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 Tuesday, the king and queen visited
the two municipalities, Jondal and Odda. Five municipalities in
Hordaland are to be…
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…
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 Felipe a Supernumerary Knight in
2017 and conferred the same honour on King Willem-Alexander in
2018. The two men will join a…
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…
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…
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 from the hotel, they arrived at a
grand welcome ceremony. The King inspects his soldiers before the
President arrives. Photo…
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…
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 anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic
relations between the two countries and is the first Korean state
visit to Norway. On…
