On Sunday, His Royal Highness Crown
Prince Haakon of Norway attended a ceremony to honour fallen
Norwegians from the First World War. The ceremony started at 11.00
with a music performance by the naval music corps before Stavern
Men’s Choir sang the “Navy Hymn”. Then, Defence Minister,
Frank Bakke-Jensen held a short speech. Bakke-Jensen said: “His
Royal Highness the Crown Prince…
On Thursday evening, Her Majesty Queen
Sonja of Norway handed out the Queen Sonja Print Award 2018 to Emma
Nishimura in the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The artist Emma
Nishimura was born in 1982 and lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
Her work includes both traditional…
King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon participate in the NATO exercise Trident Juncture
7th November 2018
His Majesty King Harald and His Royal
Highness Crown Prince Haakon visited the Trident Juncture 2018
military exercise. The royals visited the area around Røros, an
area in Norway with mountains and plains. On arrival, the King and
Crown Prince received a broad introduction…
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway will
be the godmother of the brand new Norwegian research ship “Crown
Prince Haakon.” This was announced on Friday by the Director of the
Norwegian Polar Institute, Ole Arve Misund to the Norwegian press.
The ship will be baptised by godmother Princess Ingrid Alexandra in
the city of Tromsø, in northern Norway, on 17 November. During the
ceremony, the…
On Tuesday, His Royal Highness Crown
Prince Haakon of Norway attended the funeral of one of Norway’s
greatest war heroes from the Second World War, Joachim Rønneberg.
The funeral was held in clear, sunny weather in Aalesund in the
western part of Norway where…
Norwegian Royal Family celebrate King Karl Johan with a series of lectures at Royal Palace
29th October 2018
This year marks 200 years since Karl
Johan became King of Norway and Sweden. This has been celebrated
with significant events in both nations, now separated from each
other, each having its own royal house. Although, both King Harald
of Norway and King Carl XVI Gustaf of…
Crown Prince Haakon has spoken out for
the first time since it was announced that his wife, Crown Princess
Mette-Marit is suffering from chronic pulmonary fibrosis. The
Norwegian Crown Prince said that the couple has received a lot of
support from the people and that it will help them in the future.
On Thursday, Crown Prince Haakon stepped out for the first time
since the announcement of Crown…
It was during the annual solemn
parliament dinner, held at the Royal Palace yesterday, that King
Harald spoke about both gender equality and the #MeToo movement.
His Majesty spoke about the historical high gender equality in
Norway, and said: “This year’s dinner…
Norwegian politicians and doctors thank the Crown Princess for openness regarding her illness
25th October 2018
Norwegian politicians and celebrities
have flocked to the media to express their sympathies to the Crown
Princess and thank her for her openness about her illness. It was
announced on Wednesday that the Crown Princess of Norway,
Mette-Marit, has been diagnosed with chronic…
Norway's Prime Minister releases statement regarding Crown Princess Mette-Marit's illness
24th October 2018
On Wednesday evening, it was announced by
the Norwegian Royal Court that Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway
had been diagnosed with chronic pulmonary fibrosis. Now Prime
Minister Erna Solberg has published an official statement regarding
the Crown Princess. Prime Minister Solberg said to the Norwegian
media: “Today, I send warm thoughts to Crown Princess Mette-Marit.
Now it is important that…
