On June 23, it was exactly 30 years since
King Harald and Queen Sonja were blessed by the Norwegian Church in
a large-scale ceremony. The incident took place in Northern
Europe’s largest cathedral, the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. The
royal couple thus carried on the tradition King Olav introduced in
1958. The blessing was introduced as a ritual after the coronation
ceremony in Norway was…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway is
attending the Norwegian National Veterans Conference this week in a
conversation with veteran Thor Andreas Kårsten. The conversation is
taking place at Akershus Fortress in the Norwegian capital of Oslo.
The Crown Prince and Kårsten will…
King Harald has given an audience at the
Royal Palace on the occasion of this year’s presentation of “The
Royal Guard`s Watch” and “Brigadier Leif Schanche’s Honour”. The
chief of the Norwegian royal guards, Lieutenant Colonel Trond
Forbregd, presented…
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway
have concluded their three-day long visit to Western Norway with a
trip to the city of Florø. The royals have used the Norwegian royal
yacht during this journey. Small boats followed the Royal Yacht
towards the quay in Florø where the couple disembarked and visited
Florø cultural house for conversations about how people had coped
during the…
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…
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 the village Flåm, in the
Aurlandsfjord. Their Majesties the King and Queen are visiting the
municipalities of Aurland…
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…
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 done to manage marine
resources in a sustainable way. While the conference was opened by
the Swedish Crown Princess, Crown…
