Oslo City Hall stands out in many ways
from other city halls. It is best known for hosting the Nobel Peace
Prize Ceremony every December 10 with the entire Norwegian Royal
Family present. Construction was completed in 1950. But an unknown
side of the building is that it also has a banquet-hall that houses
four beautiful royal portraits. Let us take a look at them. When
entering the banquet-hall…
Kenyan authorities cancel Crown Prince Haakon's visit following former President's death
7th February 2020
The Norwegian Royal Court announced in
December that His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon would visit
Kenya and Mozambique in February of 2020. This morning, a new
statement from the royal court stated that the visit to Kenya had
been cancelled. This announcement comes…
On Tuesday, His Majesty presented the
National Association for Public Health Research Prizes for 2020.
Ulrik Wisløff received the National Association for Public Health’s
Heart Research Award today. This year’s winners of the Dementia
Research Award was Anders…
King Harald of Norway has ordered the
declassification of secret spy documents. This was made public by
the Norwegian government last Sunday and reported by Norwegian
media. This is very rare and has only happened a few times in
recent history. It was during the weekly Council of State at the
Royal Palace in Oslo on January 10 2020 that graded documents from
the Norwegian secret services was…
After a long period of tragedy and
illness, King Harald appeared in public for the first time since 3
January, when Ari Behn was buried. Since then, the King has been on
sick leave and for a week, the King was hospitalised. Now a fresh
monarch was out to show his support for…
The Norwegian Royal Court announced on
Thursday afternoon that His Majesty King Harald and Her Majesty
Queen Sonja of Norway would make their first state visit to the
Middle East in March. A press release stated that King Harald and
Queen Sonja have accepted the invitation…
On Friday, an ordinary Council of State
was held in Oslo following the exit of the Progress Party from the
Norwegian government. This happened only one day after it became
clear that King Harald has been declared healthy after being sick
for the past two weeks. Crown Prince Haakon has been regent for the
past 14 days and has carried out the first two councils of the year
on behalf of his…
King Harald resumes his monarchical duties after two-week sick leave
23rd January 2020
After being sick for two weeks, there was
great excitement about what was going to happen to King Harald. The
media wondered if the King wanted an extended sick leave or whether
he was healthy enough to resume his duties as the monarch after
Crown Prince Haakon has been…
Now you can now become the Norwegian
Crown Prince Family’s neighbour. The Norwegian Crown Prince Couple
rents out one of their houses on the Skaugum Estate, and the villa
is just a few metres from the Crown Prince Couple’s own home. You
can now rent a house…
Today, Tuesday 21 January, Princess
Ingrid Alexandra of Norway turns 16-years-old. To celebrate the
occasion, we have compiled 16 facts about the Princess which you
might not have known before: Following Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s
birth, Germany’s leader had to go out and ask German magazines to
stop spreading various rumours about the Princess and her
origins.The Princess was going to…
