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Queen Sonja to unveil new royal exhibition

Queen Sonja of Norway is set to open a new exhibition at the Royal Palace in Oslo. The new exhibit, “The Palace’s Crafts – Created over 200 years in the Queen Sonja Art Stable,” will be displayed in the Queen’s Art Stable and will be open from Sunday, 29 January. It will display some of Norway’s most beautiful crafts and pay tribute to traditional…
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Princess Märtha Louise postpones her wedding with Durek Verrett

It has been ten weeks since Princess Märtha Louise left the Norwegian royal house abruptly, primarily due to her engagement to the controversial Shaman Durek. However, seven months after the engagement, no official wedding date has been announced. All inquiries about the wedding’s timing remain unanswered. Now, Norwegian and Swedish press state that the wedding had been postponed…
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King Harald of Norway breaks decades old tradition

The Norwegian Royal Court has confirmed that King Harald will not visit the ski World Championship in Slovenia this winter. Likewise, no member of the Norwegian Royal Family will visit the Alpine resort of Plancia, something that has been a staple of the royal diary for many decades. It has become something of a tradition for King Harald to greet the Norwegian gold medal winners during the ski…
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Royal teenagers in the house, but how do mum and dad feel?

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway may have their hands full as heir to the throne, but they also thrive in the role of teenage parents. In 2001, the relatively unknown Mette-Marit Høiby and Crown Prince Haakon were married, and the Norwegian royal…
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King Harald on 2023: "We need each other"

King Harald addressed Norwegians on New Year’s Eve and spoke of working together, democracy and the future. The main point of his speech was that people need one another. The King began his speech by alluding to the war in Ukraine and the general state of the…
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A future queen steps into the spotlight as a princess retreats from it: the Norwegian Royal Year

It was an important year in Norway as the future queen finally came of age, but that same year, her aunt stepped away from the spotlight. Let’s take a look at the Norwegian royal year. January The biggest news for the Norwegian Royal Family in January was Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th birthday. We covered what to expect from the celebrations—before the COVID-19 pandemic curbed…
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