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 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…
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…
Crown Prince Haakon takes online coronavirus briefing from Norway's health authorities
23rd March 2020
Since the outbreak of coronavirus, we have heard a lot about King Harald and Queen Sonja. They had to spend a long period in quarantine after having come home from their state visit to Jordan. King Harald has also spoken to the people via letters and on TV.
It was Thursday last week that King Harald and Queen Sonja became two of tens of thousands of Norwegians that were quarantined in their own homes. This happened after the Norwegian government decided to introduce quarantine for all Norwegians who had returned from abroad…
On Monday morning, it was announced that the new exhibition that should have been in the Queen Sonja’s Art Stable this spring has been postponed. The gallery has been closed for the last month to prepare for the new exhibition “Castle + Munch” and was scheduled to be opened in March. However, because of the current coronavirus epidemic, the opening of the exhibition has now been…
On short notice, Sunday evening, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway held a live televised speech to the Norwegian people regarding the ongoing outbreak of the coronavirus. The speech was held at the Royal Lodge which lies just outside Oslo. This is where both King Harald…
Today’s weekly Council of State in Oslo was a little bit different. King Harald of Norway, who is in home quarantine, led the Council of State for the first time in his life by telephone, while Crown Prince Haakon was physically present in the State Council hall of the…
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway have been placed into quarantine due to the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus in Norway. The news came only hours it was revealed that the royal family is cancelling all its events until Easter. The news is confirmed by NRK the Norwegian state television channel this evening.
NRK reports that neither the king or the queen are ill, but they are affected by…
