Crown Prince Haakon has started making
digital visits trough video-link to other nations. Last week Crown
Prince Haakon visited several nations in the Middle East, and he
made a digital visit to the small Norwegian town of Hammerfest.
Hammerfest had several outbreaks of Covid-19 in the autumn. His
Royal Highness met representatives from the municipality via video
link. Hammerfest is a small…
The Crown Prince of Norway has revealed
he talks often with his father about the moment he will become
king. On Saturday evening the Norwegian TV-channel TV2 published a
longer interview with Crown Prince Haakon. The interview was
recorded earlier this year and the Crown…
At a time when the coronavirus pandemic
continues, royal travel to other nations is rare. So this week, the
Crown Prince of Norway has traveled digitally to several nations in
the Middle East to learn more about the Norwegian relief work given
to disadvantaged countries.
At the Royal Palace in Oslo Friday
morning, the President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid, was received
in audience by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon. President
Kaljulaid is has traveled to Norway on an official visit. Norway
and Estonia have a close bond as politically and militarily allied
nations through NATO and Nordic co-operation with the Baltics. It
was originally intended for…
Crown Prince Regent Haakon, together with
his mother Queen Sonja, have received leaders of the Norwegian
health authorities at the Royal Palace in Oslo. The royals invited
them to lunch on October 29th 2020 to thank them for their ongoing
work during the pandemic. For…
Crown Prince Haakon, Regent of Norway,
has visited the former Falstad prison camp in Trøndelag. During the
visit to Falstad, Crown Prince Haakon met three school students
from Trondheim and students from Ole Vig upper secondary school in
Stjørdal. The middle school…
Crown Prince Haakon was present as the
Church of Norway marked the appointment of a new president in the
Episcopal Conference, a new church meeting and a new church council
with a special service in the Nidaros Cathedral The Norwegian
Church’s new president, Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit, was installed
during a service in Nidaros Cathedral on 10 May this year. Due to
the infection control…
Crown Prince Haakon has spoken publicly
about his father’s health for the first time since King Harald
underwent heart surgery. It was during a visit to the city of
Trondheim, on October 11th 2020, that the Crown Prince was asked by
reporters whether the King’s…
On Friday morning, His Majesty King
Harald underwent heart surgery to replace a heart valve he first
had operated on in 2005. It has now been confirmed that His
Majesty’s operation is complete and was successful. The full
statement from the Royal Court states…
Today is a historic day for the Norwegian
people. For the first time in 30 years, the solemn and traditional
opening of the Norwegian Parliament has been made by a crown prince
and not the king of the nation. In a shortened ceremony, due to the
pandemic, Crown Prince Haakon opened the 156th session of the
Storting, the Norwegian parliament. Queen Sonja was also present
during the ceremony. On…
