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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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On Wednesday, January 8, 2014, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway arrived at the Operahuset in Oslo to attend the 2014 Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon (NHO) annual conference.
According to the official website for the NHO the organization is:
“…the leading voice of business and industry in Norway. Having expert knowledge and an extensive business network, the NHO plays an important and constructive role in the Norwegian society.
Our main objective is to create and sustain conditions that secure the competitiveness and profitability of business and industry, and thereby maintain the basis for a good standard of living, sound economic growth and sustainable development.”
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The Royal Correspondent 