King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia
visited the Riksdag on August 23rd to officially inaugurate a
portrait medallion gifted to the Swedish king for his 75th birthday
earlier this year. The King was forced to curtail celebrations for
his 75th birthday, 30 April, due to the pandemic. The portrait
medallion, made of plaster, now hangs outside of the Finance
Committee session hall, near the…
King Harald, accompanied by Queen Sonja,
has announced the end of this year’s season for the Norwegian Royal
Yacht “KS Norge”. This year, the ship has not been used as much in
official contexts, due to the ongoing pandemic. As a result, the
ship has been used much more…
Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia
visited the Serbian orphanage “Drinka Pavlovic”. Thanks to Crown
Princess Katherine`s Foundation and the Lifeline Humanitarian
Organization in Chicago, the orphanage has realized another
important project with the complete renovation of…
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess
Mette-Marit celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary on 25 August,
and from the moment they married, they set out to become a modern
Norwegian couple while maintaining a full roster of royal
engagements. As we celebrate this milestone, let’s take a look at
the past 20 years for Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess
Mette-Marit, and how they carved out a…
With the summer holidays nearly over and
students returning to school, two European princesses are settling
in at their Welsh sixth-form school for their final years of study.
Princess Leonor of Spain, a future queen, and Princess Alexia of
the Netherlands, middle…
Crown Princess Mary handed out a series
of research prizes to five of Denmark’s top researchers in a
ceremony in Copenhagen on Monday. The EliteForsk Awards, which are
presented by the Ministry of Education and Research, are given to
five young researchers and research…
Queen Sonja of Norway has celebrated the
200 year anniversary of the Norwegian “Fund of information”. The
celebration took place at Vestre Aker vicarage in Oslo. For many
generations, the Norwegian Information Fund has contributed to
education in Norway. Today, the Fund is one of Norway’s largest
landowners, owning vicarages, forests and commercial property
throughout Norway. Her…
Princess Marie of Denmark welcomes new AIDS Foundation director
23rd August 2021
Princess Marie of Denmark has visited
AIDS Denmark’s headquarters to take part in a working
meeting. She was welcomed by the foundation’s new Director,
Lars Christian Østergreen, who took up the role on May 1st 2021,
following on from interim director Line Brøgger…
Queen Sonja has attended a concert at the
Oslo Opera in connection with the Queen Sonja International Music
Competition. From 501 singers from 63 nations, an international
jury has selected four of the 40 Norwegian soloists who were
invited to participate in this…
The Principality of Liechtenstein is
grieving after the death, at 4:43 pm on the 21st of August, of Her
Serene Highness Princess Marie in a hospital in Grabs, Switzerland,
following a stroke. The Princess, wife of Sovereign Prince
Hans-Adam, was born in Prague as Countess Marie Kinsky von Wchinitz
und Tettau on the 14th of April 1940, as World War II entered its
crucial stages. She was…
