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 celebrations that takes place on Constitution Day of
17 May every year. The parade leads through the streets of Oslo
before passing by…
This year, in 2020, marks 75 years since
World War II ended. It’s also 80 years since war came to the
monarchies of Norway and Denmark. While the Danish royal family was
taken prisoner by the Germans, the Norwegian royal family managed
to escape from the Germans and…
Crown Prince Haakon has, over the last
few weeks, held several video conferences and video meetings with
the authorities and other occupations who are heavily affected by
the coronavirus. On Thursday the Crown Prince was joined by his
wife Crown Princess Mette Marit for…
Crown Prince Haakon continues to stay busy while hosting video conference with three cleaning workers
1st April 2020
Crown Prince Haakon has, over the last
few weeks, held several video conferences and video meetings with
the authorities and other occupations who are heavily affected by
the coronavirus. On Tuesday, the Crown Prince was briefed via video
on the working life of three cleaners during the COVID-19 pandemic.
His Royal Highness started the conference by saying: “The work you
do in hospitals, in…
The Royal Norwegian Court has confirmed
to Norwegian press that the country’s Royal Family will have a
different Easter holiday this year, due to the spread of the
corona-virus. King Harald and Queen Sonja are in voluntarily
isolation at the King’s cabin just…
Since the outbreak of corona virus made
the working day different for most royals, Crown Prince Haakon has
stepped up his activity when it comes to getting online briefings
on important issues around fighting the virus. For the third time
in less than two weeks, the Crown…
The fact that Europe’s queens and
princesses have good relationships with each other is well known.
But it’s more perhaps more unusual to hear about friendships
between Europe’s royals and Russian politicians. et this was
exactly what happened when Queen Sonja first met the first
democratically elected leader of Russia, Boris Yeltsin. The
free-spirited former Communist managed to…
It is different era for Europe’s royal
families – and for us all. The royals are not able to meet people
in the same way as before. Last week, Crown Prince Haakon attended
a video-conference to get a briefing from Norway’s health
authorities. On Tuesday this…
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 Monday morning, it was announced that
the new exhibition that should have been in the Queen Sonja’s Art
Stable this spring has been postponed. The gallery has been closed
for the last month to prepare for the new exhibition “Castle +
Munch” and was scheduled to be opened in March. However, because of
the current coronavirus epidemic, the opening of the exhibition has
now been…
