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Norway’s Crown Prince and Crown Princess to visit Estonia this week

It has been announced that Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway are undertaking an official two-day visit to Estonia starting on Wednesday this week to mark the country’s centennial. It comes as part of a larger visit to the Baltic region which began in Latvia today and will continue in Lithuania before concluding in Estonia. The three countries are of great importance to…
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Flashback Friday: Norwegian royals explain why Norway is the happiest country on earth

In 2017, Norway was voted the happiest country on earth by the World Happiness Report. The Scandinavian nation had ranked fourth in the previous two years but jumped three spots last year to take the crown from their fellow Scandinavian country, Denmark. To find out why it is the happiest country on the planet, CNN’s Vanessa Yurkevich spoke to Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon and…
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit speaks about her disease

In late November, it became publicly known that Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway suffered from Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. On Tuesday of this week, the Crown Princess was interviewed on the popular radio channel P3 in Norway. Then, she commented on her…
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Norwegian royals attend awarding of Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

Their Majesties The King and Queen and Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Norway were all in Oslo yesterday for the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017, which was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The awards ceremony was held in the Central Hall of Oslo City Hall, and the Peace Prize Laureate was presented to ICAN…
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit reveals that Princess Ingrid Alexandra should have had a different name

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway opened the exhibition “The Queen Yes” Tuesday in the city of Trondheim. During her opening speech, she came with a fun story about her daughter, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Norway’s future queen. The Crown Princess said: “We actually intended to call Ingrid Alexandra, Tyra Eufemia, but we thought it was so special that we did not dare to do it. “Had…
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