His Majesty King Harald of Norway is 80
years old today. The King himself is on vacation with the entire
Norwegian Royal Family. Nevertheless, there are several standard
events marking a Norwegian King’s birthday, despite the fact that
the King is not even in the country. Today at noon a 21 gun salute
fired from the cannons at Akershus Fortress in Oslo. Many people
had turned up to watch the…
Eight out of ten Norwegians approve of
keeping the monarchy as a form of government, and the greatest
support King Harald and his family has comes from the younger
Norwegian population. This emerges from a major survey conducted by
Norway’s state TV channel NRK. The…
Crown Princess Victoria has not been seen in 60 days - where is she?
17th February 2017
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess
Victoria of Sweden has had no official engagements in more than 60
days. Today, the Swedish Royal Court revealed the reason why the
Crown Princess has been absent from work. Swedish media have in the
recent weeks speculated why it has been…
Queen Margrethe talks about her son's relationship with Scandinavia's Crown Prince(ss) couples
17th February 2017
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark
has recently given an interview to the magazine “Norden nu” owned
by the association “Norden”. In the interview, the Queen spoke
about many topics that she thinks are important, including
cooperation in the Nordic nations and Danish history. Queen
Margrethe also spoke about the relationship between the
Scandinavian Royal family’s…
His Majesty King Harald of Norway
celebrates his 80th birthday next week. For
the occasion, His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the
Queen granted an interview to NTB (Norwegian News Agency) where
they talked about what it is like being monarchs when they get
older. The…
King Philippe of Belgium says USA and UK threaten course of history
14th February 2017
His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium
criticised last week both that the United Kingdom had withdrawn
from the European Union and US president Donald Trump’s
anti-immigration policies. It was Tuesday last week that the King
said this when he held a gathering of top…
Chris O'Neill may have damaged the relationship between the Swedish royal family and Donald Trump
4th February 2017
Princess Madeleine’s American husband
Chris O’Neill may have damaged the relationship between the
President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the Swedish royal
family. This is something several Swedish and international royal
experts say after Chris O’Neill expressed criticism of the US
president on his private Instagram profile. Chief editor of the
Swedish royal magazine…
The International Handball Federation
(IHF) made a big mistake at the World Championships final in
handball Sunday night. When they posted an image of a group of
fashionable spectators in the stands in the world championship
arena on their Twitter profile, the mistake was…
Yesterday, it was 70 years ago that King
Carl Gustaf of Sweden lost his father in a tragic accident. The
tragic accident happened when the King was only nine months old.
His father, who was Crown Prince of Sweden and heir to the Swedish
throne, died in a plane crash on 26…
Today it is exactly 26 years since His
Majesty King Olav V of Norway died. King Olav was born as Prince of
Denmark, and his parents were King Haakon VII and Queen Maud, who
was the daughter of Edward VII of Britain. Olav was born on 2 July
1903 and baptised Alexander Edward Christian. He spent his first
two years in England and Denmark before his father was elected King
of Norway in a referendum…
