Earlier in October, it was revealed that
the Norwegian Sami Parliament sent a letter to Queen Margrethe of
Denmark asking for help in returning a special artefact – a Sami
drum that was confiscated after a witchcraft trial in 1692. The
drum has created controversy between Norway’s indigenous people and
Denmark. Sami Parliament President, Aili Keskitalo, asked the
Danish Queen for her…
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway
have opened a new art museum in Oslo dedicated to a famous
Norwegian artist, Edvard Munch. The King and Queen were joined by
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit for the opening
of the MUNCH Museum. The opening ceremony…
King Harald has opened the ninth Sami
Parliament. Crown Prince Haakon was also present at the solemn
opening in the city of Karasjok. The Sami Parliament is the Sami
people’s elected parliament in Norway. Every four year,s at the
same time as the Norwegian…
King Harald attends ceremony for handover of important Sami document
21st October 2021
King Harald was present when the
important and symbolic document “Lappekodisillen” came home to the
Sami archive in Kautokeino, 270 years after the signing of the
border treaty between Norway and Sweden. The Norwegian monarch is
also a monarch over the Sami people living in the northern part of
the nation. King Harald was welcomed with a traditional Sami song
and flowers when he arrived at…
In 1992, the year after King Olav’s
death, King Harald of Norway established a new prize for cancer
research in honour of his late father, and this week, Bjarne Bogen
and Bjørn Tore Gjertsen were awarded King Olav V’s Cancer Research
Prize for 2020 and 2021.
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit attend memorial service for those killed in Kongsberg attack
18th October 2021
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess
Mette Marit have attended a service in memory of those killed and
in consolation for those affected after the attack in Kongsberg.
Five people were killed with a bow and arrow in the Norwegian town
on October 13th 2021 with another…
King Harald of Norway has approved the
new Norwegian government after Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s
Conservative Party was ousted from power during the recent
elections. On Tuesday of this week, King Harald held a number of
audiences at the Royal Palace in Oslo. Prime Minister Erna Solberg
expressed a wish to the King to resign after she lost the
parliamentary elections in September.
King Harald and the Norwegian Royal
Family have offered their condolences following a bow and arrow
attack in the Norwegian city of Kongsberg. At the time of
publication, it has been confirmed that five people were been
killed in the attack on Wednesday evening by a…
In September, the Kingdom of Norway held
an ordinary parliamentary election that changed the political
situation. The conservative government that has led the kingdom for
eight years lost its majority, and the Centre Party and the Labour
Party became larger than the…
King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon attend State Opening of Parliament
12th October 2021
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway
were joined by Crown Prince Haakon on Monday as they performed the
State Opening of the Norwegian Parliament, Storting, in the
country’s capital, Oslo. This was King Harald’s 29th State Opening
that he has presided over as King of Norway and was the 166th time
that the Norwegian parliament has officially opened. Military
forces from the Navy, Air Force…
