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 big party is in mid-May.
Royal Central can now announce that the King and Queen will also be
celebrated by the military…
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…
“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 believes that Prime
Minister Solberg has gone behind the King’s back by publishing
major political decisions before she requested…
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…
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 the Nordic nations. The
military exercise “Joint Viking” takes place from 6 to 15 March in
an area stretching from Alta to Lakselv…
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…
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 country. Today at noon a 21 gun salute
fired from the cannons at Akershus Fortress in Oslo. Many people
had turned up to watch the…
