King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has given
an audience to the two Speakers of the Belgian Parliament,
Stephanie D’Hose and Eliane Tillieux. D’Hose and Tillieux are on an
official visit to Sweden from 5 to 8 December at the invitation of
Swedish Speaker Andreas Norlén. They will meet with several
government representatives during their visit, including Sweden’s
Minister of…
As Crown Prince Haakon of Norway began a
four-day long journey to the United States, his diary was mostly
filled with political meetings, but the Crown Prince also took time
to honour one of the few Norwegian war heroes who are still alive.
During a solemn ceremony on the…
King Harald leads tributes on death of former Norwegian Prime Minister, Kåre Willoch
7th December 2021
The death of former Prime Minister Kåre
Willoch has dominated news since it was announced that he had
passed away, at the age of 93 years, on December 6 2021. Just hours
after the announcement, issued a public statement on the death of
the former Prime Minister. Willoch…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway has begun a
four-day official visit to the United States. The main goal of the
visit is to help strengthen international cooperation, as well as
the good relations between the USA and Norway. Together with the
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Petroleum
and Energy and the Minister of Trade and Industry, the Crown Prince
will during his visit…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, who is on
a trip to the USA, has given a statement to the press to honour the
former Norwegian Prime Minister, Kåre Willoch, who died on 6
December. Willoch is considered one of the greatest Norwegian
politicians after World War Two. Crown…
Volunteer work is something that is
highly valued in Norwegian society. The Norwegian National
Volunteer Day has been marked all over the country and, with it.
the start of the Norwegian Year of Volunteering 2022. Crown Prince
Haakon is this year’s patron, and…
Queen Margrethe has a long held tradition
of going to London each December and managing both official tasks
and Christmas gift shopping for the family. However, her 2021 visit
has now been cancelled. It was expected that the Queen of Denmark
would travel to the UK capital while Crown Prince Frederik would
have been regent of Denmark in the coming days. Now the trip has
been cancelled, the royal…
This last weekend Nicholas of Romania
announced that his wife Alina-Maria is expecting a baby in the
spring of next year. The message was published on the former
Romanian Prince`s Facebok page. This will be the second child for
the couple. The statement published to the…
This year marks the 15th anniversary of
the first Queen Sonja School Award – an honour instigated and named
after the Queen of Norway. Queen Sonja has been present at all the
award ceremonies over the past 15 years, with Thursday being no
different, as Her Majesty…
One charged after shooting of soldier at the Norwegian Royal Family’s summer residence
3rd December 2021
One person has been charged after a
soldier was admitted to hospital after a shooting at the Norwegian
Royal Family’s summer residence, Mågerø. The incident occurred
during a military exercise, and no royals were present on the
estate at the time of the shooting. The situation has garnered a
significant amount of attention in Norway, and late in the night on
1 December, it emerged…
