Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, Her Highness Princess Martha-Louise of Norway and her husband, Mr. Ari Behn, and Mr. Marius Høiby along with hundreds of guests gathered in the Dronningparken this morning to attend an outdoor church service on the occasion of Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s birthday.
The future queen of Norway’s birthday is actually tomorrow. She’ll turn the big 4-0.
On Saturday, August 17, 2013, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway arrived in downtown Sande to open the 8th Edition of the Økofestivalen.
Created in 2006, the festival promotes organic foods and farming, eco-friendly products, healthy and clean living, and fair trade.
Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway arrived at the Oslo Domkirke this afternoon to attend a service in remembrance of the victims of the July 22, 2011, terrorist attacks.
Norwegian-born, Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator behind the attacks, blew up two government buildings in Oslo killing six people. Breivik then went on a mass shooting spree on the island of Utøya killing 69 innocent people.
Click hereandhere(skip to the 9:25 mark in the second link)to watch two video news reports (in English and Norwegian).
On Saturday, July 13, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway and their daughter, Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid Alexandra, arrived at the Galleri Nicolines Hus in Kragerø to officially open Her Majesty’s own art exhibition.
According to NRK the exhibition consists of “…32 works, 12 of them produced in 2012, were inspired by nature…”
To learn more about Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway’s art exhibition please visit the official website of Galleri Nicolines Hus here.
On June 19, 2013, Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden continued their visit to northern Norway and this afternoon Their Majesties accompanied by Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway visited the city of Tromsø.
After disembarking from the K/S Norge the reigning couples were warmly greeted by the mayor of Tromsø, Mr. Jens Hjort, as well as by other local officials. Soon, Their Majesties visited the Polarmuseets where they watched a presentation about “…climate change in the Arctic…” From there they visited the University of Tromsø, toured the Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden, visited the Nordnorsk Kunstmusem, and took a walking tour of the town center in Tromsø.
On June 18, 2013, Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden arrived in Harstad to begin their two-day official visit to northern Norway at the invitation of Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway. The purpose of the visit is to strengthen economic and bilateral ties between to two countries.
Anyway, today the reigning couples visited the energy company, Staoil, where they met with company officials and attended a presentation. Then they visited the Stanges School where they met with faculty and students. Soon, it was time for lunch at the Røkenes Gård. Several hours later Their Majesties attended the festival exhibition entitled, Pioneer Voices, and attended a reception on the K/S Norge.
And, that’s it. Until tomorrow. 🙂
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Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, Her Highness Princess Martha-Louise of Norway and her husband, Mr. Ari Behn, and Mr. Marius Høiby along with hundreds of guests gathered in the Dronningparken this morning to attend an outdoor church service on the occasion of Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s birthday.
The Royal Correspondent 