Bernadotte which is still on the
throne in Sweden. The…
An extraordinary Council of State was
held today in Norway following the political crisis that has
occurred. The meeting was announced just a few hours before it was
held in the Council of State Hall at the Royal Palace in Oslo. His
Majesty King Harald was present, along…
On Thursday, the Norwegian Royal Family
concluded their summer holiday with a week-long cruise with the
royal yacht to the islands of Svalbard. Friday was, therefore, the
first official workday for the royals. King Harald met with his
government to begin the autumn’s…
The summer holiday for the Norwegian
Royal Family is now almost over. Last week King Harald, Queen Sonja
and Princess Astrid attended the funeral of former minister for
foreign affairs Thorvald Stoltenberg. Following the funeral, large
parts of the Norwegian Royal Family went on a week-long holiday on
the Norwegian royal yacht “KS Norge”. At the end of their royal
cruise, Their Majesties The…
In an interview with the Albanian
newspaper Diell, Crown Prince Leka II says that he thinks, the
best solution for Kosovo and Albania would be to unite under a
re-established Albanian monarchy. The Crown Prince points out that
ever since the royal family returned from their…
A not so well known Swedish monarch got
international attention last Tuesday when two crowns and one orb
from the Swedish royal regalia was stolen from Strängnäs Cathedral.
The crown and the orb were the funeral regalia to King Karl IX and
his wife, Queen Kristina. So, who…
New findings have been made by the
Swedish police in the pursuit of the stolen royal regalia.
According to a source that has spoken to the Swedish newspaper
Expressen, the police is undergoing an intensive search in the
coastal area of Roslagen. Police spokesperson Kristian Agneklev
cannot confirm or deny that the stolen objects have been found but
told the paper: “We have had a good…
