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
Category: Reviews
Reviews of various books, movies, tv-shows, etc.
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
Review: Kongen som må ut og hente melk
From time to time, interesting picture books for children pop up on the Norwegian market. Some of the time the subject is the royal family. One such excellent book was Olavs første skitur by Tor Bomann-Larsen. A new one in this category is Kongen som må ut å hente melk by Tora Marie Norberg. (Translation… Continue reading Review: Kongen som må ut og hente melk
Harry & Charles
Charles & Harry is a mini series that NRK sent this Christmas. It details the 6-8 months period in the life of Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales before they became the King and Queen of Norway. It therefore also includes a gallery of the royal family in Copenhagen and King Edward… Continue reading Harry & Charles
A review: Vivian Seving, etc.
Recently, I was asked to hold a talk on books for some of my colleagues, and the afternoon before the book-talk, I picked up Ari Behn’s latest. The likelihood that someone else had read it was slim, since it’s just come out, and it was thin (unlike the latest tome on the Queen Mother, which… Continue reading A review: Vivian Seving, etc.
Book review: The Uncommon Reader
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. (First published in 2006).
1015 København K: One reader’s review
I picked this book up in October 2007, as something to read on a long train ride. It was a substitute for the gossip magazines I would buy on other occasions when I am on a journey. As a substitute for that, it works just fine. The style is similar to the style of Ekstrabladet,… Continue reading 1015 København K: One reader’s review
Princess Benedikte, biographies
Queen Ingrid once said that: “Benedikte is the most royal of my three daughters,” and Mette Bacher, the author of Benedikte: Prinsesse til Danmark, concurs in her foreword.
My life with horses
Personally, I am less than accustomed with horses. I’ve been on a pony once, under duress, and aside from that my closest relationship with them has been through My Little Pony, or horses for my Barbies. That being said… I still found the biography about Princess Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and her life with horses an… Continue reading My life with horses