His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, has, the last two days, participated in the international military exercise “Joint Viking” which takes place in northern Norway. The exercise aims to strengthen the military cooperation within NATO and between the Nordic nations.
The military exercise “Joint Viking” takes place from 6 to 15 March in an area stretching from Alta to…
Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway participated Monday morning in a voluntary distribution of breakfast to the poor in Oslo.
Long before the Crown Prince and Crown Princess came to hand out food, more than 100 had got in line…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway concludes today a three-day long visit to New York. His Royal Highness visited New York to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This is an organisation that the Crown Prince supports, and he has…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway attended the presentation of the award for “Role Model of the Year”. This occurs just a few days after the Crown Prince has returned from a four-day long official visit to Canada together with Crown Princess Mette-Marit.
The prize was awarded at the Norwegian Nobel Center and was presented by Solveig Horne, Minister for Children…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway is embroiled in a scandal in Norway. Allegedly, he rented out five flats that had been deemed unsafe to live in on his official estate, Skaugum.
According to The Sunday Times, the heir to the Norwegian throne was ordered to remove petrol that…
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway attended events today to mark 5 years since the tragic terror attacks in 2011.
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At 9:30am CEST, the Crown Prince and Princess were present at the commemoration in the government quarter of…
Crown Prince of Norway receives Honorary Degree from Northumbria University
26th June 2016
Northumbria University in Newcastle has conferred an Honorary Degree on His Royal Highness, The Crown Prince of Norway. Crown Prince Haakon was presented with the Doctor of Civil Law degree at the Royal Palace in Oslo by Professor Andrew Wathey CBE, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Northumbria University, and Chris Sayers, Chair of the Board of Governors for Northumbria.
With the Honorary…
As the younger of King Harald and Queen Sonja’s two children, Haakon Magnus was born on 20 July 1973. He has one older sister, Princess Märtha Louise, but due to the Salic law at the time, she was not allowed to inherit the throne. This law was changed in 1990 to…
Norway was in mourning this weekend, following the tragic helicopter crash off the coast of Bergen, the country’s second largest city, on Friday. The Airbus EC-225 helicopter had been ferrying staff from an offshore Statoil rig in the Gullfaks B oilfield before the…
King Harald V of Norway is approaching a major anniversary in his Kingship. On 17 January 2016 he will mark 25 years on the throne. We take a look at his life so far!
King Harald V was born on 21 February 1937 as the third child and only son of Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. His godparents were Haakon VII of Norway, Queen Maud of Norway, Prince Carl of Sweden, Princess Ingeborg…
