An announcement has been made by the
Norwegian Foreign Ministry that King Harald has invited President
Andrei Kiska of Slovakia for a State Visit next week, he is due to
visit Norway between the 4th and 6th June. This is the first
official visit of a Slovakian President, but it does follow a visit
to Slovakia in October 2010 by King Harald and Queen Sonja when
they were guests of the then…
Several Norwegian royal properties will
be secured against terror for £55 million in the next years, and
the building of the security-facilities will soon begin. The
project has met criticism, as it has taken too long to put in
place. But now it happens seven years after…
On Tuesday, His Royal Highness Crown
Prince Haakon of Norway signed an agreement with the UN Development
Programme, UNDP, where he is committed to continuing his efforts as
a goodwill ambassador for their programme. The Crown Prince
received UNDP’s leader, Achim…
His Majesty King Harald of Norway
participated Monday in the award ceremony for the prestigious Abel
Prize. The Abel Prize for 2018 was awarded to Professor Robert
Langlands, the man behind the programme that connects
representation theory and numerical theory mathematics at a very
high level. His Majesty the King received the prize winner in an
audience at the Royal Palace before handing out the…
Various royal houses have announced the
attendance of their members at the 50th birthday celebrations for
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark this weekend. The Crown Prince
will turn 50 on 26 May. Photo released for Crown Prince Frederik’s
50th. © Photographer Steen…
On Thursday, Norway observed its national
day, a day when Norway celebrates its constitution, which, just
behind the constitution to the United States, is the oldest in the
world still in use. The day was celebrated from early morning until
late in the evening, and the Royal…
On Tuesday afternoon, King Harald and
Queen Sonja visited the Norwegian Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy just
outside Oslo. The reason for this visit was because the King and
Queen wanted to hear more about the plans to build the new museum.
The new museum will be completed in a few years and be three times
as large as the current museum. The King and Queen saw the various
ships, the new film the…
Monday afternoon, His Majesty King Harald
and Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway announced the season opening
for the Norwegian Royal Yacht “DS Norge”. The unique thing was the
Queen also participating this year. This is not common and has not
happened for many years. The…
On Tuesday, His Majesty King Harald of
Norway participated in the events in memory of the Liberation Day
and the National Veterans Day at Akershus fortress in Oslo. Every
year, 8 May is a day where Norway honours all veterans, from World
War II and up to today’s…
Last week it was announced that King
Harald of Norway had to go on medical leave the rest of last week
following pain in his foot. On Monday, the King was back at work;
now he has performed his first official task in public following
the medical leave. On Friday, His Majesty was present during the
Norwegian school’s singing day at the Oslo Concert Hall. The Oslo
Philharmonic gave perfect…
