This year, in 2020, marks 75 years since
World War II ended. It’s also 80 years since war came to the
monarchies of Norway and Denmark. While the Danish royal family was
taken prisoner by the Germans, the Norwegian royal family managed
to escape from the Germans and carry on the war for the next five
years from exile. Following the German attack on Norway on April 9,
1940, Crown Princess…
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…
On Tuesday, His Majesty presented the
National Association for Public Health Research Prizes for 2020.
Ulrik Wisløff received the National Association for Public Health’s
Heart Research Award today. This year’s winners of the Dementia
Research Award was Anders…
King Harald of Norway has ordered the
declassification of secret spy documents. This was made public by
the Norwegian government last Sunday and reported by Norwegian
media. This is very rare and has only happened a few times in
recent history. It was during the weekly Council of State at the
Royal Palace in Oslo on January 10 2020 that graded documents from
the Norwegian secret services was…
King Harald resumes his monarchical duties after two-week sick leave
23rd January 2020
After being sick for two weeks, there was
great excitement about what was going to happen to King Harald. The
media wondered if the King wanted an extended sick leave or whether
he was healthy enough to resume his duties as the monarch after
Crown Prince Haakon has been…
King Harald was scheduled to attend on
Tuesday of this week the official opening of a large oil field, the
so-called Johan Sverdrup field, in the North Sea. Due to the
stresses of Ari Behn’s death, the Royal Court announced Monday
afternoon that the King cannot attend.
On Tuesday this week, His Majesty King
Harald of Norway is to fly out into the North Sea with Prime
Minister Erna Solberg and Oil and Energy Minister Sylvi Listhaug.
There, the King will attend the solemn opening of Norway’s third
largest oil field. This has created strong reactions from Norwegian
and international climate politicians. “The opening of the Johan
Sverdrup field is nothing to…
On Friday, the funeral took place for Ari
Behn, the former husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, at
Oslo Cathedral. Ari Behn died last week after taking his own life
on Christmas Day aged 47. Many royals and members of the Behn
family attended the funeral which…
King Harald of Norway is ill - Crown Prince Haakon appointed regent
19th December 2019
His Majesty King Harald of Norway is ill.
The Royal Court has informed the public that for the duration of
the King’s sickness, Crown Prince Haakon will be appointed as
temporary regent of Norway. The Royal Court informs the public that
His Majesty has a viral…
On Tuesday, Their Majesties the King and
Queen of Norway along with Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince
and Crown Princess were in Oslo for the presentation of the Nobel
Peace Prize for 2019. The winner this year was the Ethiopian Prime
Minister Abiy Ahmed. In their statement, the Nobel Peace Prize
committee wrote: “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced that
the Nobel Peace Prize for…
