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 Royal Court’s official calendar had
also not confirmed that the Queen was to participate. During the
summer season…
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…
His Majesty King Harald V of Norway is
today back at work as monarch of Norway again after he had to take
a few days of medical leave last week as a result of pain in the
foot. Even though His Majesty is back to work today, he has no
official duties before Thursday. Nevertheless, it is right to
assume that although the King has no official duties before
Thursday, some paperwork is expected for the…
It was announced yesterday by the
Norwegian Royal Court that King Harald is on medical leave, due to
pain in his foot. Crown Prince Haakon commented on this when he met
the Norwegian press during the last day of his Baltic trip.Since
the medical leave was announced, it…
After four days on tour through three
Baltic nations, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon and Her
Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit completed their journey
in the Baltic Sea on Thursday afternoon. Their four-day tour was
concluded in Estonia yesterday. This day…
The Crown Prince Couple of Norway has
continued their Baltic tour from Latvia on Monday to Lithuania on
Tuesday. Wednesday was kicked off in Lithuania before the Crown
Prince and Crown Princess went on to the last of the Baltic
nations, Estonia where they spent the day and will finish their
visit on today. The Wednesday was kicked off when the Crown Prince
participated in a breakfast meeting on…
His Majesty King Harald of Norway is on
medical leave from today due to pain in the foot. During
this time, Crown Prince Haakon will act as regent. This was
announced by the royal court at Oslo Palace Wednesday afternoon. It
is uncertain how long the King will be unable to…
This week, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown
Princess Mette-Marit perform a four-day journey to the Baltic
nations to celebrate their 100 years as independent states after
they declared themselves independent from Russia in 1918.
Yesterday, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess…
Norway's Royal Palace manager resigns following a serious breach of internal guidelines
24th April 2018
The manager of the Royal Palace in Oslo,
Ragnar Osnes, has chosen to resign his position with immediate
effect because of a breach in the Royal Court’s internal
guidelines. This was announced Monday evening in a press release
from the Norwegian Royal court. In the press release, the Lord
Chamberlain of the Norwegian Royal Court, Gry Mølleskog, stated:
“This breach of trust is serious, and…
