The second royal programme of the evening is on TV2, and the concept is that two Norwegian television evening-show hosts visit the Crown Prince family at their summer house outside Kristiansand.
Category: The Library
Royal media: The Wedding Speech that wasn’t
It is not only the three books that are coming out around Haakon and Mette-Marit’s anniversary. Two television programmes are airing today, on their wedding anniversary.
Book review: Haakon og Mette-Marit i 10 år
The last book reviewed for now in the category of books released for Haakon and Mette-Marit’s 10th anniversary is this book: Haakon og Mette-Marit i 10 år, by Liv Berit Tessem. Unlike the other two books, this one is chronological. It has one chapter for each of the ten years they have been married. I… Continue reading Book review: Haakon og Mette-Marit i 10 år
Book review: Mette-Marit – Prinsesse av folket
As I said in my review the other day – there have been three books released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Haakon and Mette-Marit’s marriage. This is the second one I’m reviewing. It is called Mette-Marit: Prinsesse av folket. En illustrert feiring av Norges kronprinspar, (Translation: Mette-Marit, Princess of the people. An illustrated celebration… Continue reading Book review: Mette-Marit – Prinsesse av folket
Book review: 10 år med Kronprinsparet
This August, ten years have passed since Crown Prince Haakon married Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby in Oslo Cathedral. A slew of books (okay, three, so far) are coming out, two television specials are coming later this month, and the couple are also being interviewed left and right about the past ten years, and their causes. The… Continue reading Book review: 10 år med Kronprinsparet
Til Ungdommen
This is probably the song that has been used the most in memorials across the country. It is written by Nordahl Grieg in 1936.
Biggest loser
The danger of watching The Biggest Loser, in all its different forms, is that you keep expecting to drop the same insane amount of weight in a week– and unless you have the time to exercise several hours a day… it’s plain just not going to happen. Baby steps. But it is great for motivational… Continue reading Biggest loser
Harry Potter
I haven’t seen Harry Potter yet. As a huge HP fan… It’s not very impressive, but I also find that the longer I go without seeing it, the less inclined am I to do so. I enjoyed the book, but it was also very dark and depressive. Do I really want to go into Christmas… Continue reading Harry Potter
Nobel Prize of Literature
As a librarian, I must admit to being woefully behind on my reading of the Nobel laureates. I’ve read works by Bjørnson (1903), Kipling (1907), Lagerlöf (1909), Hamsun (1920), Yeats (1923), Shaw (1925), Undset (1928), Buck (1938), Eliot (1948), Faulkner (1949), Hemingway (1954), Steinbeck (1962), Beckett (1969), Golding (1983), Gordimer (1991), Morrison (1993), Heaney (1995),… Continue reading Nobel Prize of Literature