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Norway may get a Royal “Mount Rushmore” with the face of King Harald

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27th October 2020
The Norwegian municipality of Bjerkreim and mountain-owner Arvid Mæland want to make a Norwegian Mount Rushmore, with the face of King Harald. The proposal has received support and those behind the idea are now looking at making it a reality. Farmer Arvid Mæland has recently taken over a large mountain farm in Lauperak in Bjerkreim municipality in the west-Norwegian region of Rogaland. He…
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Princess Märtha Louise to have her own TV series

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26th October 2020
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, daughter of King Harald and the fourth in line to the Norwegian throne, will have her own TV series next year. Norway’s largest commercial TV-channel “TV2” will follow the Princess’s life both at work and in private. The TV…
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Queen Sonja opens cultural exhibition

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23rd October 2020
On Thursday, Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway opened a new exhibition in the Norwegian city of Lillehammer at the Maihaugen Museum. Maihaugen’s new exhibition “Impulses” shows more than 1000 cultural treasures from Norway with clear traces of influence from around the world. The exhibition covers almost 800 square meters and will be a new large year-round offer at…
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King Harald reveals pandemic made one royal tradition even more important to him

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16th October 2020
This year, the Royal families of Europe have faced, along with all of us, a new type of crisis, a global pandemic. In a new book about King Harald which will be published in Norway this autumn, the King shares his views on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and how this has affected him and the royal family. King Harald and Queen Sonja were themselves quarantined after a state visit to Jordan in…
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Crown Prince Haakon attends special service in Nidaros Cathedral

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12th October 2020
Crown Prince Haakon was present as the Church of Norway marked the appointment of a new president in the Episcopal Conference, a new church meeting and a new church council with a special service in the Nidaros Cathedral The Norwegian Church’s new president, Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit, was installed during a service in Nidaros Cathedral on 10 May this year. Due to the infection control…
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