Norway

Crown Princess Mette Marit meets five of her patronages virtually

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14th January 2022
Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway is patron to dozens of organisations and she had a busy day talking to five of them by digital audience. The royal patronage scheme has a long historical tradition and today serves as a recognition of organizations and events in important areas of society. Crown Princess Mette-Marit received representatives of her permanent patronages in audience. The…
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Crown Princess Mette Marit attends choir rehearsal

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2nd December 2021
The pre-Christmas period is hectic for choirs all over the world. Crown Princess Mette Marit was present at the Norwegian Girls’ Choir rehearsal as they prepared for Christmas. The Crown Princess, who is the choir’s high patron, wanted to get to know the choir and its activities better. During the busy pre-Christmas period, a number of well-known and beloved Christmas songs were…
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Norway

Crown Princess Mette Marit and Princess Martha Louise took out a loan to by artwork of Queen Sonja

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18th November 2021
Crown Princess Mette Marit and her sister-in-law Princess Martha Louise of Norway once took out a loan to buy a famous painting of Queen Sonja. The source of this special news is none other than Queen Sonja personally. This is one of several interesting pieces of information that were published on Wednesday this week when a completely new book about Queen Sonja was published in Norway. It…
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima touch down in Oslo for State Visit to Norway

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9th November 2021
Following almost two years of restrictions and shutdowns, life is beginning to go back to how it was before, albeit with some remanence of the trauma we collectively lived through. State visits are starting to reappear on heads of states’ calendars, and on 9 November, the Dutch state visit to Norway began.  King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and the outgoing Dutch Minister of…
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