Tag: Royals

Royal spouse dies at 87

Johan Martin Ferner, husband of Norway's Princess Astrid, died over the weekend at the national hospital (Rikshospitalet) in Oslo. King Harald, Princess Astrid's younger brother,...

King, premier call for compassion

Heavy fog spoiled the New Year's fireworks in Oslo, but the monarch and the prime minister carried on their tradition of delivering New Year's speeches as usual...

Royals spent holidays in the hills

King Harald and Queen Sonja were once again spending the Christmas holidays this week at their royal timber lodge called Kongsseteren in the hills...

King ‘very sorry’ poor were evicted

Norway's King Harald V said on Friday that he was "very sorry" to learn that authorities in Myanmar had forcibly evicted poor families from...

Myanmar tried to hide its poverty

Norway's foreign ministry was lodging a complaint with authorities in Myanmar, after learning that poor families were forced to move out of a riverside slum area...

Skeptics question aid to Myanmar

Norway's ongoing financial support for democracy and reform in Myanmar (Burma) has come into question, as a royal entourage from Oslo visited the country this...

Abortion opponent disrupted bishop’s ceremony

Anti-abortion activist Per Kørner demonstrated his views during Sunday's ceremony in Tromsø consecrating the newest bishop of the Norwegian Church, Olav Øygard. Kørner was eventually seized...

Princess feels persecuted

Princess Martha Louise met with reporters just before the weekend, mostly to try to promote another one of her books but also to once again...

Indian president launches state visit

The canons fired from Oslo's Akershus Fortress promptly at 10am Monday as King Harald received the president of India for the first state visit...

Conference lands Haakon in trouble

UPDATED: Crown Prince Haakon, heir to the Norwegian throne, has been accused of overstepping the bounds of his mostly ceremonial role and ignoring his political...
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