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 building, where the Storting
Norwegian Parliament is housed. This is the only day of the year
where the King, Parliament, Supreme…
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…
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 Toronto. The Royal Court
said that the crew of seven have sailed with one another for a
number of years, with the most recent…
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…
Crown Prince of Norway receives Honorary Degree from Northumbria University
26th June 2016
Northumbria University in Newcastle has
conferred an Honorary Degree on His Royal Highness, The Crown
Prince of Norway. Crown Prince Haakon was presented with the
Doctor of Civil Law degree at the Royal Palace in Oslo by Professor
Andrew Wathey CBE, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of
Northumbria University, and Chris Sayers, Chair of the Board of
Governors for Northumbria. With the Honorary…
As the younger of King Harald and Queen
Sonja’s two children, Haakon Magnus was born on 20 July 1973. He
has one older sister, Princess Märtha Louise, but due to the Salic
law at the time, she was not allowed to inherit the
throne. This law was changed in 1990 to…
On Thursday, Queen Sonja opened an
exhibition of glass art called “Smakebiter” in the Queen Josephine
Gallery in the Oscarshall in Bygdøy, Western Norway. Included
within the exhibition are exhibits from the Queen’s personal
collection of glassware. The Queen…
Norway was in mourning this weekend,
following the tragic helicopter crash off the coast of Bergen, the
country’s second largest city, on Friday. The Airbus EC-225
helicopter had been ferrying staff from an offshore Statoil rig in
the Gullfaks B oilfield before the crash killed all 13
people on board. On Saturday, a sombre Norwegian Prime
Minister, Erna Solberg, accompanied by Crown Prince…
