Norwegian Royal Family Current Events 2: December 2006 - April 2018

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His Majesty the King, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess (she's in bunad) has arrived at the breathtaking Nidarosdomen (Nidaros Cathedral).

The service is open to all and the president of the Storting and various politicians are in attendance.

Bishop Helga Haugland Byfuglien, The Preses (head) of the Church of Norway is leading the service. Bishop Bernt Eidsvig, head of the Catholic Church in Norway is also participating.

Edit: Photos from NTB Scanpix:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc55d84d
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc55d88b
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc55d838
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Edit: His Majesty the King and the CP couple has now left Nidarosdomen (Nidaros Cathedral).

 

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Some photos of the service have already been added to the official website:


** kongehuset.no: Økumenisk gudstjeneste ** translation **

 

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Thanks iceflower!

For more information on the service this evening - see my post 440.

Article from Adresseavisen with quotes translated by me:
Feiret reformasjonsjubileet med hellig dans i Domen -adressa.no

The Norwegian Church celebrated the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's 95 Theses on the sale of indulgences, with hymns, music, dance, communion and prayer for unity.

The magnificent festive service in Trondheim was the highlight of this year's reformation anniversary. Among the guests in Nidarosdomen, were King Harald, the Crown Prince couple, the President of the Storting Olemic Thomessen, 1st Vice President Eva Kristin Hansen and Minister of Culture Linda Cathrine Hofstad Helleland.

A large number of county councilors, county-Mayors and Mayors were also present along with the Preses (head) of the Norwegian Church, the other eleven bishops and the Church Council's leader and director.

The NRK1 broadcast:
https://tv.nrk.no/program/DMTL21300017/reformasjonsgudstjeneste-i-nidarosdomen

Photos of the family outside Nidarosdomen:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc55f4c3
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc55f4bb

 

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Another article about yesterday's royal visit to Trondheim - with quotes translated by me:
Kongen overnattet i Stiftsgården etter reformasjonsjubileet -adressa.no

King Harald spent the night at Stiftsgården in Trondheim after the national service in Nidarosdomen on Tuesday evening which marked the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

That is confirmed by Assistant Communications Manager Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen (at the Royal Court) to Adresseavisen.

A visible sign that the King spent the night there, is that the guards was standing outside Stiftsgården and that the flag was up.

The King attended the televised 500th anniversary service together with the Crown Prince couple. Queen Sonja should also have attended, but had to cancel due to back pain.

After the service, which ended just before 21:00, the Crown Prince couple headed directly to Værnes Airport, while the King attended a reception for invited guests in the Archbishop's Palace after the service.

The King has no program in Trondheim on Wednesday and left the city on Wednesday morning.

More about Stiftsgården:

Built for the wealthy Cecilie Christine Schøller between 1774 and 1778 (sold to the state in 1800), is one of the Nordic region's largest wooden buildings, and permanent royal residence when the royals stays in Trondheim.

During the 1000th anniversary of Tronheim in 1997, the King and Queen celebrated their 60th birthdays at Stiftsgården with a large number of foreign royal guests.

 

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King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon attended the Church Parade of The King's Guard at Oslo Cathedral this morning, December 12:



** Pic ** kongehuset.no: Kirkeparade i Oslo Domkirke ** translation **

 

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The Royal Family offered a Christmas reception for organizations such as the Salvation Army and Church City Mission. The reception was held in the royal stables

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wfwW5Ig8...YUpYV8X9iwtaQCLcBGAs/s1600/w_nor_tc714455.jpg
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https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QoQdUPZW...WlaIsSDnHGIiACLcBGAs/s1600/w_nor_tc714783.jpg

Some pics of the King Harald from Holmenkollen today

http://3.t.cdn.belga.be/belgaimage:133695960:1800x650:w?v=5a817e8d&m=ijenblgo
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgJRVQeFieh/?taken-by=detnorskekongehus
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgJjxnolsUR/?taken-by=detnorskekongehus
https://scontent.fath3-3.fna.fbcdn....=2dcbb0e341ab2350797fed36f0ae4bbc&oe=5B4519FA

 

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Thanks eya!

The King and Queen invited guests connected to the Church City Mission, the Salvation Army, the Blue Cross and =Oslo to a Christmas gathering in the Queen Sonja Art Stable today. The CP couple were also in attendance.

Photos from NTB Scanpix:

This lady was a bit unlucky when she was to curtsy to His Majesty:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc714276

https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc7141c2
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc7141bf
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc714490
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https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc7144f5
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https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc7145cf
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc7145db

The Queen got a hug:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc714621

https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc714815
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc714812
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc714452
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc714783

 

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Here's the official entry about yesterday's reception at the royal stables also including some nice pics:


** kongehuset.no: Julearrangement i KunstStallen ** translation **

 

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Norway Today article:
http://norwaytoday.info/news/christmas-get-together-palaces-art-gallery/

The Royal family invited the Church Mission, Salvation Army, Blåkors and =Oslo to a before Christmas gathering at the Palace’s art gallery, Tuesday.

King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit were all present at the gathering at Queen Sonja Art Gallery, behind the Palace in Oslo.

The art gallery was opened during Queen Sonja’s 80th birthday celebrations in June, as a gift from the king. It is the queen herself who manages the art gallery.

See my post 446 above for pictures of the event - a lady was a bit unlucky when she was to curtsy to the King and the Queen got a hug.

 

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The Royal Family attends Holmenkollen Ski Festival (FIS World Cup Nordic competitions), 10 - 11 March:

NRK1 will send winter-sports from Holmenkollen and other places in Norway from 09:00 to 19:00 on both days.

From me: King Haakon VII and Queen Maud started the tradition of the Royal Family's presence at Holmenkollen in 1906. Since then, they have been present - with the exception of the war years 1940-1945 and in 2009 when Holmenkollen was under renovation and replacing races were held in Trondheim for cross-country skiing and biathlon, and in Vikersund for ski jumping and nordic combined.
Read more about Holmenkollen Ski Festival here: Holmenkollen Ski Festival

The royals will (during the Ski Festival) stay at Kongsseteren (The Royal Lodge). - It is situated on the nearby Voksenkollen.

I will post articles/videos (if there are any) and photos later today - if not other posters does it before me.

Edit: The King is already there (saw him on NRK1 now).

 

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Thanks eya!

Princess Astrid was also present today (no proper photo of her yet).

The thing I forgot to mention in my above post about the history of the royal family's attendance at Holmenkollen, is the fact that Norwegians goes absolutely crazy during these two days - many are sleeping out in tent and stuff (especially to see the 50 km race for men and the 30 km race for women in Cross-country skiing - the biggest sport in Norway).

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NRK and VG reports that 7 persons are injured after fights and chaos at Holmenkollen today:

Article about it from Norway Today:
Fights and chaos at Holmenkollen - Norway Today

 

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Updated post - Originally posted earlier today.

The Regent couple, the CP family and Princess Astrid congratulated the amazing Marit Bjørgen (Queen of skiing) with her 30 km race win in Cross-country skiing during Holmenkollen Ski Festival (FIS World Cup Nordic competitions) today:

Royal House article with google translation:
Norsk jubeldag i Kollen - kongehuset.no - translation

Photos from NTB Scanpix:

Hug from our hugging-mad King (one of his many qualities):
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca83cbc
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca83cbf

Hug from the Queen:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca83ccd

Hug from CP MM:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca83cd2

Hugs from Ingrid and Sverre:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca83c9e
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca83cda

Hug from Princess Astrid:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca83cb7

Talking with the King and Queen:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca83cc6
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca83cc4

Talking with the Royal Family:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca83f14
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca83f16
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca80ef2
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https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca80e8f

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The royals also followed the Raw Air ski jumping:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca82e10
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca82dbc
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca82dbe
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca82dc1
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca82b3e

Haakon and MM showed their love for each other at the podium:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca82dc5
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca82db7

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Princess Astrid has been on the podium during the Holmenkollen Ski Festival for over 70 years. Today she received the Holmenkollen Medal - Norwegian skiing's highest award - which is given (whit some exceptions) to active athletes (read about it in the Royal House article above).

Other royals who have received it:

King Haakon VII in 1955.
King Olav V in 1968.
King Harald V in 2007.
Queen Sonja in 2007.

Read about the Medal here: Holmenkollen Medal

 

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Haakon and MM showed their love for each other at the podium:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca82dc5
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca82db7

The dailymail picked it


** dailymail article: Love in a cold climate! Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit share an intimate moment in the snow..**

 

[Tatiana Maria]

Princess Astrid has been on the podium during the Holmenkollen Ski Festival for over 70 years. Today she received the Holmenkollen Medal - Norwegian skiing's highest award - which is given (whit some exceptions) to active athletes (read about it in the Royal House article above).

Other royals who have received it:

King Haakon VII in 1955.
King Olav V in 1968.
King Harald V in 2007.
Queen Sonja in 2007.

Read about the Medal here: Holmenkollen Medal

I am really pleased that Princess Astrid's decades of service to Norway keeps on being honored.

 

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The dailymail picked it

Yes, I was just waiting for it. ?

I am really pleased that Princess Astrid's decades of service to Norway keeps on being honored.

Agree! And when you have been standing on the podium for more than 70 years (the last 20 of them battling Parkinson's disease and other ailments), then you really deserve a medal.

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Her name has not been added to the English wikipedia page (in my previous post) yet - but it's been added to the Norwegian page: Holmenkollmedaljen

Here is the explanation from Skiforeningen (Association for the Promotion of Skiing) - translated by me:
Holmenkollmedaljen 2018 - Skiforeningen

The Holmenkollen medal is also (in exceptional cases) awarded to people who in other ways have been important representatives in promotion of skiing.

"In a very faithful and impressive manner, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner has represented the royal family in Holmenkollen for a number of years. The Princess's commitment clearly shows that our national sport ties the whole people together, and Skiforeningen wishes to make this visible by giving her the Holmenkollen Medal," says Erik Eide (Secretary General of Skiforeningen).

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The Queen attended the official opening of the exhibition "Killi-Olsen: sculptures" in the Queen Sonja Art Stable today, March 13. The Crown Princess was also in attendance.

Royal House article with google translation:
Killi-Olsen i KunstStallen - kongehuset.no - translation

Photos from NTB Scanpix:

The Queen with Kjell Erik Killi Olsen (painter and sculptor):
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca984f2
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca984fb
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca9845e
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca98454

The Queen, CP MM and Kjell Erik Killi Olsen:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca974df

The Queen, CP MM, Kjell Erik Killi Olsen and Petter Snare (art director for ''KODE ART MUSEUMS COMPOSER HOMES''):
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca9721e
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca972e5
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca97a37
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca98370

 

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Updated post - Originally posted earlier today.

The Regent couple, the CP family and Princess Astrid congratulated the amazing Marit Bjørgen (Queen of skiing) with her 30 km race win in Cross-country skiing during Holmenkollen Ski Festival (FIS World Cup Nordic competitions) today:


Haakon and MM showed their love for each other at the podium:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca82dc5
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tca82db7

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Princess Astrid has been on the podium during the Holmenkollen Ski Festival for over 70 years. Today she received the Holmenkollen Medal - Norwegian skiing's highest award - which is given (whit some exceptions) to active athletes (read about it in the Royal House article above).

Other royals who have received it:

King Haakon VII in 1955.
King Olav V in 1968.
King Harald V in 2007.
Queen Sonja in 2007.

Read about the Medal here: Holmenkollen Medal

Princess Beatrix is joining her friends again this year!

 

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Where do you have that information from? And I don't fully understand your post - is it a question or is it something you've heard?

If it was a question: No, she was not attending the Holmenkollen Ski Festival events on Saturday and Sunday (10 - 11 March).

If it's something you've heard: The King and Princess Astrid will attend the Biathlon World Cup in Holmenkollen on Saturday and Sunday (17 - 18 March) - but I have not seen/heard anything about that Princess Beatrix will attend.

Has she attended before? Yes, she attended the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in 2014 as the King and Queen's guest.

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More photos from the ''Killi-Olsen exhibition'' in the Queen Sonja Art Stable today - taken by Oskar Aanmoen:

https://twitter.com/x/status/973593141877059584

https://twitter.com/x/status/973593535256715265

 

[Somebody]

Where do you have that information from? And I don't fully understand your post - is it a question or is it something you've heard?

If it was a question: No, she was not attending the Holmenkollen Ski Festival events on Saturday and Sunday (10 - 11 March).

If it's something you've heard: The King and Princess Astrid will attend the Biathlon World Cup in Holmenkollen on Saturday and Sunday (17 - 18 March) - but I have not seen/heard anything about that Princess Beatrix will attend.

Has she attended before? Yes, she attended the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in 2014 as the King and Queen's guest.

Thanks for correcting my mistake. I saw her on a picture that showed with some of the other pictures - but it indeed seems to be a picture from 2014.

 

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Yes, it must have been a picture from 2014. ?

Old photos can pop up below newer photos on the NTB Scanpix site (if it was there you saw it).

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The King and Princess Astrid attended the Biathlon World Cup in Holmenkollen today, March 17.

Photos from NTB Scanpix:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tcac9188
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tcac92c4
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tcaca2d6
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https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tcaca2e1
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tcaca2e7

 

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Here's an official entry about King Harald and Princess Astrid at the Biathlon World Cup in Holmenkollen this weekend:


** kongehuset.no: Norsk stafettseier i Holmenkollen ** translation **

 

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Here's an official entry about King Harald and Princess Astrid at the Biathlon World Cup in Holmenkollen this weekend:


** kongehuset.no: Norsk stafettseier i Holmenkollen ** translation **

Thanks iceflower!

More photos from today:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tcad29a9
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tcad45d3
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tcad45d5
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tcad29a5

For photos from yesterday - see post 459.

 

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