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 Audience”…
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…
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 Speaker…
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 watched…
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…
King Harald attends first major public event in many months following a period of sick leave
26th April 2021
On Friday, His Majesty King Harald of
Norway delivered a speech to the Norwegian Nature Conservation
Association’s national meeting. This was the first major public
event that His Majesty has attended following a period of sick
leave and his return to the regency. Due to…
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit make surprise appearance at award ceremony
19th April 2021
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…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway will
virtually visit San Francisco, California, on April 27 and 28. The
visit to San Francisco is Norway’s first major virtual visit
abroad, and many have the opportunity to follow this official visit
digitally. The Crown Prince will be…
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…
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 training…
