The summer season is officially underway
for crew and officers on the Royal Norwegian Ship. On Thursday
afternoon, King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon embarked the ship
for inspection. The tradition of royal embarkation dates back to
1948 when King Haakon VII received ‘Norway’ as a gift from the
Norwegian people. Due to the ongoing global health emergency, the
2021 sailing programme…
Royal Central’s Senior Europe
Correspondent Oskar Aanmoen, who is based in Oslo, talks us through
the inaccuracies contained within Atlantic Crossing – an eight-part
series looking at the plight of the Norwegian Crown Princess during
World War II. Atlantic…
Atlantic Crossing is now airing on PBS in
the United States and Canada. It is an eight-part mini-series,
looking at the Crown Princess of Norway’s escape to safety in the
United States with her children during the Second World War and her
friendship with American President…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit thanks midwives for "important work" they do every day
6th May 2021
Crown Princess Mette-Marit thanked
midwives for their work, marking International Day of the Midwife
on Wednesday. In a video message shared on the Norwegian Royal
Family’s YouTube page, Crown Princess Mette-Marit said, “Midwives
have one of the most important jobs in the world. You help at the
beginning of life and ensure security and professionalism in one of
the most vulnerable life…
On Tuesday, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of
Norway visited the Aurora workshop – a working community of artists
with and without disabilities in Bærum. Ceramics, textiles,
clothing and paper have been produced at the workshop, despite a
pandemic and strict infection…
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…
The Norwegian monarchy is rock solid.
Recent surveys show that an average of 82% of the Norwegian people
wants to keep the monarchy as their form of government. However,
the leader of the Norwegian Agricultural Party, Trygve Slagsvold
Vedum, accused the conservative government party and Prime Minister
Erna Solberg of republicanism last week. “It is much easier to be a
republican at some…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway’s digital
visit to California continued on Wednesday. On Tuesday, His Royal
Highness met with California’s governor as well as students from
Californian Universities. On Wednesday, the Norwegian Crown Prince
held a conversation with…
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…
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 Mette-Marit Princess Ingrid Alexandra
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