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…
Princess Märtha Louise’s ex-husband, Ari
Behn, was buried Friday after a funeral at Oslo Cathedral. Since he
took his life on Christmas Day, Princess Märtha Louise has been
silent about her ex-husband’s death. On Friday evening, she made
the following…
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…
On the first day of the New Year, it is a
tradition that Norway’s Prime Minister gives a New Year’s speech.
This happens exactly one day following the speech of His Majesty
King Harald. Both the King and the Prime Minister had to change and
re-record their speeches following the suicide of Ari Behn, the
former husband of Princess Märtha Louise. The Prime Minister
highlighted suicide and…
According to the official program for
Queen Sonja of Norway, the Queen should have opened a new art
exhibition on Thursday of this week. The Queen’s participation in
the opening has been announced for several weeks. Now, the Royal
Court has removed this planned…
Being kidnapped is perhaps a royal’s
biggest nightmare. Fortunately, this has not happened in recent
times. Still, many have made plans to kidnap royals, but they have
fortunately failed. A rather unknown story of a kidnapping attempt
was aimed at the then 26-year-old…
Christmas tends to be a pleasant time,
especially for the royals. When it comes to the Norwegian Royal
Family, they have many good Christmas traditions that make
Christmas a pleasant time. There is, however, a period when
Christmas for the Royal Family from Norway was not very pleasant,
namely during World War II. Germany invaded Norway on 9 April 1940.
This led to a five-year occupation. While…
The suicide of Princess Märtha Louise’s
former husband, Ari Behn, was as a huge shock to the entire
Norwegian population. Nearly all liked Ari Behn very well, and he
had a special place in the heart of the Norwegian people. The
family was open from the beginning…
Taking a look at “Kongsseteren” – The Norwegian Royals Christmas home
25th December 2019
Every year, the Norwegian King and Queen
celebrate Christmas at the grand royal lodge called “Kongsseteren”
in the expensive neighbourhood of Holmenkollen in Oslo. Let us take
a look at this magnificent royal property. “Kongsseteren”, formerly
called The Kings…
The Norwegian Royal Court could this week
announce that His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon will visit
Kenya and Mozambique in February of next year. The Crown Prince is
preparing to visit Kenya and Mozambique from 10 to 13 February
2020. Minister of Development Dag-Inge Ulstein and Minister of
Digitisation Nikolai Astrup will accompany the Crown Prince on his
journey. The visit will help…
