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Crown Prince Haakon leads tributes on Armed Forces Memorial Day

Norwegian Armed Forces Memorial Day has been marked with Crown Prince Haakon placing a wreath at the national veteran monument at Akershus Fortress in Oslo. At the ceremony at Akershus fortress, on Sunday November 7th 2021, Chief of Defence, General Eirik Kristoffersen gave the memorial speech before he asked the Crown Princeacting as Regent, to place the wreath. Guardsmen from His Majesty the…
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Norway

King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon welcome Germany’s President to Norway

The Kingdom of Norway and the German Republic have developed close relations in recent decades, both through economic cooperation and military cooperation through NATO. King Harald and Queen Sonja as well as Crown Prince Haakon have received the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife at the Royal Palace in Oslo as they began a visit to the country.The German…
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Norway

Crown Prince Haakon on technology visit to western Norway

This week it was western Norway’s turn to receive a royal visit. Crown Prince Haakon visited a county with a particularly great need for restructuring since much of the country’s oil, and gas activities are located there.The first stop on the Crown Prince’s program was AutoStore, a company that makes robotic warehousing solutions for several large companies and has customers…
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Denmark

Queen Margrethe sees her latest artistic project brought to life

Queen Margrethe of Denmark has always been fascinated and interested in costumes and the theatre. On Tuesday this week, Her Majesty attended the start-up rehearsal for Tivoli’s upcoming ballet performance “The Snow Queen”. Queen Margrethe is the set designer and costume designer for the show.Queen Margrethe has long been involved in the theatre industry, designing scenes and…
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