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Crown Prince Couple of Norway’s trip to Sweden has new date

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway’s visit to Sweden has a new date. Due to the global health crisis, the visit has been postponed several times, but now a new date has been set for the royal visit. Their Royal Highnesses will pay an official visit to Sweden from 2 to 4 May of this year. The Norweigan Royal Court said: “The visit will mark the close and…
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King Harald set to return to work after sick leave

King Harald of Norway has been on sick leave for almost two weeks, but will be back at work within days. The Norwegian Royal Court has just confirmed that the king will attend an audience later this week. Sven Gjeruldsen, communications manager for the Norwegian Royal…
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Norwegian Prime Minister's relationship with the Crown Prince and Crown Princess up for assessment

Last year, Norway got a new prime minister after parliamentary elections. The Conservatives lost power after eight years and the Social Democrats gained the post of Prime Minister. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has now requested an assessment of impartiality due to his relationship with the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. In this connection, he gives a description of his contact with the…
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King Harald's sick leave extended for second time

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…
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King Harald's sick leave extended

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…
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Queen Sonja's Art Stable to host new exhibition on royal cars

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…
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