On January 23, 2014, Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium along with Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway attended the session, The Millennial Challenge, during the 44th Edition of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
If you are interested in watching the entire session please click here.
On Thursday, January 23, 2014, Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway visited Lærdalsøyri in Sogn og Fjordane county. Last Saturday, a fire broke out in the village “…damaging more than 30 historic wooden buildings and 16 homes…” according to the BBC and Sky News.
During their visit Their Majesties met with rescue workers, residents and toured the fire damaged area.
Please click here to view photos as well as to watch a video.
Photo courtesy of Kongehuset
On January 23, 2014, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway attended day three of the 44th Edition of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Photo courtesy of Kongehuset
On January 20, 2014, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway arrived at the Nobels Fredssenter in Oslo to attend the Årets Forbilde (Role Model of the Year Award). The winner of the award went to Mr. Musa Anderssen.
Please click here, here, and here to view photos as well as to watch a video of Mr. Anderssen’s speech.
Click here to watch a video news report.
Photo courtesy of Kongehuset
On Thursday, January 16, 2014, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway attended the opening of the Norges Miljø og Biovitenskapelige Universitet (Norwegian Life Sciences Royal University) in the municipality of Ås.
Photo courtesy of Kongehuset
On Tuesday, January 14, 2014, Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway arrived at the Norsk Folkemuseum at Bygdøy in Oslo to view the exhibition entitled, 1814: Spillet om Danmark og Norge.
Photo courtesy of Kongehuset
On January 9, 2014, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway hosted the 2014 Vismennenes Dag: En Samling for Unge Ledere (Day of the Wise Men: A Seminar for Young Leaders) at Skaugum according to the Norwegian royal court.
Please click here to view photos.
Photo courtesy of Kongehuset
The Royal Correspondent 