Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway was
welcomed to a closed reception at the Royal Palace in Oslo on
Monday afternoon. The reception marked the end of this summer’s
exhibition. Among the guests were representatives of the partners
behind the exhibition, primarily the Norwegian Opera & Ballet, but
also the National Museum, which has made a number of Queen Maud’s
outfits available…
Most royalty have some kind of monogram.
Most royals also have a personal and a family coat of arms. The
monograms are for more personal use than the coat of arms, and
therefore, we do not see them so often. In Norway, the case is that
the King’s monogram is used by…
King Harald on water pollution: "This is one of the most serious things we can experience"
21st June 2019
Last time the small town of Askøy was
visited by royals was in 1611. On Thursday, King Harald and Queen
Sonja visited the people at Askøy for a very special reason. To
conclude the county tour of Hordaland the royals visited Askøy and
the people here who have faced…
This week, King Harald and Queen Sonja
are visiting western parts of their kingdom. This is the first time
the queen has taken part in engagements after she had to cancel her
participation during the State Visit from South Korea last week due
to an infection in her leg. On Tuesday, the king and queen visited
the two municipalities, Jondal and Odda. Five municipalities in
Hordaland are to be…
Yesterday, Her Majesty Queen Sonja of
Norway was back at work following the news last week that she had
an infection in the leg. Together with her husband, His Majesty the
King, they started their county tour to Hordaland in the western
part of Norway. It was on Tuesday of…
On Tuesday June 11th 2019, the president
of South Korea started his two-day long state visit to Norway. On
June 13th, the visit in Oslo was concluded in the morning before
the royals and the president-couple travelled on to Bergen to visit
western Norway. The day was started…
A two-day state visit from South Korea to
the Kingdom of Norway got underway on Wednesday. President Moon
Jae-in and Ms Kim Jung–sook were met by Crown Prince Haakon at
Oslo’s Grand Hotel. Together they departed for the Royal Palace
where, following the short drive from the hotel, they arrived at a
grand welcome ceremony. The King inspects his soldiers before the
President arrives. Photo…
On Friday, Norway celebrated National Day
– a day when Norway celebrates its constitution, which, just behind
the constitution to the United States, is the oldest in the world
still in use. The day was celebrated from early morning until late
in the evening, and the…
After a well earned rest day, the King
and Queen of Norway have started the conclusion of their long state
visit to Chile. King Harald and Queen Sonja used their day off to
move further south in the country. Now, the royals have arrived in
the southernmost part of Chile in…
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway are
currently on their state visit to Chile. They arrived in Santiago
on Tuesday, and Wednesday, they were received by the President of
Chile and used the day for political conversations. The state
visit’s third day began with a business seminar. The day started
nicely for the royals, and it was His Majesty King Harald who
opened the workshop with the…
