Norway celebrates its National Day on May
17 and the celebration will be smaller this year due to the
pandemic. However, the Norwegian royal family has now announced
their plans for the special celebration of Norway’s constitution.
Even without the traditional children’s parade at the Royal Palace,
the royal family will be the centre of a gathering at the palace
this year. The…
his year marks 30 years since King Harald
ascended the Norwegian throne after the death of his father, King
Olav V. The anniversary of King Harald and Queen Sonja cannot be
celebrated in the traditional way due to the pandemic, but Queen
Margrethe of Denmark has sent a…
King Harald and Queen Sonja have received
the second and final dose of coronavirus vaccine. The Royal Court
presented the news in a short statement to the state TV channel
NRK, which reported it on February 4th 2021. The following
statement was made to NRK: “King…
This year it is 30 years since King
Harald and Queen Sonja became monarchs in Norway after the death of
King Olav V. There will be no grand celebration this year due to
the pandemic, but the King and Queen have therefore in
collaboration with the state TV channel NRK made a documentary
series where they talk about the 50 state visits that have been
made in the last 30 years. In the first episode…
On Sunday 17 January 2021, it was 30
years since the start of the reign of Their Majesties King Harald
and Queen Sonja of Norway following the death of His Majesty King
Olav V. While the Silver Jubilee, five years ago, was celebrated
throughout the year, this anniversary…
King Harald and Her Majesty Queen Sonja
have received the coronavirus vaccine. The announcement was made in
a statement from the Royal Court on January 13th 2021 which
confirmed that Harald and Sonja, both aged 83, had been given the
jab. The statement says: “His…
King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince
Haakon have marked the beginning of the new Norwegian royal year in
a sad way. The three royals visited the people of Gjerdrum after
the catastrophic quick clay landslide that started on December 30th
2020. So far, seven people have been confirmed dead, while three
people are still missing. Another ten people are injured and still
more than 1.000 are…
King Harald and Queen Sonja have both
tested negative for Covid-19. His Majesty the King and Her Majesty
the Queen are out of quarantine and back to work from Friday 27
November. All employees at the Palace who were quarantined have
also tested negative and are on their way…
No more cases of Covid-19 have so far
been discovered at the Norwegian Royal Court after an employee was
diagnosed with coronavirus at the end of last week. Still King
Harald, Queen Sonja and parts of the staff at the Royal Court are
in quarantine. This weekend an update…
BREAKING: King Harald and Queen Sonja in quarantine after Royal Court employee tests positive for Covid
19th November 2020
King Harald and Queen Sonja are in
quarantine after a Royal Court employee tested positive for
Covid-19. The Royal Court made the announcement on November 19th
2020. King Harald has, as a result of this, gone into self-imposed
home quarantine. Queen Sonja is also in quarantine as a result of
close contact with the person in question. As of now both the King
and Queen are well and have shown…
