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…
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…
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…
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…
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.”…
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…
“For me, this is the gift of literature:
that it transports me both outwards and inwards, that it leads me
to reach higher and wider, and that it enables me to gain a better
understanding of both myself and others.” – Crown Princess…
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…
