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 Family obviously has a central
role in celebrating Norway and all that is Norwegian. This is a day
where the celebrations…
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…
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 international operations while they mark
the liberation from the German occupation in 1945. The Norwegian
Royal Family has long…
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…
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 has also been announced that
His Majesty will only be away from his work the rest of this week.
King Harald is, therefore…
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…
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 work. Those who
have seen King Harald can confirm that the King has always walked a
bit strange. This is due to a…
