With events on Wednesday and Thursday this week, Crown Prince Haakon has concluded his tour of southern Norway to learn more about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected Norway.The Crown Prince’s goal is to learn more about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected various Norwegian industries and the Norwegian people.
Last week the journey started in Østfold, when the Crown Prince…
One person is injured after a tree collapses in Oslo's Royal Palace Park
16th September 2020
One man has been injured after he was hit by a tree that fell in Royal Palace Park in Oslo on Wednesday afternoon. An old tree blew over and hit the man who was quickly taken to hospital. Following the incident, parts of the royal park were closed for the remainder of the…
Norway’s Crown Prince and Princess visit the city of Kristiansund
16th September 2020
Crown Prince Haakon is currently on a special journey in southern Norway. The goal is to learn more about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected various Norwegian industries and the Norwegian people. Last week the journey started in Østfold on Tuesday, when the Crown…
Crown Princess Mette Marit's son pursues new career as a motorcycle mechanic
14th September 2020
In the past few years, it has been known that Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s eldest son, Marius Borg Høiby, has tried his hand at several different jobs. He was once editor of Tempus Magazine, a position he lost as a result of the magazine closing down.
In December 2018, it was announced that he had been appointed to a new job in a property company, a role he was to hold for only a couple…
Crown Prince Haakon is currently on a special journey in southern Norway. The goal is to learn more about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected various Norwegian industries and the Norwegian people. The journey started in Østfold on Tuesday, when the Crown Prince…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway started an important tour on Tuesday this week, which will see him travel around large parts of Norway to observe how the coronavirus pandemic has affected Norway. The journey is partly done on board the royal yacht “KS Norge”. The…
Crown Prince Haakon has celebrated Rygge Church’s 900 years anniversary. During the visit to the church, the Crown Prince saw the portal that dates the church to the year 1120. Rygge church is thus the Norway`s oldest church that is still in use.
The current altarpiece in Rygge church came into place in 1740. Between 1786 and 1867 the church was privately owned by local wealthy farmers. The…
King Harald: "I do not think there will be any Olympics in Tokyo"
8th September 2020
King Harald of Norway does not believe that there will be an Olympics in Tokyo next summer. His Majesty made the observation in a TV on show Sunday evening, broadcast by the state television-channel NRK.
King Harald sat down this summer to talk to Karsten Warholm and his…
On Saturday, Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway was confirmed in Asker church just outside the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Even though the Prince only had 16 guests attending the confirmation and the following dinner because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, he received many…
On Saturday, Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway was confirmed in a downscaled ceremony in Asker Church. The grand celebration originally planned had to be scaled back due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Nevertheless, the day was celebrated by the Norwegian people and the Norwegian Royal Family.
Sverre Magnus has, this year, followed the confirmation teaching in Asker parish, and the…
