Norway

That time Crown Prince Haakon was almost kidnapped

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28th December 2019
Being kidnapped is perhaps a royal’s biggest nightmare. Fortunately, this has not happened in recent times. Still, many have made plans to kidnap royals, but they have fortunately failed. A rather unknown story of a kidnapping attempt was aimed at the then 26-year-old Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon in 1999.The kidnapping attempt was kept secret for a long time, and we still don’t…
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit opens Frankfurt Book Fair

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17th October 2019
Crown Princess Mette-Marit opened the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany on Wednesday alongside her husband, Crown Prince Haakon.The couple had been on a literature train with Norwegian authors travelling from Berlin to Cologne and on to Frankfurt where the world’s largest book fair was finally opened.The Royal Court said that 2,000 were in attendance and an expected 300,000 are…
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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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Norway's Crown Prince Family holds football match at Skaugum

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29th May 2019
On Wednesday, the Norwegian Crown Prince Family held their annual football match at their home in Asker. The team of the Crown Prince Family was strengthened by, among others, Lise Klaveness, Ståle Solbakken and Frode Grodås, as well as the famous artist Astrid S. Additionally, former football player Jan Åge Fjørtoft was the team leader for the royal team. Furthermore, the team was made up of…
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