Crown Prince Haakon of Norway has for many years had climate change and environmental issues as a major focus of his work. This week, the Norwegian Crown Prince paid an official visit to two places in Vestfold in Norway, which put climate issues high on the agenda.
His Royal Highness visited the waste company Vesar and the factory’s experience center “The magical factory”.
Queen Sonja to award Queen Margrethe with a prestigious language prize
8th September 2022
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is awarded the Nordic Association’s language prize for her effort to strengthen the Scandinavian language community and she will receive the accolade from her good friend, Queen Sonja of Norway.
The prize will be presented in a ceremony…
Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Martha Louise refuse to comment on the controversy around Durek Verrett
8th September 2022
The Norwegian royals were out in force but it wasn’t their work that was in the spotlight. Much of the attention was focused on how they are dealing with the controversy around a man who will soon marry into the family. As King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon…
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…
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…
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…
Crown Prince Haakon celebrates 50th anniversary of Norway Arctic University
4th September 2022
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.Â
He visited the university’s…
King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon resume joint agenda after the holidays
4th September 2022
King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway made a joint appearance on the Royal Palace’s balcony to greet a military parade.Â
But it wasn’t just any military event; it was the annual performance of the 3rd Guard Company, which consists of about 130 military…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit has attended a solemn ceremony in Oslo as ‘memorial stones’ were placed in the street to commemorate the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
The stones, placed along the Akershusstranda, represent the victims of Nazism and are set in places…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit attends literary conversation in Lillestrøm
1st September 2022
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…
