Norway

Crown Prince Haakon to open Parliament on his own for the first time

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28th September 2020
Later this week, a very special event takes place in Norway on a day that will go down in Norwegian history. Crown Prince Haakon will officially open the Norwegian Parliament, the Storting, for the very first time. It will also be the first time in exactly 30 years that the opening will be overseen by a Crown Prince and not the nation’s reigning Monarch. This will happen as on September…
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Queen Sonja comments on King Harald's health

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25th September 2020
There was great interest in Queen Sonja’s visit to Lillehammer on Friday. It was unclear in the morning hours whether the Queen would attend the event as planned following the hospitalisation of King Harald. Finally, the county governor of Innlandet made a statement…
Norway

King Harald V of Norway taken to hospital

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25th September 2020
Norway’s monarch, King Harald V, has been rushed to the largest hospital in Norway on Friday morning. Harald, who is 83, was taken to the National Hospital in Oslo by ambulance on Friday morning. It is not known, as yet, what is wrong with the King. The Royal Court has stated that the King is on sick leave and according to protocol, the Crown Prince is put in as regent of Norway. The…
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Norway’s Crown Prince and Princess visit Florø and Stavanger

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18th September 2020
With events on Wednesday and Thursday this week, Crown Prince Haakon has concluded his tour of southern Norway to learn more about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected Norway.The Crown Prince’s goal is to learn more about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected various Norwegian industries and the Norwegian people. Last week the journey started in Østfold, when the Crown Prince…
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Crown Princess Mette Marit's son pursues new career as a motorcycle mechanic

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14th September 2020
In the past few years, it has been known that Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s eldest son, Marius Borg Høiby, has tried his hand at several different jobs. He was once editor of Tempus Magazine, a position he lost as a result of the magazine closing down. In December 2018, it was announced that he had been appointed to a new job in a property company, a role he was to hold for only a couple…
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