On Thursday this week, Queen Sonja went
on a historical tour to the south of Norway. Her Majesty went with
the royal yacht “KS Norge” to the island community of Karmøy where
she was received by Mayor Jarle Nilsen. Upon arrival, the Queen
received flowers from eight-year-old, Daniel and seven-year-old,
Alida at the dock where the royal yacht had anchored. The Norwegian
royal yacht…
It was on Tuesday that Queen Sonja,
together with Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Crown Prince Haakon and
Princess Astrid, opened the new exhibition in Queen Sonja’s Art
Stable in Oslo. The exhibition “Tradition and Inspiration” is about
Norwegian cultural heritage…
On Thursday, King Harald and Queen Sonja
completed their three-day visit to Nordland. After spending two
days traveling in northern Norway, the royal visit ended in the
Moskenes. The tour began on Tuesday when the King and Queen visited
Sørfoll and Steigen. Wednesday the…
King Harald and Queen Sonja continued
their journey in Nordland. They started their visit on Tuesday, and
yesterday the tour continued to Værøy and Røst. The royals arrived
at Røst on the royal yacht “Norge”. This municipality has 365
islands but only 500 inhabitants, and almost all of them were ready
to receive the King and Queen. In the municipality’s village of
Glea, there…
On Tuesday morning, King Harald and Queen
Sonja started their annual county journey. This time the Norwegian
regents travelled to Nordland. The visit will last three days and
end on Thursday. First up was Straumen in Sørfold municipality and
Vollmoen in Steigen…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Prince
Daniel of Sweden attended the EAT Stockholm Food Forum in Sweden
today. After holding a speech for the assembly where the Crown
Prince emphasised the importance of living more sustainably, Crown
Prince Haakon shared some of his own…
On Friday morning, His Majesty King
Harald and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway visited
the Huseby Leir military camp in Oslo to perform their annual
inspection of His Majesty The King’s Guard. The Huseby Leir camp is
located west in the capital of Oslo and is the headquarters of the
Royal Life Guard. Traditionally, the inspection takes place in
early June each year. Hundreds of…
Yesterday, more than 500 former
participants were invited to the SIKT five-year celebrations at the
Royal Palace in Oslo on the special invitation of his Royal
Highness the Crown Prince. Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess
Mette Marit and Queen Sonja were present during the…
Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid
Alexandra of Norway, unveiled this Friday four new sculptures in
Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s Sculpture Park in the Palace Park by
the Royal Palace in Oslo. The Princess was accompanied by her
grandmother, Her Majesty Queen Sonja. The…
Southern Norway is now in an unusually
warm period. A heat wave has hit the country and has lasted almost
a month with temperatures of 30-32 degrees Celsius during the
daytime. This is quite different from what the southern parts of
Norway generally has – very low temperatures throughout the year.
This heat wave has also affected the Norwegian Royal Guard. Now,
measures have been taken to…
