Yesterday, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown
Princess Mette-Marit of Norway continued their visit to Ethiopia.
This was the second of the visit’s total three days. They arrived
in Ethiopia on Monday to prepare for their visit. On the first day
of the trip, they attended a number of official events in the
nation’s capital and assisted the Norwegian economic delegation who
are following the…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit reveals that Princess Ingrid Alexandra should have had a different name
1st November 2017
Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway
opened the exhibition “The Queen Yes” Tuesday in the city of
Trondheim. During her opening speech, she came with a fun story
about her daughter, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Norway’s future
queen. The Crown Princess said…
Princess Märtha Louise Says She Did Not Understand Why People Looked Up to Her for Being a Princess
28th October 2017
Princess Märtha Louise sat down for an
interview with Expressen about her highly-sensitive nature, and her
feelings of unworthiness because she didn’t understand why people
would look up to a princess. “I felt I was not good enough, did not
understand why people looked…
King Harald: "The rumors of my death are significantly exaggerated"
28th October 2017
“The rumours of my death are
significantly exaggerated,” said His Majesty King Harald of Norway
in the opening of his speech during the annual gala dinner for
parliament representatives and the government at the Norwegian
Royal Palace. The King followed up with the statement, “The only
one who has passed away here tonight is probably the moose we will
be served soon.” The king always tends…
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, the
daughter of King Harald and Queen Sonja, fell off her horse during
a completion on Friday and broke her leg. Princess Märtha Louise
posted the news on her Facebook and Instagram-pages together with
the following statement: “So…
King Harald, Queen Sonja & Crown Prince Haakon attend the State Opening of Parliament
9th October 2017
Their Majesties King Harald and Queen
Sonja were joined by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon on
Monday as they performed the State Opening of the Norwegian
Parliament, Stortinget, in the country’s capital, Oslo. This was
King Harald’s 26th State Opening he…
Yesterday, the Norwegian News Agency
(NTB) accidentally reported in Norway that His Majesty King Harald
was dead. The Norwegian News Agency is a Norwegian press agency and
wire service that serves most of the largest Norwegian media
outlets. The unfinished text was sent to NTB subscribers at 12 pm
Norwegian time; the news agency sent out a new message retracting
the previous message only minutes…
The Norwegian police had an accident at
the Royal Palace in Oslo. A royal lifeguard fired a shot in the
wall inside of the Royal Palace. This happened 30 April this year
but was not revealed until it was published Sunday afternoon in the
Norwegian media. One of the Norwegian…
Today, 21 September, there are two
jubilees in Norwegian royal history. It is precisely sixty years
since His Majesty King Haakon VII died and his only child became
the next King of Norway, His Majesty King Olav V. King Haakon
reigned from November 1905 until his death in…
Today we take a look at Norway’s future
queen consort. Her Royal Highness was born on 19 August 1973
inKristiansand,Norway. She has one older sister and two older
brothers. Her parents divorced when she was young, and both would
eventually remarry. As a child, she spent many weekends on the
coast, where she learned to sail. She completed her upper secondary
education…
