Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit have attended a peace service for Ukraine at Oslo’s Trinity Church.
The Crown Prince Couple joined the clergy of various denominations and Ukrainians in Norway at the service on Tuesday night. Minister of Justice and Emergency Management Emilie Enger Mehl attended on behalf of the Norwegian government.
When the couple…
Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Norway attend memorial service for Desmond Tutu
10th January 2022
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway have attended a memorial service for the late South African activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Oslo Cathedral.
The Crown Prince Couple and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre attended the service on Sunday, 9…
January
King Harald set the tone for the year with his New Year’s Eve speech, noting: “The hope will carry us all into 2021.”
Sadly, 2021 began on a sad note for the Norwegian Royal Family. They paid a visit to Gjerdrum, the site of a devastating landslide…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit recorded a video greeting to mark the beginning of this year’s 2021 Food and Health Conference, calling the knowledge of how food and health connect as “absolutely necessary for us as humans.”
In the short video greeting shared on the Norwegian Royal Family’s YouTube account, Crown Princess Mette-Marit elaborates on this sentiment, saying: “Their work…
The royal guests at the wedding of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway
25th August 2021
When Crown Prince Haakon of Norway wed his commoner bride, Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby, on 25 August 2001, Norwegian royals, foreign royals, friends and government officials were in the congregation.
As the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Norway mark their 20th wedding…
A 'dream' dress and a present of sparking diamonds for the 21st century's first royal bride
25th August 2021
Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby walked into Oslo Cathedral as a modern-day Cinderella on 25 August 2001. She didn’t choose a stereotypical ‘princess’ type of wedding gown, instead opting for a more subtle and understated gown by Ove Harder Finseth. Finseth and…
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary on 25 August, and from the moment they married, they set out to become a modern Norwegian couple while maintaining a full roster of royal engagements.
As we celebrate this milestone, let’s take a look at the past 20 years for Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and how they carved out a…
Norway’s royal couple and Crown Prince Couple recently met many of those who survived the terrorist attack on Utøya in Norway in 2011. This year marks ten years since the terrorist attack on the young people on Utøya and on the government quarter in Oslo. The Royal…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit thanks midwives for "important work" they do every day
6th May 2021
Crown Princess Mette-Marit thanked midwives for their work, marking International Day of the Midwife on Wednesday.
In a video message shared on the Norwegian Royal Family’s YouTube page, Crown Princess Mette-Marit said, “Midwives have one of the most important jobs in…
On Tuesday, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway visited the Aurora workshop – a working community of artists with and without disabilities in Bærum. Ceramics, textiles, clothing and paper have been produced at the workshop, despite a pandemic and strict infection control measures.
The Crown Princess said: “I am happy that the workplace has been able to stay open during the pandemic…
