Irish-Canadian artist,Ciara Phillips, is
this year’s recipient of the world’s leading graphics prize, “Queen
Sonja Print Award”. Queen Sonja presented the award to the winner
in a small ceremony at the Royal Palace on October 7th 2020. Queen
Sonja received Ciara Phillips in an audience at the Palace before
presenting the award during a lunch. Queen Sonja said: “I am very…
King Harald of Norway’s sick leave, which
was due to expire on Monday October 5th 2020, has now been
extended. No date for a return to work has been set. This means
that Crown Prince Haakon will continue to function as Regent of
Norway for the forseeable future and…
Today is a historic day for the Norwegian
people. For the first time in 30 years, the solemn and traditional
opening of the Norwegian Parliament has been made by a crown prince
and not the king of the nation. In a shortened ceremony, due to the
pandemic, Crown Prince Haakon…
On Christmas Day 2019, Ari Behn, the
former husband of Princess Martha Louise of Norway, took his own
life. His funeral in Oslo Cathedral on January 3 was attend by
royals from Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands and Crown Prince
Haakon was one of the pallbearers. On his birthday yesterday,
September 30, Ari Behn was laid to rest at Our Savior’s Cemetery in
Oslo. Behn was cremated. He was…
King Harald discharged from hospital – what next for Norway's monarch?
29th September 2020
King Harald was discharged from hospital
on September 28th, having spent three nights being treated and
monitored following a scare over his breathing. However, what
happens to the Norwegian king now? After the King left hospital, he
was transported back to Bygdøy Royal…
King Harald has been discharged from
hospital three days after he was admitted on Friday morning. The
King is said to have entered his black limousine without help.
Shortly afterwards, the car left the area, escorted by two cars
from the royal bodyguards. The press could see…
Crown Prince Haakon to open Parliament on his own for the first time
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…
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…
King Harald being treated in hospital for breathing difficulties
25th September 2020
His Majesty King Harald V has been
admitted to the largest hospital in Norway, Rikshospitalet. 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
following message was published by the…
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…
