Their Majesties King Harald and Queen
Sonja of Norway continues their three-day long journey in western
Norway. On Wednesday this week the King and Queen of Norway visited
shipyards that have been affected by corona outbreaks, and talked
to a young returnee to one of the small, idyllic towns in
Hyllestad. Hyllestad is beautifully situated at the entrance to the
famous Sognefjord. The King and…
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess
Mette Marit have attended an event organized by the Norwegian
Rescue Society. The royals got to try their hand at lifesaving at
the harbour area in Oslo. The rescue company’s general secretary
Rikke Lind informed Crown Prince…
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway
have started their several days long visit to western Norway. The
Norwegian King and Queen are currently on board the Norwegian Royal
Yacht and will visit three municipalities in Western Norway this
week. The first stop of the trip was…
A longer interview of Queen Sonja was
published on Monday this week by state TV show NRK. The interview
was done on the occasion that the Queen will open a commercial
gallery in Oslo to strengthen the artists’ finances. The gallery
will sell art and all proceeds will go back to the foundation,
which will help artists financially. The Queen Sonja print award is
now the world’s largest…
Norway’s royal couple and Crown Prince
Couple recently met many of those who survived the terrorist attack
on Utøya in Norway in 2011. This year marks ten years since the
terrorist attack on the young people on Utøya and on the government
quarter in Oslo. The Royal…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden team up at sea conference
9th June 2021
On Tuesday afternoon, Crown Prince Haakon
of Norway and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden teamed up to
highlight environmental issues with the sea. The digital conference
under the auspices of the UN Development Program, UNDP, focused on
the state of the sea and what can be…
King Harald of Norway may be deprived of
three boat berths he has at his disposal in Oslo. A long-standing
dispute between the Norwegian government and the Sea Centre at
Killingen on Bygdøy outside Oslo could lead to the king and several
others losing their berths. One June 7th 2021, another round on the
issue started in the court system, after the Ministry of Local
Government and…
Princess Astrid of Norway has highlighted
the efforts of the Norwegian Handicap Association to improve the
situation of disabled people. The older sister of King Harald spoke
at the 90th-anniversary celebration of the association on Saturday,
where she said that equal…
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit open centre dedicated to priest Hans Nielsen Hauge
4th June 2021
On Thursday, His Royal Highness Crown
Prince Haakon and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette Marit of
Norway opened the visitor centre dedicated to the memory of Hans
Nielsen Hauge outside the city of Fredrikstad. Hans Nielsen Hauge
was a Norwegian lay preacher…
Earlier this week, Crown Prince Haakon
and Crown Princess Mette Marit went on a paddle trip with four
young people in the Oslo Fjord. Over the past year, outdoor life
has been an important escape for many young Norwegian people. At
the bay of Rolfsbukta in Bærum, outside the clubhouse of
Lysakerfjorden windsurfing club, the Crown Prince and Crown
Princess were received by four young people from…
