Southern Norway is now in an unusually warm period. A heat wave has hit the country and has lasted almost a month with temperatures of 30-32 degrees Celsius during the daytime. This is quite different from what the southern parts of Norway generally has – very low temperatures throughout the year. This heat wave has also affected the Norwegian Royal Guard. Now, measures have been taken to…
Several Norwegian royal properties will be secured against terror for £55 million in the next years, and the building of the security-facilities will soon begin.
The project has met criticism, as it has taken too long to put in place. But now it happens seven years after…
On Thursday, Norway observed its 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 Royal…
On Tuesday afternoon, King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the Norwegian Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy just outside Oslo.
The reason for this visit was because the King and Queen wanted to hear more about the plans to build the new museum. The new museum will be completed in a few years and be three times as large as the current museum. The King and Queen saw the various ships, the new film the…
Monday afternoon, His Majesty King Harald and Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway announced the season opening for the Norwegian Royal Yacht “DS Norge”. The unique thing was the Queen also participating this year. This is not common and has not happened for many years. The…
On Tuesday, His Majesty King Harald of Norway participated in the events in memory of the Liberation Day and the National Veterans Day at Akershus fortress in Oslo.
Every year, 8 May is a day where Norway honours all veterans, from World War II and up to today’s…
His Majesty King Harald V of Norway is today back at work as monarch of Norway again after he had to take a few days of medical leave last week as a result of pain in the foot. Even though His Majesty is back to work today, he has no official duties before Thursday.
Nevertheless, it is right to assume that although the King has no official duties before Thursday, some paperwork is expected for the…
It was announced yesterday by the Norwegian Royal Court that King Harald is on medical leave, due to pain in his foot. Crown Prince Haakon commented on this when he met the Norwegian press during the last day of his Baltic trip.Since the medical leave was announced, it…
This week, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit perform a four-day journey to the Baltic nations to celebrate their 100 years as independent states after they declared themselves independent from Russia in 1918. Yesterday, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess…
Norway's Royal Palace manager resigns following a serious breach of internal guidelines
24th April 2018
The manager of the Royal Palace in Oslo, Ragnar Osnes, has chosen to resign his position with immediate effect because of a breach in the Royal Court’s internal guidelines. This was announced Monday evening in a press release from the Norwegian Royal court.
In the press release, the Lord Chamberlain of the Norwegian Royal Court, Gry Mølleskog, stated: “This breach of trust is serious, and…
