Norway

Princess Märtha Louise's Instagram account hacked

Princess Märtha Louise’s Instagram account has been disabled after it was hacked. One of Märtha Louise’s two accounts vanished on Monday after the unauthorised access. The Instagram account with the handle @Iam_marthalouise is no longer available. She also has an account called @princessmarthalouise which remains active. “The account has been hacked and we are trying to…
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Princess Märtha Louise of Norway criticizes paparazzi in new podcast

In a podcast interview, Princess Märtha Louise has criticized, among other things, the paparazzi. In the Norwegian podcast “Tut og mediekjør,” Princess Märtha Louise was vocal about the paparazzi pictures taken of her with her partner, Shaman Durek, in Hawaii in February this year and the impact this had on her and her daughters so soon after the death of her former husband, Ari…
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Norway’s royal family celebrates a different National Day

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.
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Queen Sonja thanks Norway's nurses

On Tuesday this week the world celebrated International Nursing Day. Queen Sonja was actually set to attend a seminar in Oslo on May 12, on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. Nightingale is considered the founder of modern nursing. The coronavirus…
Norway

King Harald becomes patron of Norwegian TV charity broadcast

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 will support the WWF (the Worldwide Fund for Nature) and its efforts to combat plastic in the sea. One third of the plastic in…
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