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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Mette-Marit and the Civil Defense's Winter Exercise
Today Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway was an observer at the Norwegian Civil Defense’s winter exercise at Vikafjellet between Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane counties.
Old pictures of royals
Library of Congress has a project going, where they’re adding their collection of old photographs to Flickr – to share them with the public. In that, there’s also some old photographs of the royals. The pictures tagged with royalty can … Continue reading
The state of Haakon's beard
Here is the conclusion to the debate around Crown Prince Haakon’s beard. The Crown Prince revealed in an interview with Norwegian news channel TV2, that the dispensation for having a beard aboard the vessel, had gone through. Thus, he … Continue reading
Märtha Louise and the fountain of light.
In the book she co-wrote with her husband, Ari Behn, after their wedding in 2002, Princess Märtha Louise compared herself to a fountain of light. “I imagined that I walked in light, that I waded in it until it … Continue reading
Book review: The Uncommon Reader
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. (First published in 2006).
Programme for Haakon and Mette-Marit's visit to Mexico
Here is the programme for Haakon and Mette-Marit’s official visit to Mexico. They arrived yesterday, and there is allegedly an increase in security around them – with between 30 and 50 security guards. For picture from the arrival, see here.
Beard troubles
It’s not too long ago that Prince William shaved off his beard for his military duties. Now, Aftenposten reports that Crown Prince Haakon’s beard may be going the same way. During the visit to Mexico, he is going aboard a … Continue reading
Fear of flying
As she’s about to embark on an Official Visit to Mexico, I can’t help but feel a bit sorry for Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway. Her fear of flying is pretty much legendary among royal watchers and Norwegians alike, and … Continue reading
Haakon opening the NHH symposium.
Today, Crown Prince Haakon gave the opening lecture at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration’s symposium for the Norwegian corporate sphere. The symposium is run by the students of the school, and is Norway’s biggest of its kind.
Pronunciation: Danish royals
Since I know that non-Danish often have issues when they try to figure out how some of the Danish royal names are pronounced – I pestered a Danish friend of mine, Stine, into helping me make an audio-file so you … Continue reading