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New exhibition in The Queen Sonja Art Stable to open this week

Due to the ongoing pandemic, Queen Sonja’s art gallery in the old stables at the Royal Palace in Oslo has been closed for over a year. The Queen has now established a new exhibition that will be shown digitally. Some of Norway’s most beautiful works of art will be exhibited this summer in the Queen Sonja Art Stable, in collaboration with the National Museum. The exhibition “Art…
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Crown Prince Haakon launches digital visit to California

On Tuesday this week His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway started his two-day virtual visit to San Francisco, California. The trip is Norway’s first major virtual visit abroad where the public get the opportunity to follow the official visit digitally. The Norwegian participants were in a studio in Oslo, and the Americans in a studio in San Francisco. However, for those who…
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Grandchildren of monarchs: King Harald

In this series, Royal Central is taking a look at the grandchildren of monarchs around the world. In this installment, we’re heading to Norway to introduce the six grandchildren of King Harald.   Children of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess…
Norway

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit make surprise appearance at award ceremony

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway have participated in a televised award ceremony on the state TV-channel NRK. The royal appearance, on April 16th, came as a surprise to most people, as it was not announced in advance by The Royal Court that the couple would participate in the presentation of the Spellman awards. At the entrance of the Skaugum Estate, the Norwegian…
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Prince Philip's last visit to Norway

During his life, Prince Philip visited Norway a number of times. He was in the country both on official tours, but he also visited his Norwegian relatives and friends privately on several occasions. The last time the Duke of Edinburgh visited Norway was in 2001. Even though…
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King Harald returns to work after months of sick leave

King Harald of Norway`s sick leave is officially over and he will resume his constitutional duties from April 12th 2021. King Harald’s sick leave has been extended several times since an operation earlier this year and there was great interest in whether it would be further extended. In March, the Royal Court stated: “The king is making a good recovery and continues treatment and…
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