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Crown Princess Victoria talks climate, her children’s involvement, and her sadness about Princess Madeleine’s move to the US

Following a whirlwind five day visit to New York for a United Nations Summit, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden returned to Stockholm today. The trip was a great success with the Crown Princess giving a speech in the General Assembly, spending time with some of the world’s top climate researches and meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Speaking at the UN headquarters before…
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Norway

Queen Sonja opens art exhibition in France

On Sunday, Her Majesty Queen Sonja began her two-day visit to France. Her Majesty Queen Sonja was present during the opening of the exhibition “Forces de la Nature” at the National Ceramics Museum in Sèvres. The display is a tribute to Norwegian creativity in modern…
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The royals you can expect to see at the UN this week

As the United Nations plans to hold its annual General Assembly in New York, royals from several royal families from across the globe will be in attendance for the 73rd session. The royal families of Belgium, Denmark, Jordan, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Tonga will be represented in New York City this year. Queen Mathilde of the Belgians arrived in New York this weekend and attended an…
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Norway

Queen Sonja opens new exhibition in Queen Sonja’s Art Stable

After being closed for a few weeks, Queen Sonja’s Art Stable in Oslo is now open again with a brand new exhibition. It was Her Majesty The Queen who opened the brand new show on Thursday evening. During the summer, visitors could see the Norwegian national costumes which are privately owned by the members of the Royal Family. Now a new and more modern exhibition has taken over the old stable…
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Norway

Crown Prince Haakon visited the Civil Defence

Yesterday, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway visited the Civil Defence in Drammen. His visit was to thank them for the extraordinary efforts of the Civil Defence and emergency services during the summer’s drought and forest fires that ravaged in the…
Denmark

Princess Marie visits Danish Food Bank

On Tuesday, Princess Marie visited FoedevareBanken – the Danish Food Bank – in Copenhagen, as part of her involvement in the fight against food waste in Denmark. The NGO’s motto is “From Food Waste to Meals” (‘Fra Madspild til Maltid’). FoedevareBanken is a nonprofit organisation fighting food waste and food poverty in Denmark. It was founded as a voluntary association in…
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