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 Head of Communications in the
Army, Per Espen Strande, confirmed this in a statement: “These are
many well-trained soldiers…
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…
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 by coronavirus are being lifted in Norway
for galleries and museums, just before the arrival of summer. This
allows the royal…
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…
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway has
spoken out after the death of African American George Floyd by
police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Princess made the
remarks on her Instagram account with a photo of a woman holding a
sign with George Floyd’s name. Princess Märtha Louise called for an
end to “this inhumanity” in her post. Her Highness said: “Stop!!!
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway has been
hearing more about how the coronavirus pandemic is being handled by
businesses across his country. On video-link, His Royal Highness
met with the Norwegian firms Less, Epiguard and Rocketfarm to hear
more about what they are doing and…
In a podcast interview, Princess Märtha
Louise has criticized, among other things, the paparazzi. In the
Norwegian podcast “Tut og mediekjør,” Princess Märtha Louise was
vocal about the paparazzi pictures taken of her with her partner,
Shaman Durek, in Hawaii…
Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon of
Norway have jointly opened one of the most famous arts festivals in
Europe in a very different way. Mother and son teamed up to deliver
a virtual opening to the acclaimed event. Usually at least one
member of Norway’s Royal Family travels to the western part of
Norway and the city of Bergen in the spring to attend the opening
of Bergen International…
