Earlier this week it was announced that a
State Council would be held at the Royal Norwegian Palace in Oslo.
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…
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…
“Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg,
[showed] lack respect for His Majesty the King and his elected
Assembly,” said the former President of the Stortinget
(the Norwegian national assembly), Dag Terje Andersen to the
Norwegian media on Monday morning. Andersen…
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 related to their Soul Spring
business. Admittedly for the Princess, she was not keen on having
children and never had a real…
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…
His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Haakon
of Norway, has, the last two days, participated in the
international military exercise “Joint Viking” which takes place in
northern Norway. The exercise aims to strengthen the military
cooperation within NATO and between…
Last week, King Harald of Norway turned
80 years old. The King was on a private vacation with the family
that day, and no one knew where the Norwegian royal family was.
Some claimed the royal family went skiing in Switzerland while
others rumours said that they were on a Mediterranean cruise. Now
it is revealed that the Norwegian royal family celebrated King
Harald’s birthday in South…
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…
His Majesty King Harald of Norway is 80
years old today. The King himself is on vacation with the entire
Norwegian Royal Family. Nevertheless, there are several standard
events marking a Norwegian King’s birthday, despite the fact that
the King is not even in the…
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 King celebrates his 80th
birthday on Tuesday 21 February and will travel abroad with his
family to celebrate. In an interview…
