King Harald of Norway’s sick leave has
been extended for a second time. The decision was announced late on
February 6th 2022. It means that Crown Prince Haakon will take over
the king’s duties between February 7th and 9th 2022 as acting
regent of the Kingdom of Norway. King Harald’s next expected
engagement will be on February 10th 2022 when he is set to receive
the Foreign…
Every year, volunteers work 800,000 hours
for the Norwegian Tourist Association. In his New Year’s speech in
December, King Harald was able to declare this year, 2022, the year
of volunteers work. On February 2 2022., Crown Prince Haakon
visited volunteers from the…
King Harald of Norway’s sick leave has
been extended. The Royal Court confirmed to Norwegian television
TV2 on 2 February that His Majesty’s leave would continue for the
rest of the week with Crown Prince Haakon continuing as Regent. On
Friday, 28 January…
Queen Sonja’s Art Stable in the Royal
Palace of Oslo’s old stable buildings is set to host a new
exhibition. The Art Stables have various exhibitions of art and
objects from the Royal Collections. However, Queen Sonja’s Art
Stable has been temporarily closed due to the pandemic but will
open with a new exhibition on royal cars soon. The exhibition “The
King’s…
During the Second World War, hundreds of
Norwegian Jews were arrested and deported. Only nine of the
deportees survived and returned. Crown Prince Haakon has remembered
them as he took part in the national memorial ceremony on
International Holocaust Day in Oslo. The…
Bjørn Ransve is one of Norway`s most
renowned living artists. On January 29th 2022, Her Majesty Queen
Sonja opened the Ransve exhibition “State of the Art” at the Haugar
Art Museum in Tønsberg. The exhibition consists of the artist’s
graphic works over…
Concerns were raised after King Harald of
Norway developed cold symptoms and decided to take sick leave for
several days. The news, on January 28th 2022, came the day after
Norway’s Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt had tested positive for
coronavirus just hours after an audience with the King, Queen Sonja
and Crown Prince Haakon. King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince
Haakon therefore had…
King Harald of Norway has developed cold
symptoms just hours after it was confirmed he had come into contact
with someone who later tested positive for coronavirus. King
Harald, who turns 85 next month, is now on sick leave. In a brief
statement, the Royal Court said he…
Norway's Foreign Minister tests positive for COVID hours after meeting the Norwegian royals
27th January 2022
Norway’s Foreign Minister Anniken
Huitfeldt has tested positive for the COVID-19 just hours after an
audience with King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon on
27 January. The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
confirmed that Foreign Minister Anniken…
Queen Sonja of Norway has always been
strongly involved in classical music. After a long break due to the
coronavirus pandemic, she was finally able to appear again, alone,
at an event when she enjoyed a concert at the local chamber music
festival in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg. As the 20th
anniversary of the festival was postponed from last year to this
year, this was an anniversary…
