European RoyalsNorway

Crown Prince Haakon steps in for King Harald to welcome Italian President Mattarella on State Visit

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13th May 2023
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway perfectly stepped in his father’s shoes to host a State Visit from the Italian President, Sergio Mattarella, who arrived in Oslo accompanied by his daughter Laura.  The Italian President, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and the rest of the delegation landed on Wednesday, 10 May, and were welcomed, among others, by the Italian Ambassador to Norway and…
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London visit by Crown Prince and Princess of Norway starts with literature celebration

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2nd March 2023
The Crown Prince and Princess of Norway have begun a visit to the United Kingdom to promote relations between Norway and the UK. The couple stuck to their respective interests on the first day: literature and green initiatives. Crown Prince Haakon began the day at a joint Norwegian-British business conference to talk about cooperation between companies in green industries, including…
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A future queen steps into the spotlight as a princess retreats from it: the Norwegian Royal Year

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30th December 2022
It was an important year in Norway as the future queen finally came of age, but that same year, her aunt stepped away from the spotlight. Let’s take a look at the Norwegian royal year. January The biggest news for the Norwegian Royal Family in January was Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th birthday. We covered what to expect from the celebrations—before the COVID-19 pandemic curbed…
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit oversees tribute to victims of Nazis

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2nd September 2022
Crown Princess Mette-Marit has attended a solemn ceremony in Oslo as ‘memorial stones’ were placed in the street to commemorate the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The stones, placed along the Akershusstranda, represent the victims of Nazism and are set in places where those victims once lived before their deportation and death. “The passers-by who discover the stones become aware of…
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