Norway

King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon inspect the Norwegian Royal Yacht

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25th September 2020
King Harald, accompanied by his son Crown Prince Haakon, announced the end of this year’s season for the Norwegian Royal Yacht “KS Norge”. This year, the ship has not been used as much in official contexts, due to the virus. In return, the ship has been used much more than usual by the royals privately, especially during the summer holidays. The ship was also in use last week, when Crown…
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One person is injured after a tree collapses in Oslo's Royal Palace Park

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16th September 2020
One man has been injured after he was hit by a tree that fell in Royal Palace Park in Oslo on Wednesday afternoon. An old tree blew over and hit the man who was quickly taken to hospital. Following the incident, parts of the royal park were closed for the remainder of the day. There are strong winds all over eastern Norway today, and this has created great challenges also in the capital where many…
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Crown Prince Haakon continues his special tour of Norway

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11th September 2020
Crown Prince Haakon is currently on a special journey in southern Norway. The goal is to learn more about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected various Norwegian industries and the Norwegian people. The journey started in Østfold on Tuesday, when the Crown Prince visited a virus test station. On Wednesday, the journey continued to Vestfold and Telemark. Agriculture is important for this areas…
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Crown Prince Haakon visits coronavirus test station

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9th September 2020
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway started an important tour on Tuesday this week, which will see him travel around large parts of Norway to observe how the coronavirus pandemic has affected Norway. The journey is partly done on board the royal yacht “KS Norge”. The…
Norway

King Harald: "I do not think there will be any Olympics in Tokyo"

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8th September 2020
King Harald of Norway does not believe that there will be an Olympics in Tokyo next summer. His Majesty made the observation in a TV on show Sunday evening, broadcast by the state television-channel NRK. King Harald sat down this summer to talk to Karsten Warholm and his coach Leif Olav Alnes. Their conversation was shown this past weekend. Norwegian athlete Karsten Warholm won gold in the 400…
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