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Friday, May 20, 2016

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Opening of the Princess Ingrid Alexandra sculpture park.

Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB scanpix

The Princess Ingrid Alexandra Sculpture Park opened on 19 May. Princess Ingrid Alexandra stood at the unveiling of the sculptures and hundreds of small and big guests were in place in the Palace Park.
The Princess Ingrid Alexandra Sculpture Park is a park from children - for children. It is established on the occasion of the King and Queen's 25th jubilee, and both the King and Queen, Crown Prince Couple, Prince Sverre Magnus and Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, were present along with Princess Ingrid Alexandra at the opening.

Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB scanpix

His Majesty King Harald gave the opening speech and wished all children a warm welcome.

This day is a day we in Royal Family have looked forward to. For many years we wanted a sculpture park especially for children. And finally it stands ready, initially with three sculptures. Two of them are brand new, the third stood at Akershus Fortress. Eventually, there will be more. They are here for you, they are to take on, and not just for decoration.

Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB scanpix

And the kids took King Harald's words - it did not take long from the unveiling of the sculptures when they were already in use.The sculptures are the first of a nationwide contest that will run for several years and result in a total of 10 sculptures. Sculpture park is a gift from Sparebankstiftelsen DNB.The two new sculptures that were unveiled, a Geometric fox and rabbit in trouble created by Sofie Sollid Gjertsen, from Setermoen school and Emma Hansen, from Ballangen School. Their two contributions were selected from hundreds of contributions from northern Norway. The kids make the characters, while craftsmen have built the sculptures.

Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB scanpix

In addition to the two, "Pillow Man" by Jonas Gjerstad, Martin Formation and Mathias Svendsen from Sagdalen skole was borrowed from the sculpture trail at Akershus Fortress.Approximately 900 kindergarten children were guests at the event. Together with their adult companions, they were served bowls and juice of Akiko's employees. 2500 bowls and 400 liters of sap went with.

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Sunday, July 20, 2014

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Crown Prince Haakon's 41st Birthday.

Photo: Heiko Junge, NTB scanpix

Happy Birthday! Today, the Norwegian Crown Prince turns 41 and to celebrate, the Norwegian court released new photos of the Crown Prince Family, who is celebrating privately in Dvergsøya, Kristiansand.

Photo: Heiko Junge, NTB scanpix

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Thursday, June 19, 2014

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New schools

Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum, Scanpix ©

Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus will from the autumn attend new schools. Princess Ingrid Alexandra will attend Oslo International School, while Prince Sverre Magnus will attend Oslo Montessori School.
Both children previously attended Jansløkka school in Asker. The Crownprince couple released a statement on behalf of the matter.

We are very grateful for the lovely years our children had at Jansløkka school in Asker. Princess Ingrid Alexandra's future role entails that she has a good competence in both thinking and speaking in English.

The Norwegian royal children are not the only royal children that will be attending new schools this autumn. Prince Nikolai will be attending Herlufsholm school in Næstved, south of Copenhagen. The prince will attend the boarding school during his year 10, before starting high school in the autumn of 2015.

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Monday, June 16, 2014

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Football match in Skaugum.

Photo: Cornelius Poppe, NTB scanpix

While the world's best battle for glory is out in Brazil, Skaugum was the stage of a match today. Together with the Norwegian Football Association, the Crown Prince Family hosted a friendly match between Røa Unified and Team Norway.
The aim was to focus on grassroots football, and how important is the integration for the sport. And not least: that football is first and foremost should be fun.

Photo: Cornelius Poppe, NTB scanpix

Røa Unified is a football team from the Oslo region. The team has been around for almost 20 years, they have a great passion for football and good social atmosphere in the group. The team has been involved in Special Olympics in Shanghai in 2007.
Team Norway consisted for the occasion of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess (captain), Mads Møller Dæhli, Jan Åge Fjørtoft, Hanneli Mustaparta, Kjetil André Aamodt and Tina Wulff, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus.

Photo: Cornelius Poppe, NTB scanpix

It was very even between the teams, and after two innings score 5-5. It took extra time and golden goal to to break the deadlock.
Match's major profile was Røa's Pål Berntsen, with number eleven on the back. He scored four of Røa six goals and, naturally enough named player of the match.

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Saturday, May 17, 2014

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Norwegian National Day 2014.

Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB scanpix

200 years ago, Norway got a Constitution and today the whole country is celebrating it along with National Day. Per tradition, the Royal Family greeted the people who gathered at the parade in Oslo from the palace balcony. Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Prince Sverre Magnus and Marius Borg Høiby greeted first the children at the traditional Children's Parade in Asker, outside Skaugum.

Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB scanpix

King Haakon and Queen Maud instituted the custom of greeting the parade in Oslo from the palace balcony in 1906. The practice has been upheld ever since. The only exceptions were in 1910 when Queen Maud's father, the English King Edward VII was buried, and during the war years 1940-1944.

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Tonight will be a big celebration of the Constitution Bicentennial at Eidsvoll, where it all started. King Harald V, Queen Sonja, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Prince Henrik of Denmark, King XVI Carl Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia of Sweden will be present.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

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Norwegian Royals at Parliament.

Photo: Berit Roald/NTB Scanpix

The Royal Family was present today at the meeting in the Parliament to celebrate the constitution's anniversary, and it was the first time Princess Ingrid Alexandra took made an official visit to the White Room.

On the constitution anniversary is a tradition that the Parliament holds a special anniversary meeting in the days before 17 May. This was done both in 1964 and in 1989. The main goal is to create a solemn celebration of the anniversary in the Parliament.

Photo: Berit Roald/NTB Scanpix

Both the King and Queen, Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Princess Astrid, Mrs Ferner attended all at the anniversary meeting of the parliamentary hall today. For Princess Ingrid Alexandra's part, it was her first official visit to the White Room.

For the Parliament, it is gratifying that Princess Ingrid Alexandra, who represents the future, attended with the rest of the Royal Family the meeting today where we all celebrated the Constitution - not least because young people are the main target group for the anniversary, said Parliament President Olemic Thommessen.

On Wednesday night, the King and Queen and Crown Prince Couple attended the gala dinner on the occasion of the Constitution Bicentennial at the Oslo City Hall. They were welcomed by Mayor Fabian Stang.