Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary's Official Visit to Canada.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess will pay an official visit to Canada’s capital Ottawa and Toronto on 17-19 September, 2014 to head up a Danish business promotion. The program will focus on trade in health, food, architecture and green building and design and fashion.  Around 80 Danish companies...

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Crown Prince Frederik holds meeting with NATO Secretary General.

Photo: Søren Bidstrup, Scanpix © On 15 August, Crown Prince Frederik recieved NATO's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at Frederik VIII's Palace. Minister of Defense Nicolai Wammen was also present at the audience Photo: Søren Bidstrup,...

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Queen Sonja opens Nor-Fishing.

Photo: Carl-Erik Eriksson On 19 August, Her Majesty Queen Sonja opened the Nor-Fishing 2014. The opening of the traditional fisheries trade was dominated by women in key roles.  Women are now increasingly more important actors in the industry,...

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Crown Prince Haakon opens new sorting facilities.

On 15 August, Crown Prince Haakon officially opened the new sorting facility at Skedsmokorset. Raumarike Avfallsforedling (ROAF), the world's first fully automatic sorting of plastic waste. The facility covers approximately 170,000 residents in the...

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200th Anniversary of the Convention of Moss.

Photo: Vidar Ruud/NTB Scanpix On August 14, 1814, the Convention of Moss was signed. King Christian Frederik chose peace. It was the beginning of the union and the 200 years of peace between Norway and Sweden. Both Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess...

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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit visit the Spydeberg Rectory.

Photo: Vidar Ruud/NTB Scanpix On 14 August, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit attended the opening of Spydeberg rectory garden. Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit arrived by horse and carriage on the morning, escorted...

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Crown Prince Frederik visits Made in Denmark golf tournament.

Photo: Henning Bagger, Scanpix On Wednesday, August 13 Crown Prince Frederik was present at the golf tournament Made in Denmark and participated in a practice round during the so-called Pro-Am tournament. The Crown Prince is patron of the golf tournament,...

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Crown Prince Frederik visits VM Badmindton players.

Photo: Charlotte de la Fuente Nørregaard, Polfoto On Tuesday, August 12 as patron of World Badminton, Crown Prince Frederik attended a joint training with the Danish World Cup players in Brøndbyhallen. During the visit, the Crown Prince had the...

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Prince Joachim opens Mosede Fort.

Photo: Simon Læssøe, Scanpix On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 Prince Joachim attended the official opening of the museum Mosede Fort, Danmark 1914-18. During the opening, the Prince held a speech and then proceeded to officially open the museum. Photo: Simon...

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Official Visit to Greenland - Nuuk.

Photo: Hanne Juul, Billed Bladet On 7 August, the Crown Prince Family arrived to Nuuk - the capital of Greenland. The same day, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess attended an official dinner held on their honor at he Hans Egede Hotel. The Crown Prince...

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King Carl Gustaf visits Ramna.

Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT King Carl Gustaf visited Ramna today to show his participation and to be informed on the development of the forest fire in Västmanland. The forest fire is raging since Thursday in a large area in Västmanland and is the...

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Condolences from King Harald to the President of China.

Photo: Cathrine Wessel Condolences from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of China, His Excellency Mr Xi Jinping after the earthquake in the Yunnan province. President Xi JinpingPresident of The Peoples Republic of China Excellency,I...

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Official visit to Greenland - Qaqortoq, Paamiut and Qeqertarsuatsiaat.

Photo: Keld Navntoft. On their third day in Greenland, the Crown Prince Family visited Qaqortoq wearing Greenlandic national costumes. Prince Christian and Crown Prince Frederik wore the standard national costume for men, Princess Isabella wore the...

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Official visit to Greenland - Narsaq, Alluitsup Paa and Nanotarlik.

Photo: Keld Navntoft On the first day of the visit, after the family's tour of Igaliko, the royal yacht sailed to Narsaq. Crown Princess Mary visited the culture house while Crown Prince Frederik visited the slaughterhouse Neqi. Photo: Keld Navntoft Among...

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King Carl Gustaf attends fishing seminar.

Photo: Martin Falklind On Thursday July 31, the King attended a fishing seminar in Hemavan. The purpose was to discuss the development of fisheries management, sustainable fisheries and tourism in Västerbotten's mountains. The initiative comes...

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