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…
Queen Margrethe talks about her son's relationship with Scandinavia's Crown Prince(ss) couples
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…
His Majesty King Harald of Norway
celebrates his 80th birthday next week. For
the occasion, His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the
Queen granted an interview to NTB (Norwegian News Agency) where
they talked about what it is like being monarchs when they get
older. The…
Yesterday, the Royal Court of Norway
released two new photos of Her Highness Princess Astrid, Mrs
Ferner ahead of her 85th birthday on Sunday, 12 February. Sven
Gj. Gjeruldsen was the photographer. One of the images features
Princess Astrid’s beloved dog, Pepita. The seven-year-old dog is
a Japanese Chin. Princess Astrid, Mrs Ferner with her
seven-year-old dog, Pepita. Photo: Sven Gj.
It was a tense day for Crown Princess
Mette-Marit of Norway and her family as one of their beloved dogs,
the Labradoodle, Muffin Kråkebolle (translated to English: Muffin
Sea Urchin), disappeared for several hours while the family was
skiing at Furuholmen in…
Today it is exactly 26 years since His
Majesty King Olav V of Norway died. King Olav was born as Prince of
Denmark, and his parents were King Haakon VII and Queen Maud, who
was the daughter of Edward VII of Britain. Olav was born on 2 July
1903 and baptised Alexander Edward…
Norway’s biggest drug trial in history is
now in the Norwegian courts. The main defendant in the case,
Gjermund Cappelen, has pleaded guilty in importing several tonnes
of hashish to Norway and claims he has had help to this by the
police officer Eric Jensen. During the trial, many unknown stories
have been revealed – including new information on the theft of a
number of royal antiques…
