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Mysterious State Council to be held in Oslo tomorrow

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4th April 2017
It has been announced that a State Council will be held at the Royal Norwegian Palace in Oslo on Wednesday. This is highly unusual as usually, all the State Council meetings are held on Fridays. Whenever the King does not have the opportunity to attend the State Council on Fridays, his son, Crown Prince Haakon attends behalf of his father. When the Crown Prince also not have the opportunity to…
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Princess Märtha Louise opens up about motherhood

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3rd April 2017
Her Highness Princess Märtha Louise of Norway has opened up about motherhood in a new interview with the Norwegian women’s magazine, Kvinner og Klær (KK); her colleague, Elisabeth Nordeng was also interviewed. They had both just returned from India for a retreat…
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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit served insect cake

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27th March 2017
The Crown Prince Couple of Norway visited the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) at Ås, just outside the capital of Oslo, on Thursday of last week. During the display of the exhibition, ‘no insects – no food‘, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon were offered food made from crickets, flour beetles and grasshoppers. While…
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Long queues forced the Norwegian castle to extend it opening hours yesterday

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22nd February 2017
Yesterday, His Majesty King Harald of Norway turned 80-years-old. The King himself was on vacation abroad with the family, but many Norwegians nevertheless wanted to celebrate the King’s birthday. From 11 Norwegian fortresses, a birthday-salute to the King at noon was fired, but it was at the royal castle that something special happened. The Prime Minister and the President of the Norwegian…
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80% of Norwegians support the monarchy

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19th February 2017
Eight out of ten Norwegians approve of keeping the monarchy as a form of government, and the greatest support King Harald and his family has comes from the younger Norwegian population. This emerges from a major survey conducted by Norway’s state TV channel NRK. The…
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Queen Margrethe talks about her son's relationship with Scandinavia's Crown Prince(ss) couples

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17th February 2017
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark has recently given an interview to the magazine “Norden nu” owned by the association “Norden”. In the interview, the Queen spoke about many topics that she thinks are important, including cooperation in the Nordic nations and Danish history. Queen Margrethe also spoke about the relationship between the Scandinavian Royal family’s…
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