King Harald and Queen Sonja was joined by
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit on Friday to
attend events commemorating Liberation Day and the National
Veterans Day at Akershus Fortress in Oslo. This is the first time
in months that the members of The Royal Family have appeared in
such a public context because of the ongoing public health
emergency. Photo: Oskar Aanmoen / Royal…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway has opened
the annual youth business championship in Norway. The competition
will this year be digital because of the corona-virus, and
participation is already record high. His Royal Highness said: “I
think we need your ideas…
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette
Marit of Norway has given a rare interview to Norway’s state
television channel NRK. In the interview the Crown Princess
emphasizes that we are in a time when we all should care about each
other’s mental health. “I am so…
On Tuesday morning, Her Majesty Queen
Sonja of Norway met women from minority backgrounds via video
conference. The women are affiliated with the MiRA Resource Centre,
which the Queen has supported for a long time. This was the first
solo job the Queen has performed since she undertook a state visit
to Jordan with her husband, King Harald, just before the COVID-19
pandemic took over Europe. In…
On This Day in 1940: King Haakon and Crown Prince Olav were almost killed in a bomb attack
28th April 2020
It has been 80 years since the German
invasion of Norway. Hitler was looking for the Norwegian Royal
Family, and for a while, he also tried to get the 3-year-old
Prince Harald to rule the nation as a child king. The royal
family managed to escape and lived in exile in the…
Each year a member of the Norwegian Royal
Family becomes the patron of state television channel NRK’s charity
broadcast. Last year, it was Queen Sonja. It’s just been announced
that in 2020, King Harald will take on the role. The NRK TV charity
campaign of 2020…
Home-schooling is unfamiliar to most
students, and it can be difficult to find motivation, and most of
the students miss their classmates. To show some compassion and
support for her fellow students during this time, Princess Ingrid
Alexandra, and the other student council representatives at
Uranienborg School in Oslo, chose to call their fellow students.
They did this just to check on each…
It has been 80 years since the German
invasion of Norway. Hitler was looking for the Norwegian royal
family, and for a while, he also tried to get the 3-year-old Prince
Harald to rule the nation as a child king. The royal family managed
to escape and lived in exile in the UK…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon
has over the last weeks been the most active working member of the
Norwegian Royal Family. The Crown Prince is working from his home,
the Skaugum Estate, to help the Norwegian people get through the
coronavirus pandemic. In a video…
Oslo Municipality’s national day
committee met on Tuesday evening and concluded it won’t be possible
to carry out the annual national day celebration in the Norwegian
capital as usual. The parade is the most iconic part of Norway’s
grand national celebrations that takes place on Constitution Day of
17 May every year. The parade leads through the streets of Oslo
before passing by…
