Thursday afternoon, His Majesty King
Harald of Norway announced the season opening for the Norwegian
Royal Yacht “DS Norge”. This happened unusually early this year. It
is not common for the King to order the royal yacht to be ready for
use until the end of May. The reason why this season starts extra
early is that the Royal Yacht will be used in this year’s
celebration of the…
This year is a significant anniversary
year for the Norwegian Royal Family. Last year, King Harald and
Queen Sonja celebrated ruling Norway for 25 years, and this year,
they both celebrate their 80th birthdays. This has already been
highlighted on several occasions, but the…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
