Norway

King Harald hands out the Kavli Award

By
7th September 2022
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 was held in the Oslo Concert Hall. A reception and dinner followed, attended by His Majesty, the winner, and other guests in…
Read more
Norway

King Harald on his future son-in-law, Durek Verret: “This is a culture collision”

By
31st August 2022
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway have until now been silent about controversial statements made by their future son-in-law, Durek Verrett. Among them is that he recovered from coronavirus with the help of a medallion. He sells the same medallion on his website for more than 200 US dollars. Now, King Harald and Queen Sonja have spoken about this for the first time.Speaking to the press…
Read more
Norway

Crown Prince Haakon opens energy conference

By
31st August 2022
Crown Prince Haakon has opened an energy conference in Stavanger and addressed the industry leaders in the hall in his opening speech.A number of the world’s leading producers of energy participated at the Offshore Northern Seas conference. They were joined by a…
Norway

King Harald calls for optimism during county tour

By
31st August 2022
In recent times, the King and Queen of Norway have begun their post summer holiday engagements with a visit to one of their nation’s counties. It provides an opportunity to see slightly more distant parts of Norway. On August 30th 2022, the royals started a three day long visit to western Norway and King Harald and Queen Sonja had a clear message during their visit – now is a time for…
Read more
Sweden

King Carl XVI Gustaf sends strong message of support to Ukraine on Independence Day

By
25th August 2022
Flags, armoured cars and embroidered Ukrainian clothes characterized the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on August 24th 2022. The date marked six months since Russia’s invasion and Ukraine’s Independence Day. The day attracted a lot of attention across Europe and in Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf chose to send a telegram on the occasion of the day to President Zelenskyy.The King of Sweden…
Read more