Yesterday, more than 500 former
participants were invited to the SIKT five-year celebrations at the
Royal Palace in Oslo on the special invitation of his Royal
Highness the Crown Prince. Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess
Mette Marit and Queen Sonja were present during the celebrations.
Following an introduction by HRH Crown Prince Haakon, Berkeley
Professor Morten Hansen held a lecture on…
Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid
Alexandra of Norway, unveiled this Friday four new sculptures in
Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s Sculpture Park in the Palace Park by
the Royal Palace in Oslo. The Princess was accompanied by her
grandmother, Her Majesty Queen Sonja. The…
On Tuesday, His Royal Highness Crown
Prince Haakon of Norway signed an agreement with the UN Development
Programme, UNDP, where he is committed to continuing his efforts as
a goodwill ambassador for their programme. The Crown Prince
received UNDP’s leader, Achim…
His Majesty King Harald of Norway
participated Monday in the award ceremony for the prestigious Abel
Prize. The Abel Prize for 2018 was awarded to Professor Robert
Langlands, the man behind the programme that connects
representation theory and numerical theory mathematics at a very
high level. His Majesty the King received the prize winner in an
audience at the Royal Palace before handing out the…
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…
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 Royal Court’s official calendar had
also not confirmed that the Queen was to participate. During the
summer season…
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…
Last week it was announced that King
Harald of Norway had to go on medical leave the rest of last week
following pain in his foot. On Monday, the King was back at work;
now he has performed his first official task in public following
the medical leave. On Friday, His Majesty…
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…
