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 from the Royal Court was issued in an e-mail to the Norwegian news agency NTB. In an email to NTB, communications manager…
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway receives the Estonian President in audience
20th November 2020
At the Royal Palace in Oslo Friday morning, the President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid, was received in audience by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon. President Kaljulaid is has traveled to Norway on an official visit.
Norway and Estonia have a close bond as…
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…
The main camp of Norway’s Royal Guard in Oslo has been infected by Covid-19. A total of six people have been diagnosed with coronavirus. On October 26th the Armed Forces wrote that three employees and two soldiers in the camp had been diagnosed with the infection. The five are in the same squad in His Majesty the King’s Guard.
Two days later, another case of infection was reported.
King Harald has recovered from his heart surgery in October and is now back at work. King Harald was declared healthy enough to be able to resume duties from 1 November, Oslo’s Royal Palace said in a short statement to the press.
According to the program published…
Norway may get a Royal “Mount Rushmore” with the face of King Harald
27th October 2020
The Norwegian municipality of Bjerkreim and mountain-owner Arvid Mæland want to make a Norwegian Mount Rushmore, with the face of King Harald. The proposal has received support and those behind the idea are now looking at making it a reality.
Farmer Arvid Mæland has…
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, daughter of King Harald and the fourth in line to the Norwegian throne, will have her own TV series next year. Norway’s largest commercial TV-channel “TV2” will follow the Princess’s life both at work and in private. The TV channel promises a documentary series that provides “a unique encounter with a warm person like you have never seen her…
Crown Prince Haakon visits Norwegian World War Two detention camp
21st October 2020
Crown Prince Haakon, Regent of Norway, has visited the former Falstad prison camp in Trøndelag. During the visit to Falstad, Crown Prince Haakon met three school students from Trondheim and students from Ole Vig upper secondary school in Stjørdal. The middle school…
In a new book about King Harald which will be published in Norway this autumn, the King talks about his views on the future of the Norwegian monarchy and the relationship he has with his own son, the future king and present Crown Prince of Norway.
When the king looks…
This year, the Royal families of Europe have faced, along with all of us, a new type of crisis, a global pandemic. In a new book about King Harald which will be published in Norway this autumn, the King shares his views on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and how this has affected him and the royal family. King Harald and Queen Sonja were themselves quarantined after a state visit to Jordan in…
