Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden married Daniel Westling (now Prince Daniel) on a warm summer day in 2010. Huge celebrations were planned around the 19 June nuptials, and Swedes had been looking forward to the big event for a long time
By the wedding day, hundreds of thousands of people flocked onto the streets of Stockholm; almost half a million people were on the streets of the Swedish…
Much is known about the life of the new King Charles III, but few know the story behind why he received his first name. The answer is that His Majesty is named after Queen Elizabeth’s favourite uncle, a Norwegian king.
The Norwegian and British royal families have…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway has for many years had climate change and environmental issues as a major focus of his work. This week, the Norwegian Crown Prince paid an official visit to two places in Vestfold in Norway, which put climate issues high on the agenda.
His…
Queen Sonja to award Queen Margrethe with a prestigious language prize
8th September 2022
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is awarded the Nordic Association’s language prize for her effort to strengthen the Scandinavian language community and she will receive the accolade from her good friend, Queen Sonja of Norway.
The prize will be presented in a ceremony in Oslo later in September. Preparations are now being made for a large-scale celebration of the language award…
Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Martha Louise refuse to comment on the controversy around Durek Verrett
8th September 2022
The Norwegian royals were out in force but it wasn’t their work that was in the spotlight. Much of the attention was focused on how they are dealing with the controversy around a man who will soon marry into the family. As King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon…
Denmark is gearing up for more celebrations for its queen as Margrethe II prepares for the latest festivities for her Golden Jubilee. But the week that will end with a party for Margrethe, it began with the Danish queen celebrating others. Margrethe II presented the…
King Felipe commemorates 500th anniversary of world’s first circumnavigation
7th September 2022
This year is the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the sailor, Juan Sebastián Elcano, after the first circumnavigation of the earth. King Felipe VI of Spain marked this moment by overseeing a major naval exercise near Cadiz.
It took Juan Sebastián Elcano three years to sail around the world on his ship, “Victoria”.
The Spanish King commemorated the circumnavigation by attending a…
This week, Queen Sonja was able to help mark a special anniversary for her. On September 6th 2022, the Queen of Norway was present at the 100-year commemoration for Slemdal school, where she herself attended class.
The queen was shown around the school grounds by…
The Kavli Award is three research prizes awarded every other year in Oslo by the American Kavli Foundation and the Norwegian Academy of Sciences. King Harald of Norway has handed out the Kavli Award for 2020 and 2022.
This happened, firstly, in an awards ceremony which…
During the Second World War more than 4.000 Yugoslavs was detained in Nazi-concentrations camps in Norway. This week, Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia commemorated them in the Royal Palace of Belgrade.
Crown Prince Alexander himself opened an new exhibition who contains personal items of Serb prisoners of war in Norway. Alongside them toys from Norwegian children who risked their lives to give…
