Bill Goldston has been made the very
first Honorary Member of the Queen Sonja Print Award in a private
ceremony on the 2 September in Oslo. Bill Goldston joined Universal
Limited Art Editions in 1969, and has been the director and master
printer of the ULAE studio from 1982 onwards. He is the main patron
to the Queen Sonja Print Award Inspirational Award, alongside the
Foundation itself. Queen…
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has
visited his country’s second largest city, Gothenburg, to
officially open a brand new bridge. The King began his visit to
Gothenburg by taking part in a seminar on the new bridge, during
which representatives from the project…
Queen Sonja of Norway has overseen the
official opening of the brand new Veterinary Building at the
University of Ås. On her way to the Veterinary College and the
Animal Hospital, on September 1st 2021, the Queen walked along the
park route where she was given told about…
On Wednesday, Crown Prince Haakon of
Norway visited the Norwegian National Archives at Sognsvann just
outside Oslo city centre. On arrival at the National Archives,
Crown Prince Haakon was received by Oslo’s Mayor Marianne Borgen
and National Archivist Inga Bolstad. The National Archivist
informed the Crown Prince about the work that is being done with
the digitisation of the medieval…
Princess Ingrid Alexandra is back at
school again, after recovering from the coronavirus. The news was
confirmed by her father, Crown Prince Haakon, to the Norwegian
TV-channel NRK. NRK asked His Royal Highness during an event at the
Norwegian National Archive on September…
Crown Princess Victoria shares experiences of living outside Sweden
1st September 2021
Crown Princess Victoria has sent a
digital greeting to the opening of the “Swedes’ Abroad Parliament”.
At the parliament, Swedes who lives outside their country, experts
and politicians gather to discuss solutions to the challenges that
Swedes abroad have in…
Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine make large donation to children's dental clinic
31st August 2021
Last week, Crown Prince Alexander and
Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia visited the children dental
clinic in the Health Centre of the city of Topola. Thanks to the
generous donation of 20.000 euros through the Crown Princess
Katherine Foundation, the children’s dental clinic in the Health
Centre “St. George” from Topola has been completely reconstructed
and fully equipped with all the…
On Monday, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
turned 75. The Queen celebrated her birthday in private at the
royal couple’s home in Porto Heli, Greece, with parts of her Greece
and Danish family. Queen Anne-Marie of Greece was celebrated
throughout the day by her husband…
On Thursday, King Carl XVI Gustaf spoke
at the World Wide Fund for Nature’s WWF’s televised gala event “An
evening for our planet.” The King is chairman of WWF’s Board of
Trustees, and the gala was arranged in connection with WWF Sweden
celebrating 50…
Last Friday, King Harald of Norway
unveiled the new National Veterans Monument and lit the “eternal
flame” at Akershus Fortress in Oslo. The Crown Prince, Haakon, was
also present at the ceremony. The King and Crown Prince were
received by President of the Parliament (Storting)Tone Wilhelmsen
Trøen, Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Chief of Defence Eirik
Kristoffersen on arrival.
