On June 23, it was exactly 30 years since
King Harald and Queen Sonja were blessed by the Norwegian Church in
a large-scale ceremony. The incident took place in Northern
Europe’s largest cathedral, the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. The
royal couple thus carried on the tradition King Olav introduced in
1958. The blessing was introduced as a ritual after the coronation
ceremony in Norway was…
During a visit to a pharmaceutical
company on Tuesday, Queen Mathilde of Belgium was seen sporting a
wrist brace on her left hand. When asked for comment, a
Palace spokesperson said that Her Majesty hurt her left thumb in a
wrong move, and that the injury is not…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway is
attending the Norwegian National Veterans Conference this week in a
conversation with veteran Thor Andreas Kårsten. The conversation is
taking place at Akershus Fortress in the Norwegian capital of Oslo.
The Crown Prince and Kårsten will…
King Carl Gustaf holds audience with Speaker of the Parliament following political crisis
22nd June 2021
On Monday, His Majesty King Carl Gustaf
of Sweden gave priority to an unscheduled audience to the Speaker
of the Swedish Parliament, Andreas Norlén. The audience was held in
one of the private rooms at Drottningholm Palace in Stockholm.
During the audience, the King was informed that the Swedish
Parliament had during the day issued a motion of no confident
against the Swedish Prime…
On Monday, Prince Daniel of Sweden took
part in SVT’s ‘Movement Movement‘ programme. The show, broadcast by
SVT (Swedish National Television), was created to welcome summer,
and each years has a different theme. This year’s subject was
movement, and…
Queen Margrethe attends première of ballet for which she designed the scenes and costumes
22nd June 2021
Over the weekend, Queen Margrethe of
Denmark was present for the première of the ballet ‘The Tinderbox’
at the Pantomime Theatre in Tivoli. Her Majesty was
accompanied by her sister, Princess Benedikte, and was present
because of having designed the scenes…
A dream ending for Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Christian as they show support for football side
22nd June 2021
They’d called it a dream and Denmark’s
next two monarchs saw their wishes become reality as they cheered
on their country’s football side in a crucial Euros 2020 game.
Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Christian were on hand to see
Denmark go through to the knockout stages of the competition after
a hard fought campaign and the hospitalisation of one of the
nation’s star…
Queen Sofía of Spain took part in a video
conference on Monday to mark World ALS (MND in the UK and ELA in
Spain) Day. The Queen spoke to the general director of the Carlos
III Health Institute, Raquel Yotti; the scientific director of
CIBERNED, Adolfo López de…
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark has laid
the foundation stone for the new F-35 Campus at Skrydstrup, which
in the future will house Denmark’s future F-35 fighter aircraft.
His Royal Highness was given the opportunity to inspect an honorary
guard set up for the…
King Harald has given an audience at the
Royal Palace on the occasion of this year’s presentation of “The
Royal Guard`s Watch” and “Brigadier Leif Schanche’s Honour”. The
chief of the Norwegian royal guards, Lieutenant Colonel Trond
Forbregd, presented the awards to the guards in the presence of the
King on June 18th 2021. Soldier Unnar L. Hauksson from Sogndal
received The…
