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 meeting with representatives from
the United Nation`s development program, the Crown Prince on
Thursday heard more about the…
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…
Crown Prince Haakon has, over the last
few weeks, held several video conferences and video meetings with
the authorities and other occupations who are heavily affected by
the coronavirus. On Thursday the Crown Prince was joined by his
wife Crown Princess Mette Marit for…
Crown Prince Haakon continues to stay busy while hosting video conference with three cleaning workers
1st April 2020
Crown Prince Haakon has, over the last
few weeks, held several video conferences and video meetings with
the authorities and other occupations who are heavily affected by
the coronavirus. On Tuesday, the Crown Prince was briefed via video
on the working life of three cleaners during the COVID-19 pandemic.
His Royal Highness started the conference by saying: “The work you
do in hospitals, in…
The Royal Norwegian Court has confirmed
to Norwegian press that the country’s Royal Family will have a
different Easter holiday this year, due to the spread of the
corona-virus. King Harald and Queen Sonja are in voluntarily
isolation at the King’s cabin just…
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…
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 Sonja first met the first
democratically elected leader of Russia, Boris Yeltsin. The
free-spirited former Communist managed to…
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…
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. However, little has been heard about Crown
Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit. On Friday, the
Norwegian people could hear from…
