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 nations are tense. The last
time the two met was in 2014. The Russian foreign minister also met
with the Norwegian prime…
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…
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…
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 the upper respiratory tract. The
Queen also had to cancel her participation last week at the very
important and traditional…
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…
The Norwegian Royal Court has confirmed
this week that new security measures are being put in place from
this week. This new perimeter fencing around the Palace Park will
be completed by the autumn of 2021. In a statement, the Royal Court
said: “The goal is to prevent…
Queen Sonja cancels major appearance because of continuing illness
18th October 2019
Queen Sonja of Norway has had to cancel a
new appearance because of ill health. On Thursday night, Her
Majesty should have been back at work for the first time after she
had to cancel her duties on Tuesday last week because she had an
infection in the upper respiratory tract. However, she was forced
to miss the event as she is still unwell. Together with His Majesty
the King, Crown Prince…
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…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit opened the
Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany on Wednesday alongside her husband,
Crown Prince Haakon. The couple had been on a literature train with
Norwegian authors travelling from Berlin to Cologne and on to
Frankfurt where the world’s…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Crown Prince Haakon open exhibit and visit Norwegian bookstore in Germany
13th October 2019
Crown Princess Mette-Marit has begun her
trip to Germany to promote Norwegian literature alongside her
husband, Crown Prince Haakon. She arrived in Düsseldorf on 11
October where she attended the opening of an exhibit. Crown Prince
Haakon opened the “Edvard Munch gesehen von Karl Ove Knausgård”
exhibit which will be on display until 1 March 2020 in the German
museum…
