The only daughter of Norway’s King,
Princess Martha Louise, has put the property ”Bloksberg” on the
market again. She first listed the home for sale at Easter last
year. For a few months, the property has been taken of the market
but this weekend the property was enlisted once again, now with a
different price. It’s been owned by the Norwegian Royal Family for
over seventy…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has
revealed some new hobbies she’s taken up since the coronavirus
pandemic took hold. The Norwegian Crown Princess did so in two
posts on her Instagram. On Sunday, the Crown Princess revealed her
first new pastime. In the form…
King Harald of Norway is back at work at
the Royal Palace in Oslo. He has given an audience in honour to
this year’s recipients of the awards handed out by the Royal Guard.
The two awards “The Royal Guards watch” and “Brigadier Leif
Schanche’s…
The 7th of June is a special day in
Norwegian history. On that day, the Norwegians celebrated both the
end of the Union with Sweden in 1905 and the return of King Haakon
in 1945 following the Second World War. This year, there was no
celebration because of the coronavirus, despite the jubilees.
During the grand celebration in 2005, the Norwegians also
celebrated that it was King Harald’s…
The ceremonial aspect of the Norwegian
Royal Guard has been dissolved and will remain so until the autumn.
This was announced this week by the Royal Norwegian Army. The drill
and music squad will cancel its operations because of the
coronavirus. Lieutenant Colonel and…
An old grenade from the Second World War
was found in the Palace Park of the Royal Palace in Oslo this week.
According to the bomb squad of the Oslo Police, the grenade was not
dangerous. The Bomb Squad from Oslo Police was quickly called to
the area on Tuesday morning…
Princess Märtha Louise’s Instagram
account has been disabled after it was hacked. One of Märtha
Louise’s two accounts vanished on Monday after the unauthorised
access. The Instagram account with the handle @Iam_marthalouise is
no longer available. She also has an account called
@princessmarthalouise which remains active. “The account has been
hacked and we are trying to…
On Thursday this week, it was announced
in a very brief press release that “The Queen Sonja Art Stable”
will open again. The opening date is set to be Saturday, July 4th
with the press expected to get a preview sometime before this date.
The restrictions caused…
To conclude our May series on royal
emeralds, we are taking a look at the emeralds in the Norwegian
royal vault. The Norwegian Royal Family has a large emerald and
diamond tiara with matching earrings, brooch and necklace. The
tiara is in a neo-classical style and…
His Majesty King Rama V of Siam,
present-day Thailand, also called King Chulalongkorn, was born in
1853 and died in 1910. As a fifteen-year-old, Chulalongkorn
ascended the Siamese throne, but because of his young age, his
uncle acted as his guardian. During his five years of custody, he
was educated by an English governor, Anna Leonowens, in literary
history, language and art. He was King of…
