Norway

Princess Märtha Louise cancels her plans to move to the US

Princess Märtha Louise has revealed her plans to move to the United States have been put on hold. She made the announcement in an interview with Norway’s state TV channel, NRK, marking her 50th birthday on September 22nd. It was in February this year that Princess Martha Louise of Norway said that she was considering moving to the United States. She then said that the reason was that her…
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Norway

Who is Princess Märtha Louise of Norway?

Born on 22 September 1971, Princess Märtha Louise is the elder child of King Harald and Queen Sonja. She was born at Rikshospitalet University Hospital in Oslo and was named after her paternal grandmother, Crown Princess Märtha, and her great-great-grandmother, Queen…
Spain

Queen Sofía marks World Alzheimer's Day with focus on research

Queen Sofía of Spain has marked World Alzheimers Day by attending the opening of the International Congress for Investigation and Innovation on Neurodegenerative Diseases.  The event was held at the Alzheimer Centre of the Reina Sofía Foundation in Madrid on Tuesday, the 21st of September 2021. Also in attendance were Spain’s Health Secretary, Silvia Calzón, the Secretary General of…
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Norway

Crown Prince Haakon celebrates the Norwegian Rescue Centre’s 50th anniversary

Crown Prince Haakon has helped mark the Norwegian Rescue Centre’s 50th anniversary in the northern Norwegian city of Bodø. The celebration of the 50th anniversary should have taken place last year, but was postponed due to the pandemic. The Crown Prince emphasized how cooperation helps save lives and praised the state system that is based on cooperation between public agencies, organizations…
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Norway

Extraordinary Council of State takes place in Oslo

The domestic political situation is changing in Norway, and this also means other tasks for King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon. Following last week’s parliamentary elections in Norway, Prime Minister Erna Solberg has informed the King that she would resign in October.
The Netherlands

King Willem-Alexander among authorities unveiling new monument for Holocaust victims

In a poignant ceremony on the evening of 19 September, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands inaugurated a new monument to the memory of Dutch people killed during World War II.  The monument, called Monument of Names, was commissioned by architect Daniel Libeskind and is made of more than 102,000 stones, one for each of the Dutch Jews, Sinti and Roma people that were persecuted by the…
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