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 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…
King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon of
Norway made a joint appearance on the Royal Palace’s balcony to
greet a military parade. 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…
