Popularity of the Royal Family in Norway

[sm1939]

I feel like in life you have ups and downs this too will pass.

 

[Lori138]

An interesting article from The Guardian

An ageing king, his clairvoyant daughter and her celebrity shaman – welcome to Norway’s epic reality show | Aslak Nore

We pride ourselves on egalitarianism, yet paradoxically we’re still drawn to our dysfunctional royal family, says the Norwegian author Aslak Nore

www.theguardian.com

 

[Blog Real]

In the latest video of the Norwegian royal house on Instagram, recently published on Friday, comments are pouring in criticizing the Norwegian Royal House.
"To outsiders, it may appear that Marius is above the law. It's very understandable that people would react to this, so a republic is not far away." says one of the comments on the Norwegian royal house's Instagram.

Ilskan växer mot norska kungahuset – medborgarna har fått nog: "Inte långt kvar till republik"

Frustrationen blir allt större gentemot det norska kungahuset...

www.svenskdam.se

 

[LadyFinn]

In a recent poll conducted by Respons Analyze for VG, 1,000 people were questioned.
35 % respond that they have become more negative towards the monarchy. 6 % have become more positive, while 56 % respond that their view has not changed.
Of those who have become more negative towards the monarchy, over 60% believe that a republic should be introduced. Of those who say that their view of the monarchy has not changed, 44 % are unsure whether Norway should remain a monarchy.
At similar survey ten years ago, 65.4 % answered "no" to whether they wanted the royal house to be abolished. Now 72 % say they want to keep the monarchy.

Nesten tre av fire nordmenn vil beholde monarkiet viser ny måling

Samtidig ønsker de fleste å bevare det norske kongehuset, viser ny VG-måling.

www.vg.no

 

[Queen Claude]

Wow that is very interesting, I had to reread to make sure that I am understanding correctly that despite all the recent turmoil a higher percentage want to keep the monarchy now than ten years ago.

To be sure 2024 has been an annus horribilis for the Norwegian Royal Family. Of course I remember King Harald having to be transported back to Norway from Malaysia due to a serious medical incident, but I did not realize it happened this calendar year, and from there you have the controversies (to put it mildly) involving Martha Louise, her new hubby Shaman Durek and Marius.

I don't think that the NRF should blithely disregard the negative feedback but IMO it shows that a premium is placed on the good works of the royal family members and most of the focus should be on keeping up those good works, whiich is not easy in the current circumstances given the ages and health of the royal couple, the health of the Crown Princess and the limited availability of the heir apparent.

 

[kalnel]

In a recent poll conducted by Respons Analyze for VG, 1,000 people were questioned.
35 % respond that they have become more negative towards the monarchy. 6 % have become more positive, while 56 % respond that their view has not changed.
Of those who have become more negative towards the monarchy, over 60% believe that a republic should be introduced. Of those who say that their view of the monarchy has not changed, 44 % are unsure whether Norway should remain a monarchy.
At similar survey ten years ago, 65.4 % answered "no" to whether they wanted the royal house to be abolished. Now 72 % say they want to keep the monarchy.

Nesten tre av fire nordmenn vil beholde monarkiet viser ny måling

Samtidig ønsker de fleste å bevare det norske kongehuset, viser ny VG-måling.

www.vg.no

I wouldn't make too much of the survey from 10 years ago saying they wanted the royal house to be abolished versus the current survey saying 72 percent currently want to keep it. Those are distinct questions -- one is a positive question "keep the monarchy," and one is a negative question "abolish the monarchy." (At least in English. It's hard to know how they were posed in Norwegian.)

It's an old marketing trick to word things this way to get the answer you want. It would be interesting to know if the same company was asking the same question 10 years ago to a similar demographic.

 

[Muhler]

I wouldn't make too much of the survey from 10 years ago saying they wanted the royal house to be abolished versus the current survey saying 72 percent currently want to keep it. Those are distinct questions -- one is a positive question "keep the monarchy," and one is a negative question "abolish the monarchy." (At least in English. It's hard to know how they were posed in Norwegian.)

It's an old marketing trick to word things this way to get the answer you want. It would be interesting to know if the same company was asking the same question 10 years ago to a similar demographic.

Your hunch is correct.
This latest survey ask whether you want to "beholde = keep" the monarchy.
The survey ten years ago asked whether you wanted to "afskaffe = abolish" the monarchy.

 

[Queen Claude]

I wouldn't make too much of the survey from 10 years ago saying they wanted the royal house to be abolished versus the current survey saying 72 percent currently want to keep it. Those are distinct questions -- one is a positive question "keep the monarchy," and one is a negative question "abolish the monarchy." (At least in English. It's hard to know how they were posed in Norwegian.)

It's an old marketing trick to word things this way to get the answer you want. It would be interesting to know if the same company was asking the same question 10 years ago to a similar demographic.

This is the English translation (Google) of the comment:

When VG conducted a similar survey ten years ago, 65.4 percent answered "no" to whether they wanted the royal house to be abolished. Now a whopping 72 percent say they want to keep the monarchy.​

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This means that support for the monarchy, according to VG's measurements, has increased by approximately seven percentage points in the last ten years.​

So the phrasing was different for whatever reason ten years ago versus the more recent poll but in both instances the majority wanted to keep the monarchy and, despite 2024 being a difficult year, the percentage was higher in 2024.

Different polling companies could have been used but the publication VG commissioned both surveys.

 

[Somebody]

VG might want to market it that way but their measurement was faulty and therefore the conclusion isn't justified as kalnel rightly pointed out.

 

[Blog Real]

This research seems to have interesting and good results for the Norwegian royal house.
The royal house now just has to resolve the problems it had to deal with this year, especially the case involving Marius.

 

[Queen Claude]

VG might want to market it that way but their measurement was faulty and therefore the conclusion isn't justified as kalnel rightly pointed out.

Which measurement was faulty, the current measurement or the previous measurement, and in which direction?

 

[Somebody]

Which measurement was faulty, the current measurement or the previous measurement, and in which direction?

Both are not very reliable as it used just one question instead of various questions to truly gauge people's thoughts on the monarchy. However, especially the comparison is faulty. People are more likely to agree than to disagree with a statement, so if they want to make a comparison a similar question (to a comparable group of people) needs to be asked.

 

[kalnel]

Exactly. Comparing a negative question and a positive one isn’t a valid comparison. By the nature of the question, they’re likely to get different answers.

Some might not like the monarchy but not actively be trying to end it.