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 UK and the US for the next five years. The Royal Palace in Oslo was abandoned quickly; there was no time to take all the…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon has over the last weeks been the most active working member of the Norwegian Royal Family. The Crown Prince is working from his home, the Skaugum Estate, to help the Norwegian people get through the coronavirus pandemic.
In a video…
Major royal children's event cancelled in Norway
15th April 2020
Oslo Municipality’s national day committee met on Tuesday evening and concluded it won’t be possible to carry out the annual national day celebration in the Norwegian capital as usual.
The parade is the most iconic part of Norway’s grand national…
Crown Prince Haakon has, over the last few weeks, held several video
conferences and video meetings with the authorities and other occupations who
are heavily affected by the coronavirus.
On Thursday the Crown Prince was joined by his wife Crown Princess Mette
Marit for an video-conference with the Church`s City Mission. The corona crisis
has led to major changes in the way the Church City…
Crown Prince Haakon continues to stay busy while hosting video conference with three cleaning workers
1st April 2020
Crown Prince Haakon has, over the last few weeks, held several video conferences and video meetings with the authorities and other occupations who are heavily affected by the coronavirus. On Tuesday, the Crown Prince was briefed via video on the working life of three…
How the Norwegian Royals will mark a very different Easter
30th March 2020
The Royal Norwegian Court has confirmed to Norwegian press that the country’s Royal Family will have a different Easter holiday this year, due to the spread of the corona-virus. King Harald and Queen Sonja are in voluntarily isolation at the King’s cabin just…
Since the outbreak of corona virus made the working day different for most royals, Crown Prince Haakon has stepped up his activity when it comes to getting online briefings on important issues around fighting the virus. For the third time in less than two weeks, the Crown Prince held on Thursday two new online meetings to learn more about the work being done across Norway.
The Crown…
The special relationship between Queen Sonja and Boris Yeltsin
26th March 2020
The fact that Europe’s queens and princesses have good relationships with each other is well known. But it’s more perhaps more unusual to hear about friendships between Europe’s royals and Russian politicians. et this was exactly what happened when Queen…
King Harald and Queen Sonja will be isolated until mid-April. This was confirmed by the Royal Court on Thursday morning in a short statement to the Norwegian newspaper «Dagbladet». This is done because they are both at risk of serious illness if they are infected with…
Crown Prince Haakon attends hospital video conference
25th March 2020
It is different era for Europe’s royal families – and for us all. The royals are not able to meet people in the same way as before. Last week, Crown Prince Haakon attended a video-conference to get a briefing from Norway’s health authorities. On Tuesday this week, the Crown Prince held two similar video conferences with other agencies of the Norwegian health system. And on Tuesday…