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 week, the Crown Prince held two
similar video conferences with other agencies of the Norwegian
health system. And on Tuesday…
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.
It was Thursday last week that King
Harald and Queen Sonja became two of tens of thousands of
Norwegians that were quarantined in their own homes. This happened
after the Norwegian government decided to introduce quarantine for
all Norwegians who had returned from abroad…
On Monday morning, it was announced that
the new exhibition that should have been in the Queen Sonja’s Art
Stable this spring has been postponed. The gallery has been closed
for the last month to prepare for the new exhibition “Castle +
Munch” and was scheduled to be opened in March. However, because of
the current coronavirus epidemic, the opening of the exhibition has
now been…
On short notice, Sunday evening, His
Majesty King Harald V of Norway held a live televised speech to the
Norwegian people regarding the ongoing outbreak of the coronavirus.
The speech was held at the Royal Lodge which lies just outside
Oslo. This is where both King Harald…
Today’s weekly Council of State in Oslo
was a little bit different. King Harald of Norway, who is in home
quarantine, led the Council of State for the first time in his life
by telephone, while Crown Prince Haakon was physically present in
the State Council hall of the…
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway
have been placed into quarantine due to the ongoing outbreak of
coronavirus in Norway. The news came only hours it was revealed
that the royal family is cancelling all its events until Easter.
The news is confirmed by NRK the Norwegian state television channel
this evening. NRK reports that neither the king or the queen are
ill, but they are affected by…
The Royal Court on Thursday morning
issued a statement announcing that the Norwegian Royal Family will
cancel all public events until Easter. This is due to the ongoing
corona-virus outbreak. The statement is as follows: “Based on the
authorities’ advice and…
On Tuesday, Crown Prince Haakon opened
the Statped Conference in Oslo. This occurred despite the national
health advice to avoid events with large crowds because of the
coronavirus. The theme for this year’s conference is “I want to
join too! The child’s…
Could Crown Prince Haakon be the first
royal in space? Well, he’s the first to start training for that
possibility, so he already has the head start! The Norwegian crown
prince visited the Andøya Space Center last week to officially open
the Spaceship Aurora, a new children’s centre that will teach young
people about space and Norwegian space activities. The Spaceship
Aurora is an…
