Norway

Queen Sonja cancels major appearance because of continuing illness

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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…
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Crown Prince Haakon open exhibit and visit Norwegian bookstore in Germany

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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…
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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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Crown Princess Mette-Marit to serve as ambassador to Frankfurt Book Fair

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9th October 2019
“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 Mette-Marit Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit will be in Frankfurt, Germany later this week for the Frankfurt Book Fair which is taking…
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King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon attend the State Opening of Parliament

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3rd October 2019
Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja were joined by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon on Wednesday as they performed the State Opening of the Norwegian Parliament, Stortinget, in the country’s capital, Oslo. This was King Harald’s 28th State Opening that he has presided over as King of Norway and was the 164th time that the Norwegian parliament has officially opened. Military…
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