Norway

King Harald calls for optimism during county tour

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31st August 2022
In recent times, the King and Queen of Norway have begun their post summer holiday engagements with a visit to one of their nation’s counties. It provides an opportunity to see slightly more distant parts of Norway. On August 30th 2022, the royals started a three day long visit to western Norway and King Harald and Queen Sonja had a clear message during their visit – now is a time for…
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Norway

Princess Astrid uses wheelchair for first time in public at special sports dinner

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13th May 2022
The pandemic has prevented the Norwegian, and other European, royal families from being able to hold larger dinners. But now, this is changing. Norway is now a country completely without any kind of restrictions. And so King Harald has hosted to a grand dinner to thank all the Norwegian athletes who participated in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing. In addition to the royal family…
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Norway

Queen Sonja to visit Venice

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21st March 2022
As pandemic restrictions ease, royal visits overseas are beginning again and Norway’s Royal Court has just confirmed that Queen Sonja will open the exhibition “The Sámi Pavilion” during the international art exhibition in Venice on 21 April. The exhibition…
Norway

King Harald makes first public appearance outside royal palace for months as he joins family at ski festival

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7th March 2022
The traditional Holmenkollen Ski Festival is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year, and with glorious sun and blue skies, the event became a great sports festival. Crown Prince Haakon was present during the women’s three mile cross country ski competition on March 5th 2022, and the winner, Therese Johaug, was praised for her fantastic sports career that she drew to a close this…
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Denmark

Queen Margrethe of Denmark to enjoy a private holiday alongside King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway

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2nd February 2022
For Queen Margrethe, a hectic week awaits, with all eyes on the celebrations surrounding Crown Princess Mary’s 50th birthday. On Saturday, the Crown Princess will mark her milestone birthday, with members of her family coming together to mark the occasion. Following on from this, Queen Margrethe will, for the first time in two years, resume her traditional winter holiday abroad. Her…
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