On Sunday, 17 May, Norway celebrated its national day. Although it was a completely different day than it usually is, the Royal Family played an important role in this national celebration, as well.
Norway marks 17 May as its Constitutional Day; it was on this date in 1814 that Prince Christian Frederik of Denmark and Norway proclaimed Norway’s constitution and was elected King of Norway.
This coming Sunday, Norway will celebrate their national day. The day is usually centered around the royal family with the main celebrations taking place in the areas surrounding the royal palace in Oslo. More than 100,000 children usually march past the royal palace to…
On Tuesday this week the world celebrated International Nursing Day. Queen Sonja was actually set to attend a seminar in Oslo on May 12, on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. Nightingale is considered the founder of modern nursing. The coronavirus…
King Harald and Queen Sonja was joined by Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit on Friday to attend events commemorating Liberation Day and the National Veterans Day at Akershus Fortress in Oslo. This is the first time in months that the members of The Royal Family have appeared in such a public context because of the ongoing public health emergency.
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Crown Prince Haakon of Norway has opened the annual youth business championship in Norway. The competition will this year be digital because of the corona-virus, and participation is already record high.
His Royal Highness said: “I think we need your ideas…
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway has given a rare interview to Norway’s state television channel NRK. In the interview the Crown Princess emphasizes that we are in a time when we all should care about each other’s mental health.
“I am so…
On Tuesday morning, Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway met women from minority backgrounds via video conference. The women are affiliated with the MiRA Resource Centre, which the Queen has supported for a long time. This was the first solo job the Queen has performed since she undertook a state visit to Jordan with her husband, King Harald, just before the COVID-19 pandemic took over Europe.
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On This Day in 1940: King Haakon and Crown Prince Olav were almost killed in a bomb attack
28th April 2020
It has been 80 years since the German invasion of Norway. Hitler was looking for the Norwegian Royal Family, and for a while, he also tried to get the 3-year-old Prince Harald to rule the nation as a child king. The royal family managed to escape and lived in exile in the…
Each year a member of the Norwegian Royal Family becomes the patron of state television channel NRK’s charity broadcast. Last year, it was Queen Sonja. It’s just been announced that in 2020, King Harald will take on the role.
The NRK TV charity campaign of 2020…
Home-schooling is unfamiliar to most students, and it can be difficult to find motivation, and most of the students miss their classmates. To show some compassion and support for her fellow students during this time, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, and the other student council representatives at Uranienborg School in Oslo, chose to call their fellow students.
They did this just to check on each…
