On Sunday, 17 May, Norway celebrated its
national day. Although it was a completely different day than it
usually is, the Royal Family played an important role in this
national celebration, as well. Norway marks 17 May as its
Constitutional Day; it was on this date in 1814 that Prince
Christian Frederik of Denmark and Norway proclaimed Norway’s
constitution and was elected King of Norway.
This coming Sunday, Norway will celebrate
their national day. The day is usually centered around the royal
family with the main celebrations taking place in the areas
surrounding the royal palace in Oslo. More than 100,000 children
usually march past the royal palace to…
On Tuesday this week the world celebrated
International Nursing Day. Queen Sonja was actually set to attend a
seminar in Oslo on May 12, on the 200th anniversary of the birth of
Florence Nightingale. Nightingale is considered the founder of
modern nursing. The coronavirus…
King Harald and Queen Sonja was joined by
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit on Friday to
attend events commemorating Liberation Day and the National
Veterans Day at Akershus Fortress in Oslo. This is the first time
in months that the members of The Royal Family have appeared in
such a public context because of the ongoing public health
emergency. Photo: Oskar Aanmoen / Royal…
Each year a member of the Norwegian Royal
Family becomes the patron of state television channel NRK’s charity
broadcast. Last year, it was Queen Sonja. It’s just been announced
that in 2020, King Harald will take on the role. The NRK TV charity
campaign of 2020…
Oslo Municipality’s national day
committee met on Tuesday evening and concluded it won’t be possible
to carry out the annual national day celebration in the Norwegian
capital as usual. The parade is the most iconic part of Norway’s
grand national…
The Royal Norwegian Court has confirmed
to Norwegian press that the country’s Royal Family will have a
different Easter holiday this year, due to the spread of the
corona-virus. King Harald and Queen Sonja are in voluntarily
isolation at the King’s cabin just outside Oslo city centre. They
have been there since returning from their state visit to Jordan
one month ago. Here, the royals…
The fact that Europe’s queens and
princesses have good relationships with each other is well known.
But it’s more perhaps more unusual to hear about friendships
between Europe’s royals and Russian politicians. et this was
exactly what happened when Queen…
King Harald and Queen Sonja will be
isolated until mid-April. This was confirmed by the Royal Court on
Thursday morning in a short statement to the Norwegian newspaper
«Dagbladet». This is done because they are both at risk of serious
illness if they are infected with…
It was Thursday last week that King
Harald and Queen Sonja became two of tens of thousands of
Norwegians that were quarantined in their own homes. This happened
after the Norwegian government decided to introduce quarantine for
all Norwegians who had returned from abroad after 28 February as a
measure to reduce the risk of spread of the coronavirus in Norway,
which is severely affected by…
