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  • Prince Henrik feels his age

    Queen Margrethe of Denmark And Prince Henrik Board Royal Yacht DannebrogPrince Henrik of Denmark, the Prince Consort, is according to Billedbladet feeling his age. After last year’s surgery in his arm, he is now having great pains following rapid arm movements.

    According to Billedbladet, this means that the annual hunts and hunting parties hosted by the Prince Consort and the Queen, will be greatly diminished in size, if not disappearing altogether at the moment.

    It will be interesting to see, this coming autumn, if they are correct in their estimation of the situation, or if the hunts will go on, regardless of the Prince Consort’s injury situation. After all, the Crown Prince and Prince Joachim have also been known to participate in the hunts.

  • New Three-Generation picture

    TreGenerasjoner3The Norwegian court released a new picture of the King, the Crown Prince and the Hereditary Princess last week.

    The last picture of the three together like this was released in 2005, at the time of the celebrations of 100 years of the Norwegian Monarchy.

    This picture was taken in the park at Bygdø Kongsgård, the summer residence of the King and Queen.

    (Photo: Morten Brun, The Royal Court)

  • County visit to Rogaland

    Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit visit Rogaland

    These past three days, Rogaland county in the south west of Norway have had royal visitors. Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit have toured the county, from the north west to the south east. They used the royal yacht, Norge, as mode of transportation from Oslo and between some of the municipalities, as well as a residence on the trip. (more…)

  • Documentary about Prince Nikolai

    Prince Joachim and Miss Marie Cavallier - Wedding

    Last night DR aired a documentary on Danish Prince Nikolai. The ten-year-old prince has been videotaped in the same location since he was a baby, and together with other tapings, this was the core ingredient in the documentary.

    The viewers could see Nikolai grow up in front of the camera, and interact with his parents and brother. From later tapings, we could also follow him on his after-school events, inside the house at Svanemøllevej where he lives with his mother, brother and step-father, as well as behind the scenes of a royal photoshoot when he got a half-brother.
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  • The Humanitarian Foundation 2009

    When Haakon and Mette-Marit married in 2001, they set up a foundation, and asked for gifts to be given to the foundation. The Norwegian government contributed to the foundation as a wedding present, with one Norwegian kr. per inhabitant in Norway. In total, the foundation received close to six mil. Norwegian kr in connection with the wedding.

    The humanitarian foundation supports both projects in Norway and abroad.

    It has become tradition for the foundation and the couple, to have their wedding day as the day when gifts from the foundation are given out. The recipients usually tie in with the causes the Crown Princely couple supports, such as the fight against racism, troubled youths, preventing AIDS or similar causes.

    Last year the gift from the foundation went to Fundación Xochiquetzal in Nicaragua.

    This year, it is sticking a bit closer to home. “Be Proud” (Vær stolt) a project dedicated to fighting racism in Holmlia, a borough in Oslo, received part of the money for 2009. The other part went to HYWA in Bærum, a youth organization against violence, racism and narcotics.

    In the award ceremony, Mette-Marit said:

    “The two projects that receive the funds for this year, have chosen to meet the challenges by letting youth work together to strenghten the local societies.”

    Article in Norwegian from Aftenposten, including picture.

  • Maud Angelica starting school

    Princess Martha In Central Park

    This week the firstborn grandchild of the King and Queen of Norway, Maud Angelica Behn started first grade. Maud Angelica, who turned six in April, is the first female that was born with rights to the Norwegian throne.

    For those of our readers who aren’t Norwegian, and who may have different ages for starting school – in Norway all children start school when they turn, or the year they turn six.

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  • Coming out

    In August, 2005 Crown Princess Mette-Marit was in the headlines because she was attending the Invisible conference in Bodø. The topic of the conference was homosexuality and homosexuals in society, and the lack of knowledge frequently found around the subject. The Crown Princess gave the opening speech, but she also participated in sessions and discussions at the conference.

    This August, a new book is out in bookstores. The book is called Skapsprengerne (Literally: Those who blow up the closets) and has the stories of several Norwegians and how they came out to their family, friends, and perhaps the larger sphere. One of the more famous participants in the book is the captain of the Norwegian National team in Women’s handball, Gro Hammerseng. Among the others are regular students, a farmer, actors or journalists.

    Crown Princess Mette-Marit has written the preface to this book. Part of what she has written: “I hope that this book will create discussion and reflection about how important it is to be allowed to be a whole human being, and how we can help each other to become just that.”

    The book is backed by the Ministry of Children and Equality. It will be given out to schools in Norway.

  • Mette-Marit at Hamarøy

    Yesterday, Crown Princess Mette-Marit opened the new Hamsun Centre in Hamarøy.

    The centre celebrates the life and authorship of Norwegian author, Knut Hamsun.

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  • The name of the little Danish Prince

    Today the son of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark was baptised in Møgeltønder Church.

    He received the names: Henrik Carl Joachim Alain.

    Henrik comes from his grandfather, Prince Henrik.

    Carl is a traditional name in the Danish royal family, although not used much in recent years. Before becoming the Norwegian King, King Haakon VII was Prince Carl of Denmark.

    Joachim from his father.

    Alain from his mother’s father, Alain Cavallier.