On Thursday, March 24, 2022, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway arrived at The Clarion Hotel: The Hub in Oslo to attend a conference organized by the Norsk Bibliotekforening.
The conference, held under the theme Les for Livet (Read for Life), consisted of a series of lectures, debates, and seminars on the library’s role in society, diversity, sustainability, digitalization, and knowledge dissemination.
According to the Norwegian royal court, during yesterday’s event, the four conference panelists discussed “…why we read less and how to encourage and motivate children and young people,in particular, to read more.”
On Friday, March 18, 2022, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway visited the UDI Emergency Accommodation Center for Ukrainian refugees at the Scandic Hotel Helsfyr in Oslo.
According to the Norwegian royal court, His Majesty and The Crown Prince toured the:
“…hotel and how it was able to adapt to the current situation. Several of the hotel’s conference rooms and common areas have been converted into, among other things, a health station, playroom, and dressing room. In the playroom, children can, among other things, draw, play and play table tennis. The Norwegian Red Cross is among the organizations present with volunteers at the reception.”
During their visit, King Harald V and Crown Prince Haakon met with various Ukrainian refugees who told their stories about how they fled their homeland.
On Thursday, March 10, 2022, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway visited eh Gamlebyen Elementary school in Oslo.
According to the Norwegian royal court the Gamlebyen Elementary school is participating in a:
“…literature festival arranged for the students at the school. In the school’s library, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess met with fourth-graders.
The school library is an important meeting place and an area for learning about literature and culture for students both during the reading week and throughout the rest of the year. Every week, all the classes visit the library, which is often referred to as the heart of the school, according to library teacher Elisabeth Jensen Lombnæs.
During the annual reading week at Gamlebyen School, all students read selected books that they discuss together in the classrooms.
This year the fourth graders read the book ‘Jørgen + Anne er Sant’, a Norwegian children’s book about falling in love by Vigdis Hjort. The book was published in 1984.
Together with the fourth graders, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Mayor of Oslo Marianne Borgen and librarian Elisabeth Jensen Lombnæs discussed the book and reflected on the topics it addresses.
The students also talked about other books they appreciated and how they use the school library in everyday life.
The visit to the school library was rounded off with a performance of a poem written by the fourth graders: ‘Imagine that love is here on earth, hiding everywhere and where we live”, said one of the students who read the poem.’ “
To view a photo gallery from today’s visit please click the links below:
Photo courtesy of the Norwegian Royal Court/J. Gomnæs
On Sunday, March 6, 2022, Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway accompanied by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway attended the 2022 Holmenkollen Ski Festival outside of Oslo, Norway.
This year the world famous ski festival is celebrating its 130th anniversary.
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon attended the Saturday, March 5, 2022 ski-jumping and cross country skiing events. Please click the link below to view a photo gallery from the photo news agency, PPE.
On the morning of November 30, 2016, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway visited the Realfagsbiblioteket (Science Library) at the Universitetet i Oslo (University of Oslo) in Oslo, Norway.
According to the Norwegian royal court the Realfagsbiblioteket is “… one of the three candidates up for the Library of the Year award. The library is also one of the largest research libraries in science and has been a central place for discussion and debate…”
During her visit the future queen of Norway was given a tour of the fantastic library as well as met with undergraduate students.
Here is NRK documentary special entitled, Konge og Dronning i 25 År.
Episode three will air on Thursday, January 14, 2016. While episode four will air on Thursday, January 21. The final episode will air on Thursday, January 28.
The Royal Correspondent 