Month: July 2013

Crown Prince Haakon’s birthday celebrations

After much speculations in the press around the performing artists and the security cost, The Palace reveals details around Crown Prince Haakon’s birthday celebrations. Since he is a huge fan of music, Crown Princess Mette-Marit has set the celebrations up so that there will be  a music festival at Skaugum for two days. The guests as well… Continue reading Crown Prince Haakon’s birthday celebrations

Review: Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith My rating: 3 of 5 stars The ultimate biography on the Queen will probably not come until after her death. But if we combine the plethora of existing ones, a decent enough picture comes out of it. This biography adds to that… Continue reading Review: Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

Ginger ice cream

Ginger ice cream? I wonder if I’ve gone mad. But I found a recipe, and wanted to give it a go. Instead of the original recipe I found, which was in Norwegian, I decided to go with one by Emeril Lagasse.   The ice cream is intensely rich, so a small bowl (or in this… Continue reading Ginger ice cream

Sentimental things

My first pair of rain boots. Aren’t they fashionable? I currently have them on display in my living room among other decorative bits and pieces. (I suspect they may have to go at a certain point though as the rubber has not held up well over the past 29 years.) It figures that the year… Continue reading Sentimental things

“Duke and Duchess’s child to be first Prince or Princess of Cambridge”

I have this from The Telegraph, but have also seen similar stories all over the place, which leads me to believe that the wording comes straight from a press release or a courtier rather than something the media invented themselves. Apparently, Buckingham Palace has announced that the child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge… Continue reading “Duke and Duchess’s child to be first Prince or Princess of Cambridge”

What’s in a name?

I don’t have the most common name in the world. In fact, if I include my middle name – I’m the only one in the world with my name. However, due to the fact that my middle name is near impossible to spell, for everyone but the people who live in  the valley where it… Continue reading What’s in a name?

Magasinet’s recent interview with Mette-Marit – a summary in English (100 things #14)

Before Princess Madeleine’s wedding, Crown Princess Mette-Marit stopped up in Burma on the way home from the Women deliver conference in Malaysia. She travelled around visiting humanitarian projects both with PSI, the Norwegian Red Cross and the Norwegian People’s Aid. Magasinet, the Saturday magazine that comes with Dagbladet, was invited to join in her trip and… Continue reading Magasinet’s recent interview with Mette-Marit – a summary in English (100 things #14)