Category Archives: Haakon & Mette-Marit

HCP: September 2010

September is here, and with it, comes a new version of the Heir Consort Work Project. This month has revealed the difficulty in tracking the schedules. An event, which for some was considered official enough to put it on the … Continue reading

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Mette-Marit: possible pregnancy?

Norwegian Se & Hør is not claiming that Mette-Marit is pregnant, but they’re certainly presenting some  things that may make it sound like it. Mette-Marit was absent from the Greek wedding on Wednesday. She was on the guest list, leading … Continue reading

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HCP: August 2010

It’s August, time for new beginnings and a new round of ”Who’s done how much, lately”. I’ve been tallying up the scheduled appearances of the Heir Consorts of Europe for July – I’m keeping track in a Google Calendar, if … Continue reading

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Heir Consort Project

Earlier, I had a project I called The Crown Princess Work Project, wherein I tallied the activities of the Crown Princesses of Europe. The project came about after much discussion in various forums about the level of activity on the … Continue reading

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Mette-Marit's popularity

A recent poll of the Norwegian population made by order of Dagbladet reveals a change in how the Crown Princess is seen by the general population. A similar poll nine years ago, showed that the Norwegians were skeptical of the … Continue reading

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Mette-Marit interviewed in Natt & Dag

Crown Princess Mette-Marit was interviewed in the Norwegian publication Natt & Dag. Here is a link to the original interview, including pictures. I have translated bits of the interview.

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Haakon in political problems

The Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry, Trond Giske, is in the middle of assembling a council of young business leaders to give advice where Norway should focus its efforts in the future. This weekend, it was revealed that Crown … Continue reading

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Unlucky Mette-Marit

It seems that Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s bad luck is neverending. I summed up the past happenings at Blog Royale when she fell in the Ukraine. This time, it is a public release from the royal house stating that Crown Princess … Continue reading

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Mette-Marit as a ski instructor

Snow is not necessarily something all the immigrants who come to Norway are familiar with, and since it really started snowing in December, there has been a lot of snow coming down. The organization ChangeWeNeed took advantage of the weather, … Continue reading

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A decade ago: Crown Prince Haakon has a new girlfriend.

Ten years ago, today, the Norwegian regional newspaper, Fedrelandsvennen, broke the news that Crown Prince Haakon’s newest girlfriend was called Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby and was from Kristiansand, although she was living in Oslo. Other media outlets jumped onboard, but there … Continue reading

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