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Crown Prince Haakon attends Memorial Day in Oslo

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4th November 2019
On Sunday Crown Prince Haakon of Norway attended the annual national memorial day at Akershus fortress. His Royal Highness arrived on Sunday morning at the monuments in the new part of the fortress. Here he laid a wreath at the memorial for fallen soldiers.At the ceremony in the Museum Courtyard at Akershus, Defense Chief Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hansen gave the memorial speech. The President of…
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Crown Prince Haakon hosts the SIKT conference

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31st October 2019
For the seventh consecutive year, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway hosted the annual SIKT conference this week. This is an annual conference established by the Crown Prince to gather young leaders and talent from Norway. The conference started on Monday…
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King Harald met Russia’s Foreign Minister Lavrov

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25th October 2019
King Harald of Norway met Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, this Friday in the northern Norwegian city of Kirkenes. The meeting took place only a few days after Russia claimed that Norway is gearing up for a conflict with Russia and relations between the two…
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King Harald highlights Sami language and culture

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25th October 2019
His Majesty King Harald V of Norway is currently on a two-day long visit to Norway’s most northern county, Finnmark. The first day of the visit went to the Sami areas of the county to highlight their language and culture. King Harald started the visit at Karasjok Primary School, where the principal Jan Gunnar Johansen welcomed him. The King was also welcomed with flowers given to him by the…
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King Harald attends football match at Old Trafford

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21st October 2019
On Sunday afternoon, His Majesty King Harald of Norway was on a private visit to the United Kingdom. His Majesty was in the city of Manchester where he attended the Manchester United and Liverpool football match at Old Trafford. He was a guest of honour at Manchester United…
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Healthy Queen Sonja back at work for charity event

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21st October 2019
There has been a lot of attention on Her Majesty Queen Sonja in recent weeks. It all began about two weeks ago when the Queen had to cancel her performance at an art opening because she had fallen ill. A short time later, it was confirmed that the Queen had an infection in…
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit talks about her chronic pulmonary fibrosis

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21st October 2019
Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, 46, has opened up about her chronic pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis that came last October in a tv interview in Norway that was filmed while she was on her literature train in Germany this month.On the effects of the disease, Her Royal Highness remarked, “I am exhausted faster than before, so today I have to take more care of myself than I did…
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King Harald and Queen Sonja to receive state visit from Slovenia next month

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17th October 2019
By the invitation of His Majesty King Harald, the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor will undertake a state visit to Norway at the beginning of November. This is the first time Slovenia’s president will visit Norway. The trip is a revisit after the King and the Queen’s state visit to Slovenia in 2011.The programme includes an official welcome ceremony at the Royal…
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