Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has
attended a memorial service for victims of the Oslo shooting. The
memorial service was held at Oslo Cathedral for the victims of the
shooting in and around the London Pub and a popular LGBTQ club in
Oslo in the early morning hours of Saturday, 25 June. Edvard
Grieg’s “Mourning March” began the service led by the President of
the…
King Harald of Norway has spoken about
the horror of the Oslo shooting, and the Crown Prince Family has
laid flowers at a makeshift memorial. Two people have died, and 21
have been injured after a shooting, which is being treated as a
terror attack, in and around the…
Prince Albert and Princess Charlene took
their twins, Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, with them to
Norway for official engagements. The Prince and Princess of Monaco
were in Norway to open the “Sailing the Sea of Science” exhibit
at the polar…
After the glittering celebrations for his
daughter’s 18th birthday, it was back to business for Crown Prince
Haakon, as he attended the sombre inauguration ceremony for a
monument to the victims of the Utøya massacre. On Saturday,
18 June, the Crown Prince made the journey to the island off the
eastern coast of the Tyrifjorden lake together with Prime Minister
Jonas Gahr Støre; the two…
The future Queen of Norway, Princess
Ingrid Alexandra, debuted a new-to-her tiara at her eighteenth
birthday celebrations. The pearl and diamond tiara belonged to
Ingrid Alexandra’s great-great-grandmother, Princess Ingeborg of
Sweden. Born Ingeborg Charlotte…
The Norwegian Royal House has shared the
special gifts Princess Ingrid Alexandra received for her 18th
birthday, and they range from jewellery to a new bunad and her
first foreign order. King Harald and Queen Sonja added to their
granddaughter’s jewel vault, gifting her…
Princess Ingrid Alexandra is every inch the doting granddaughter at birthday gala dinner
19th June 2022
What I love most about the Norwegian
Royal Family is that their love for each other, their sense of
family and closeness, is always on display, whether they’re sharing
photos of their summer vacations on their Instagram account or
attending a formal gala event. As the star of last week’s
festivities, Princess Ingrid Alexandra was centre stage alongside
her father, Crown Prince Haakon, and…
Norway was the setting for the largest
royal gathering since pre-pandemic times when members of Europe’s
royal families came together to celebrate the belated 18th birthday
of Princess Ingrid Alexandra. Amidst the historic nature of the
event—Ingrid Alexandra will…
Laughs, tears and tiaras in Oslo as Princess Ingrid Alexandra officially celebrates her 18th birthday
18th June 2022
Friday night was the pinnacle of the
royal year. King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway hosted a gala
dinner in Oslo to celebrate Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th
birthday. From about 7:30 pm, the halls of the Royal Palace started
filling with people –…
She has seen, first hand, all the reigns
that have made modern Norway. And as she watched the coming of age
celebrations of her country’s future monarch, Princess Astrid
helped ensure that her country’s royal past became integral to its
future. Astrid, sister of King Harald and great aunt to the young
woman being feted at a glittering gala dinner at Oslo’s Royal
Palace, is often an…
