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 talk, among other things, about
how the experiences from international operations can be used
nationally, about intelligence as…
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…
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 and the costumes. She sat in
the audience with her sister and the choreographer, observing the
entire ballet from…
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…
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 occasion on his arrival. Shortly after
arrival, the area was flown over by four F-16 aircraft before,
among others,, Minister of…
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…
June is royal wedding month in Sweden and
one particular date is filled with regal marriage memories. King
Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia wed on June 19th 1976 and their
eldest child and heir to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria, chose
the same date for her marriage to…
When Crown Princess Victoria married
Daniel Westling on 19 June 2010, she walked down the aisle in a
simple but bespoke gown by Swedish designer Pär Engsheden. [getty
src=”458388137″ width=”396″ height=”594″] The iconic pearl white
wedding gown was made of duchess satin with detachable a five-metre
train that was made to match the shape of the veil.
