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Princess Märtha Louise opens new guide dog facility

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway has opened a new guide dog facility for the Norwegian Association of the Blind. The Princess officially opened the new facility at Veiviseren Dog School by cutting the official ribbon outside the building. She then went inside to receive a tour and play with the ten-week-old puppies being trained. She saw how the dogs could open the door of a washing…
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Queen Sonja finds herself back in her old classroom

This week, Queen Sonja was able to help mark a special anniversary for her. On September 6th 2022, the Queen of Norway was present at the 100-year commemoration for Slemdal school, where she herself attended class. The queen was shown around the school grounds by…
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King Harald hands out the Kavli Award

The Kavli Award is three research prizes awarded every other year in Oslo by the American Kavli Foundation and the Norwegian Academy of Sciences. King Harald of Norway has handed out the Kavli Award for 2020 and 2022. This happened, firstly, in an awards ceremony which…
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Crown Prince Haakon celebrates 50th anniversary of Norway Arctic University

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway took part in the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Tromsø, which was officially inaugurated by King Olav V, the Crown Prince’s grandfather. His Royal Highness arrived at Norway’s Arctic University on 1 September, exactly 50 years after his grandfather made the same journey in 1972 to inaugurate the institution.  He visited the university’s…
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit attends literary conversation in Lillestrøm

Crown Princess Mette-Marit has attended a literary discussion at the new Lillestrøm library, opening the Cultural Corners week at the new library. In a conversation about representation and expectations and how that relates to literature, the Crown Princess listened as Jan Grue, Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen and Abid Raja spoke about their experiences. The conversation was entitled “I am not…
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Crown Prince Haakon opens energy conference

Crown Prince Haakon has opened an energy conference in Stavanger and addressed the industry leaders in the hall in his opening speech. A number of the world’s leading producers of energy participated at the Offshore Northern Seas conference. They were joined by a large number of politicians as well as business leaders. Among them were Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas G. Støre and the…
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