On Tuesday this week, His Majesty King
Harald of Norway is to fly out into the North Sea with Prime
Minister Erna Solberg and Oil and Energy Minister Sylvi Listhaug.
There, the King will attend the solemn opening of Norway’s third
largest oil field. This has created strong reactions from Norwegian
and international climate politicians. “The opening of the Johan
Sverdrup field is nothing to…
At the end of each year, we can study and
comment on the work of the British Royal Family. The UFO No
More team decided to look at the work of the Scandinavian and
Spanish royal families which is something that is not always done.
Before diving into the data, a small…
Princess Märtha Louise’s ex-husband, Ari
Behn, was buried Friday after a funeral at Oslo Cathedral. Since he
took his life on Christmas Day, Princess Märtha Louise has been
silent about her ex-husband’s death. On Friday evening, she made
the following…
On Friday, the funeral took place for Ari
Behn, the former husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, at
Oslo Cathedral. Ari Behn died last week after taking his own life
on Christmas Day aged 47. Many royals and members of the Behn
family attended the funeral which was broadcast live on Norway’s
two largest television channels. Present from the Norwegian Royal
Family were King…
On the first day of the New Year, it is a
tradition that Norway’s Prime Minister gives a New Year’s speech.
This happens exactly one day following the speech of His Majesty
King Harald. Both the King and the Prime Minister had to change and
re-record their speeches…
As the 2010s come to an end, minds turn
to reflection and remembering. The middle of the decade just gone
saw special celebrations in Norway for a king and queen who were
already well loved and who ended their jubilee even more popular
than before. Harald V took the throne…
After tragic Christmas, King Harald says "hope belongs to all of us" in New Year's Eve address
31st December 2019
King Harald of Norway has delivered his
annual New Year’s Eve address after a tragic Christmas Day where
his former son-in-law, Ari Behn, committed suicide. The King, who
has recently been ill with a viral infection, was forced to sit
during his speech instead of standing as he usually does each New
Year’s Eve. His Majesty began his speech discussing Ari Behn, “All
over…
According to the official program for
Queen Sonja of Norway, the Queen should have opened a new art
exhibition on Thursday of this week. The Queen’s participation in
the opening has been announced for several weeks. Now, the Royal
Court has removed this planned…
Being kidnapped is perhaps a royal’s
biggest nightmare. Fortunately, this has not happened in recent
times. Still, many have made plans to kidnap royals, but they have
fortunately failed. A rather unknown story of a kidnapping attempt
was aimed at the then 26-year-old…
Christmas tends to be a pleasant time,
especially for the royals. When it comes to the Norwegian Royal
Family, they have many good Christmas traditions that make
Christmas a pleasant time. There is, however, a period when
Christmas for the Royal Family from Norway was not very pleasant,
namely during World War II. Germany invaded Norway on 9 April 1940.
This led to a five-year occupation. While…
