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 honour-award” were handed over in the presence of the
King. The commander of the Royal Guard, Colonel Lieutenant Vegard
Flom…
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…
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 at around 11 am. They created a
security zone of 100 meters which remained in place until just
before 4 pm when cars and…
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…
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 features a centre, square
emerald at the top. Its creation date has never been known but it
is assumed to have been some time in…
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.
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 how they earn money and create
work during the pandemic. Entrepreneurship is an important issue
for the Crown Prince. On…
