Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has
made promoting literature one of her main causes and now she’s
publishing a book to help raise the profile of Norwegian arts. The
Crown Princess is behind a collection of writing that will hit the
shelves in September. Mette-Marit will co-edit a selection of
twelve stories and essays which will be published just ahead of the
famous Frankfurt Book…
Crown Prince Haakon was present at the
opening of the General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union
in Norway on Thursday. This year, the Norwegian state owned
TV-channel NRK is host to the meeting in Oslo. The Crown Prince was
the one to welcome the European…
King Harald of Norway has confirmed to
Norwegian media that the Royal Court is in dialogue about the
commercial use of Princess Märtha Louise’s title. Confirming the
dialogue is underway to NRK, His Majesty said, “At the present
time, we cannot say how far we have…
On Friday, Royal Central’s Senior Europe
Correspondent Oskar Aanmoen was invited to preview this year’s
exhibition at the Royal Palace in Oslo. This summer the exhibition
is called “Queen’s Meetings” and it will be open to all visitors to
the royal palace in the Norwegian capital. This year, the royal
palace is marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Queen Maud
at…
King Harald on water pollution: "This is one of the most serious things we can experience"
21st June 2019
Last time the small town of Askøy was
visited by royals was in 1611. On Thursday, King Harald and Queen
Sonja visited the people at Askøy for a very special reason. To
conclude the county tour of Hordaland the royals visited Askøy and
the people here who have faced…
This week, King Harald and Queen Sonja
are visiting western parts of their kingdom. This is the first time
the queen has taken part in engagements after she had to cancel her
participation during the State Visit from South Korea last week due
to an infection in her leg. On…
Yesterday, Her Majesty Queen Sonja of
Norway was back at work following the news last week that she had
an infection in the leg. Together with her husband, His Majesty the
King, they started their county tour to Hordaland in the western
part of Norway. It was on Tuesday of last week that Her Majesty
Queen Sonja of Norway fell ill, and the Norwegian Royal Court made
the announcement that morning.
On Monday afternoon, His Majesty King
Harald of Norway celebrated his patronage, the Norwegian-American
Association’s 100th anniversary. His Majesty the King was present
at the celebration of the Norway-America Association’s 100th
anniversary at Akershus…
The Order of the Garter ceremony will see
two new royal knights join the procession for the first time. King
Felipe VI of Spain and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
will be invested at Windsor following their recent appointments to
the order. The Queen made King…
On Tuesday June 11th 2019, the president
of South Korea started his two-day long state visit to Norway. On
June 13th, the visit in Oslo was concluded in the morning before
the royals and the president-couple travelled on to Bergen to visit
western Norway. The day was started with a meeting between
president Moon Jae-in and Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg. The
two state leaders talked for 40…
