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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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Princess Astrid opens a new exhibition about royal history in the Art Stable

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11th October 2019
After being closed for a few weeks, it is now time for a completely new exhibition in the Queen Sonja Art Stable, in Oslo City Centre. On Thursday afternoon, the new exhibition was opened by King Harald’s sister, Princess Astrid. Queen Maud was very fond of dancing, and therefore, Princess Astrid opened the exhibition to the sound of Queen Maud’s old favourite, “Foxtrot.&#8221…
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Queen Sonja cancels events due to illness

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10th October 2019
Queen Sonja of Norway has been forced to cancel an event due to an infection. On Tuesday evening, Queen Sonja should have opened an exhibition with her own works at Galleri Bi-Z in Kristiansand. The exhibition had been planned for three years.The Royal Court later…
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Queen Sonja met volunteers for Norway’s TV-Charity Campaign

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4th October 2019
Queen Sonja spent Thursday at the Activity House at Tøyen in the capital of Oslo. Here she met volunteers who are getting ready for the upcoming charity TV campaign for the state television channel NRK. The Queen is a ‘high protector’ for this year’s TV campaign.Together with the Secretary General of CARE, Gry Larsen, and TV Action Leader, Vibecke Østby, Queen Sonja met…
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King Harald and Queen Sonja visit Gullbring cultural centre

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1st October 2019
His Majesty King Harald and Her Majesty Queen Sonja visited on Monday the municipality of Bø in Telemark in central Norway. The visit was made to celebrate Gullbring cultural centre’s 25th anniversary. Gullbring cultural centre also began work on new housing for new students at the University of Southeast Norway. Gullbring cultural centre is huge in traditional bunad production.
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