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Crown Princess Mette-Marit talks about her difficult childhood in new book

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4th September 2019
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit revealed on Tuesday her brand new book together with the author, Geir Gulliksen. The new book from the Crown Princess is the anthology “Homeland and other stories” published by Aschehoug publishing house. The book reveals, among other things, that Mette-Marit shaved off all her hair in year three in high school, and that her family just…
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Crown Princess Mette Marit brings her "literature train" to Germany

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13th June 2019
Early in May, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway hosted the “literature metro” together with her husband, the Crown Prince. Because of her health, Her Royal Highness has this year, chosen to switch out her annual “literature train” to a more urban “literature metro”. Instead of using some of Norway’s long and remote train lines to promote literature to young people, she used the…
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Norway’s Royal Family celebrates National Day

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17th May 2019
On Friday, Norway celebrated National Day – a day when Norway celebrates its constitution, which, just behind the constitution to the United States, is the oldest in the world still in use. The day was celebrated from early morning until late in the evening, and the…
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit hosts “literature metro” in Oslo

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10th May 2019
On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit hosted the “literature metro” together with her husband, the Crown Prince. Because of her health, Her Royal Highness has this year, chosen to switch out her annual “literature train” to a more urban “literature metro”. Instead of using some of Norway’s long and remote train lines to promote…
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Norwegian Royal Family joined by Danish Queen Margrethe at traditional ski jump at Holmenkollen

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11th March 2019
Members of the Norwegian Royal Family were joined by Queen Margrethe of Denmark yesterday at the traditional ski jump at Holmenkollen. Queen Margrethe is currently on her annual holiday in Norway and decided to visit her Norwegian counterparts for a few winter sports. Her son, Crown Prince Frederik is presently serving as Regent until she returns to Denmark. The royals watched the ski jumps from…
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