Norway

Crown Prince Haakon comments his father’s medical leave

It was announced yesterday by the Norwegian Royal Court that King Harald is on medical leave, due to pain in his foot. Crown Prince Haakon commented on this when he met the Norwegian press during the last day of his Baltic trip.Since the medical leave was announced, it has also been announced that His Majesty will only be away from his work the rest of this week. King Harald is, therefore…
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Norway's Crown Prince Couple concludes their Baltic tour

After four days on tour through three Baltic nations, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit completed their journey in the Baltic Sea on Thursday afternoon. Their four-day tour was concluded in Estonia yesterday. This day…
Norway

Norwegian Crown Prince Couple visits Estonia

The Crown Prince Couple of Norway has continued their Baltic tour from Latvia on Monday to Lithuania on Tuesday. Wednesday was kicked off in Lithuania before the Crown Prince and Crown Princess went on to the last of the Baltic nations, Estonia where they spent the day and…
Norway

Crown Prince Haakon to take on regency as King Harald is on medical leave

His Majesty King Harald of Norway is on medical leave from today due to pain in the foot. During this time, Crown Prince Haakon will act as regent. This was announced by the royal court at Oslo Palace Wednesday afternoon. It is uncertain how long the King will be unable to work. Those who have seen King Harald can confirm that the King has always walked a bit strange. This is due to a…
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Norway

Norwegian Crown Prince Couple visits Lithuania

This week, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit perform a four-day journey to the Baltic nations to celebrate their 100 years as independent states after they declared themselves independent from Russia in 1918. Yesterday, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess…
Norway

Norwegian Crown Prince Couple visits Latvia

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway started their four-day visit to the three Baltic States today. As announced earlier this year by the Norwegian Royal Court, Their Royal Highnesses are travelling to the Baltic…
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Crown Prince Haakon to visit mining industry in Vestfold

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway will travel to the county of Vestfold next Tuesday, 17 April, to visit member companies of Norsk Bergindustri. The Crown Prince’s visit to the Norwegian mineral industry association is in recognition of the groups 10th anniversary, which they are marking this year. Norsk Bergindustri is the primary industry association for the entire Norwegian…
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Norway

New extraordinary Council of State held in Oslo

There was another meeting held yesterday in the form of an extraordinary Council of State in Norway following the political crisis that occurred before Easter. The meeting was announced just a few hours before it was held in the Council of State Hall at the Royal Palace in…
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How much did the Scandinavian royal families work in 2017?

At the end of each year, we can study and comment on the work of the British Royal Family. The UFO No More team decided to look at the work of the Scandinavian royal families which is something that is not always done. Before going into the numbers, a little disclaimer. These numbers represent the days worked by each member of the royal families based on their official calendar. Of course, there…
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