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 Christian. He spent his first
two years in England and Denmark before his father was elected King
of Norway in a referendum…
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…
New Year’s Eve is the evening many people
associate with a good dinner and fireworks. For the last 71 years
His Majesty The King’s Speech has also been a tradition for the
Norwegian people, first on radio, now on TV. See the entire speech
in the bottom of the…
The Norwegian Royal Family goes from one
jubilee-year to another year of anniversaries. Both King Harald and
Queen Sonja celebrates their eightieth birthday in 2017. King
Harald celebrates his birthday on 21 February, while Queen Sonja
4th of July. In the recent days, it has leaked out information to
the Norwegian press about how the King and Queen will celebrate
their anniversary. In the past…
Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince
Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway participated Monday
morning in a voluntary distribution of breakfast to the poor in
Oslo. Long before the Crown Prince and Crown Princess came to hand
out food, more than 100 had got in line…
His Majesty King Harald of Norway owns
stocks with a value of £18. It is the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet
(English: The Daily Magazine) that can report this today. Dagbladet
is one the few magazines that has a negative attitude towards the
royal house in Norway. They have…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway concludes
today a three-day long visit to New York. His Royal Highness
visited New York to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This is an organisation that
the Crown Prince supports, and he has since 2003 been the
organisation’s goodwill-ambassador. The UNDP has been fighting
poverty worldwide the last 50 years. On…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of
Norway attended the presentation of the award for “Role Model of
the Year”. This occurs just a few days after the Crown Prince has
returned from a four-day long official visit to Canada together
with Crown Princess…
For the Norwegian people, it is widely
known that one can be grateful to King Haakon VII of Norway that
the resistance against the German occupation was as extensive as it
was during the Second World War. King Haakon refused to appoint the
German friendly Vidkun Quisling…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway is
embroiled in a scandal in Norway. Allegedly, he rented out five
flats that had been deemed unsafe to live in on his official
estate, Skaugum. According to The Sunday Times, the heir
to the Norwegian throne was ordered to remove petrol that had been
stored in the basement of the building containing the flats, which
are part of the 1,280-acre estate just 12 miles…
