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.
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway has opened the annual youth business championship in Norway. The competition will this year be digital because of the corona-virus, and participation is already record high.
His Royal Highness said: “I think we need your ideas…
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…
It has been 80 years since the German invasion of Norway. Hitler was looking for the Norwegian royal family, and for a while, he also tried to get the 3-year-old Prince Harald to rule the nation as a child king. The royal family managed to escape and lived in exile in the UK and the US for the next five years. The Royal Palace in Oslo was abandoned quickly; there was no time to take all the…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon has over the last weeks been the most active working member of the Norwegian Royal Family. The Crown Prince is working from his home, the Skaugum Estate, to help the Norwegian people get through the coronavirus pandemic.
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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…
Norway’s present collection of royal regalia consists of nine pieces. They include three crowns – the king’s crown, the queen’s crown and the crown prince’s crown. However, this was made in 1818 for the coronation of King Karl XVI Johan. Norway had at least one monarchical royal crown before this, but that one is lost. What happened to it?
We know that the first Norwegian…
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…
On short notice, Sunday evening, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway held a live televised speech to the Norwegian people regarding the ongoing outbreak of the coronavirus. The speech was held at the Royal Lodge which lies just outside Oslo. This is where both King Harald…
King Harald and Queen Sonja are currently in Jordan on a state visit. One of the things they are doing there is promoting Norwegian solar panel technology. At the same time they are considering installing full solar panels on the roof of the castle in Oslo.
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Norwegian state visit to Jordan started on Monday, and with them, they have
large economic delegation. Among them are some of…
