This week, King Harald and Queen Sonja
are visiting western parts of their kingdom. This is the first time
the queen has taken part in engagements after she had to cancel her
participation during the State Visit from South Korea last week due
to an infection in her leg. On Tuesday, the king and queen visited
the two municipalities, Jondal and Odda. Five municipalities in
Hordaland are to be…
Yesterday, Her Majesty Queen Sonja of
Norway was back at work following the news last week that she had
an infection in the leg. Together with her husband, His Majesty the
King, they started their county tour to Hordaland in the western
part of Norway. It was on Tuesday of…
On Monday afternoon, His Majesty King
Harald of Norway celebrated his patronage, the Norwegian-American
Association’s 100th anniversary. His Majesty the King was present
at the celebration of the Norway-America Association’s 100th
anniversary at Akershus…
Early in May, Crown Princess Mette-Marit
of Norway hosted the “literature metro” together with her husband,
the Crown Prince. Because of her health, Her Royal Highness has
this year, chosen to switch out her annual “literature train” to a
more urban “literature metro”. Instead of using some of Norway’s
long and remote train lines to promote literature to young people,
she used the…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of
Norway inspected the Royal Guard at Akershus Fortress on Friday
morning. There were two significant changes in this year’s program
for the annual inspection. First, the King was not present.
Secondly, the inspection was held at the…
On Wednesday morning, the Norwegian Royal
Court announced that His Majesty the King had invited the President
of South Korea for a state visit. The Korean president has accepted
the invitation and will visit Norway in mid-June of this year. The
visit marks the 60th…
Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid
Alexandra of Norway is changing schools this fall, according to a
press release Monday from the Royal Court in Oslo. The Royal Court
informed the press that the Princess and future queen would start
the 10th grade at Uranienborg School in Oslo in August. From 2014
to 2019, the Princess has been enrolled at Oslo International
School at Bekkestua. Earlier, from…
His Majesty King Harald of Norway
participated in the award ceremony for the prestigious Abel Prize
on Tuesday. The Abel Prize 2019 was awarded to Karen Keskulla
Uhlenbeck for her recent breakthrough in geometric partial
differential equations, gauging theory and integrable…
On Tuesday afternoon, His Majesty King
Harald announced the season-opening of the Norwegian Royal Yacht
“DS Norge”. Royal Central’s Senior Europe Correspondent Oskar
Aanmoen was among the journalists present. The Norwegian press took
the opportunity to ask some…
On Wednesday and Thursday of this week,
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit hosted the
“literature metro” together with her husband, the Crown Prince.
Because of her health, Her Royal Highness has this year, chosen to
switch out her annual “literature train” to a more urban
“literature metro”. Instead of using some of Norway’s long and
remote train lines to promote…
