Norway

Queen Sonja opens trio of art displays

Opening exhibitions is not unfamiliar for Europe’s royalty, but opening three displays on the same evening is probably rarer. However, Queen Sonja did just that when she made the trip to the new Munch Museum in Oslo. The director welcomed the Norwegian Queen in the museum’s Grand Hall. Her Majesty officially opened three new exhibitions, which in the future will adorn the vast new museum…
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Denmark

Princess Marie says family relationship with Crown Prince and Princess is "complicated"

Princess Marie of Denmark has said their family’s relationship with the Crown Prince Family is “complicated.” During an interview she and her husband, Prince Joachim, gave to BT, the couple spoke about Queen Margrethe’s decision to strip royal titles from Joachim’s four children. Prince Joachim stated that his children (Princes Nikolai, Felix, Henrik and Princess Athena) felt…
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Princess Märtha Louise pays tribute to late ex-husband on what would have been his 50th birthday

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway shared memories of her late ex-husband, Ari Behn, on Instagram over the weekend, marking what would have been his 50th birthday. In an emotional post filled with pictures of Behn, Princess Märtha Louise wrote, “Dear Ari. Today we celebrated you.” “We should have put muffins to bed while singing the birthday song in the morning. Later we would have…
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The Laws of Succession in...Norway

King Harald of Norway has comfortably reigned for 31 years and his succession is shored up by his son Crown Prince Haakon and granddaughter Princess Ingrid Alexandra. The succession to the Norwegian throne is set out in the country’s constitution, in Article 6, which…
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The Laws of Succession in...Denmark

Queen Margrethe of Denmark has been celebrating her Golden Jubilee throughout the year, but it’s only thanks to the updated laws of succession that she was able to inherit from her father. In 1953, King Frederick IX was comfortably on the Danish throne but the succession was anything but sorted. The king’s children were three young girls: Princess Margarethe, born in 1940, Princess…
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