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…
King Harald V of Norway formally opened
Norway’s 161st session of Parliament this afternoon in
Oslo. The day began with His Majesty being driven in his 1966
Lincoln Continental convertible with Queen Sonja through downtown
Oslo before arriving at the Storting…
A passionate five-minute address given by
King Harald V of Norway to 1,500 guests during a royal garden party
in the park of the Royal Palace in Oslo has gone viral. A
spokeswoman from the palace, Marianna Hagen, said the palace
received a huge number of requests for an…
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway has
spoken publicly for the first time since announcing her divorce
from her husband of fourteen years, Ari Behn, on the website of
Soulspring, which she co-founded with business partner
Elisabeth Norden. She said: “I have the position I have in Norway,
which means I have to share the things happening in my life whether
positive or negative and, as you…
The Norwegian Royal Court announced today
that His Majesty, King Harald is in Toronto, Canada, for the
sailing World Championships. They begin mid-August. His Majesty
will participate in the North American Championship from 12 to 14
August to get used to the conditions in…
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess
Mette-Marit of Norway attended events today to mark 5 years since
the tragic terror attacks in 2011. [getty src=”149028727″
width=”594″ height=”396″] At 9:30am CEST, the Crown Prince and
Princess were…
On the Sandringham Estate,
Prince Alexander Edward Christian Frederik of Denmark was born
on the 2nd of July 1903. He would later become The Crown Prince of
Norway and the eventual, King Olav V of Norway. He was born to
Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales. His father was
elected as Norway’s monarch in 1905, after the dissolution of the
union between Norway and Sweden. He then…
