In the summertime, Oslo Royal Palce is
opened to the public as King Harald and Queen Sonja exchange
residences for the royal farm at Bygdøy right on the outskirts of
the Norwegian capital. From late June until mid-August the Palace
can be visited. All visitors follow a guided tour which takes
guests through some of the Palace’s most important representation
rooms. The visit includes a…
Queen Sonja’s Art Stable in the Royal
Palace of Oslo’s old stable buildings has this winter and spring
hosted an exhibition on the royal family`s car collection. Now, as
the exhibition enters its last few weeks, a special display has
been added for visitors to enjoy.
This week, the Nordic region has been
dominated by the Norwegian Crown Prince Couple’s official visit to
Sweden. Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel have been hosts,
but Sweden’s King and Queen as well as Prince Carl Philip and
Princess Sofia have also…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway toured a
ship building factory and christened a new ship, the Yara
Birkeland, during a visit to Porsgrunn. Accompanying the
Crown Prince was the Mayor of the city and a State Minister, as
well as local factory officials. Yara Birkeland is the
world’s first electric and self-propelled ship – a pioneering
design that will replace up-to 40,000 trucks…
One of the world’s most modern centres
for the preservation of old objects is located in Norway, and this
week they received a royal visit for the solemn opening. Her
Majesty arrived at the conservation centre and was greeted by the
chairman of the board of the…
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway has
revealed her favourite hockey team, but that has not come without
controversy. In recent days, there have been many reactions in
Norway that the Princess has openly promoted, in her own way, her
favourite Norwegian hockey team.
Norway's royal court announces 111% increase in electricity spending and delays in security project
27th April 2022
The Norwegian royal court has released
its annual spending report, and two surprising things were
revealed. First, electricity bills have doubled, and second, the
work on securing royal properties against terror attacks has been
far more expensive than initially thought. Last year, the Norwegian
royal house saw an increase of 111% in electricity costs compared
to the previous year. For 2021…
When Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the
throne on 6 February 1952, she joined a large group of European
rulers. In this series, Royal Central looks at the men and women
who were ruling on the continent as the longest reign in modern
European history got under way. King…
King Harald of Norway has attended a
solidarity and support concert for Ukraine at the Oslo Concert
Hall. The ballet “Giselle” was performed by dancers from the Kyiv
Grand Ballet from Ukraine. A packed concert hall, on April 22nd
2022, showed solidarity with…
It is not every day a diocese gets a new
bishop, but that was what has just happened in Norway. His Majesty
King Harald of Norway was present in the grand Fredrikstad
Cathedral, southeast in Norway, on the morning of April 24th 2022,
when Kari Mangrud Alvsvåg was consecrated as the eighth bishop of
Borg diocese. King Harald was received on the church steps and
accompanied into the cathedral by…
