Early in May, Crown Princess Mette-Marit
of Norway hosted the “literature metro” together with her husband,
the Crown Prince. Because of her health, Her Royal Highness has
this year, chosen to switch out her annual “literature train” to a
more urban “literature metro”. Instead of using some of Norway’s
long and remote train lines to promote literature to young people,
she used the…
A two-day state visit from South Korea to
the Kingdom of Norway got underway on Wednesday. President Moon
Jae-in and Ms Kim Jung–sook were met by Crown Prince Haakon at
Oslo’s Grand Hotel. Together they departed for the Royal Palace
where, following the short drive…
Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway has
fallen ill. This was stated in a short press release from the
Norwegian royal court on Tuesday morning. The royal court reports
that the queen has an infection in the foot. She will, therefore,
not participate in tomorrow’s state…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of
Norway inspected the Royal Guard at Akershus Fortress on Friday
morning. There were two significant changes in this year’s program
for the annual inspection. First, the King was not present.
Secondly, the inspection was held at the grand Akershus Fortress
and not at the military camp at Huseby, where the Royal Guards have
their headquarters. Sven…
On Wednesday morning, the Norwegian Royal
Court announced that His Majesty the King had invited the President
of South Korea for a state visit. The Korean president has accepted
the invitation and will visit Norway in mid-June of this year. The
visit marks the 60th…
On Wednesday, the Norwegian Crown Prince
Family held their annual football match at their home in Asker. The
team of the Crown Prince Family was strengthened by, among others,
Lise Klaveness, Ståle Solbakken and Frode Grodås, as well as the
famous artist Astrid S.
Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid
Alexandra of Norway is changing schools this fall, according to a
press release Monday from the Royal Court in Oslo. The Royal Court
informed the press that the Princess and future queen would start
the 10th grade at Uranienborg School in Oslo in August. From 2014
to 2019, the Princess has been enrolled at Oslo International
School at Bekkestua. Earlier, from…
His Majesty King Harald of Norway
participated in the award ceremony for the prestigious Abel Prize
on Tuesday. The Abel Prize 2019 was awarded to Karen Keskulla
Uhlenbeck for her recent breakthrough in geometric partial
differential equations, gauging theory and integrable…
On Friday, Norway celebrated National Day
– a day when Norway celebrates its constitution, which, just behind
the constitution to the United States, is the oldest in the world
still in use. The day was celebrated from early morning until late
in the evening, and the…
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, 47, has
said she has no plans to give up her royal title. When questioned
by Norway’s TV2 on Thursday about possibly giving up her title, the
Princess said, “That’s not something I am considering.” The
daughter of King Harald and Queen Sonja appeared on TV2 Thursday
alongside her American boyfriend the Shaman, Durek Verrett who she
went…
