Christmas with the Norwegian Royal Family


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:previous: Agree! - And we have a lot of them actually, both when it comes to girls and boys, but ''Sølvguttene'' (The Silver Boys) and ''Nidarosdomens Guttekor'' (Nidaros Cathedral Boys) are by far the most popular ones (they've sung for the pope and everything). ??
 
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Which is the oldest group: The Norwegian Girl's Choir, The Silver Boys or Nidaros Cathedral Boys?
 
:previous: Well, The Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir (Norway's oldest choir) was first founded in the 1100s and re-established in 1927, The Silver Boys in 1940, and The Norwegian Girl's Choir in 1947 as The Norwegian Broadcasting Company’s Girls Choir, which was closed down in 1994 - and re-established in 1995.

Read about all three of them in English in the above posts. ??
 
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I love seeing the Norwegian Royal family at Christmas time. It always looks so joyful and cosy somehow. Perhaps not so happy this year with the disclosure of Mette-Marit's serious health problems, but everyone looks happy in these photos and the children, especially Ingrid-Alexandra, have really grown. Fabulous!
 
JR 78 , endly someone agrees with me. Royal Forums Fashion Board.

My respect for the Norvegian Royal Family for their smiles altough we had sad informations about the Crown Princess .
 
Perhaps they will stay closer now more than ever with the sickness of Mette-Marit.
 
And where are Princess Martha Louise and her girls?
 
:previous:What festive photos! I like how some of the ornament balls are hanging with a length of red ribbon. I like how both Haakon and his father Harald wear red ties.
 
Lovely festive photos :flowers:

Great to see he family's in high spirits tear the sad news.
 
I was a bit tired (and my better-half disturbed me) when I wrote this post last night, so I decided to rewrite/repost it - and add some more information. ?

Thanks eya! :flowers:

Well, nobody does Christmas-photos like The NRF (at least IMO).

The pictures were taken in the beautiful Red Drawing Room by Håkon Mosvold Larsen from NTB scanpix (The Norwegian News Agency).

And here's a photo where one can see more of that room (link).

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In other news: As usual, The Queen and The CP-Couple will, also this year, undertake their annual pre-Christmas visits.

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess will visit the Organisation for ''Families and Friends of Prisoners'' in Oslo on Dec 17th, while HM will visit The Children's Ward at Ullevål University Hospital (also in Oslo) on Dec 21st.

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Christmas-celebrations: The CP-family will (according to the court) celebrate with The Regent-Couple at Kongsseteren, which is situated on Voksenkollen in the outskirts of Oslo, not long from Holmenkollen. Not that surprising since they celebrated with CP MM's family at Skaugum last year.

About Kongsseteren (The Royal Lodge) - English Royal House article (link). - Plus a separate link to a pretty good photo.

About Holmenkollen - English Wikipedia article (link).

BTW: After the Lodge was completed in 1911, The RF used to celebrate every Christmas there during the reigns of Haakon VII and Olav V, something the King and Queen have mostly continued with.

And no, we haven't heard anything about Märtha and her children yet, but they will most likely celebrate with the Behn family (as Ari celebrated with the royals last year).

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And where are Princess Martha Louise and her girls?
Well, they haven't been part of the Christmas-photos since 2005. - Why? Hmm, probably something to do with the fact that Märtha is not a member of the Royal House, and that The King/court want the focus to be on the main players. ??
 
They're very much in fashion at the moment


Nobody said that. That was purely a remark about glasses. Beyond that I doubt that they do sit weeping about the CPss`s illness every day, nor think about it all the time....! I´m convinced this family is smart enough just not to do that!
Some people seem to be more obsessed with MMs sickness than her family or even she is... I wonder how long it will take until this subject is not mentioned every time when there are news or discussions about the Princess. Hardly helpful.
 
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Nobody said that. That was purely a remark about glasses. Beyond that I doubt that they do sit weeping about the CPss`s illness every day, nor think about it all the time....! I´m convinced this family is smart enough just not to do that!
I'm sorry, but what are you talking about?
You made a comment about Sverre's pair of glasses and I made a comment about the same pair of glasses.
 
Love the new Christmas photos. IA looks as if she's going to be quite tall and Sverre Magnus is really growing up too. My favourite photo is the photo of the family together with Harald and Sonja.
 
I'm sorry, but what are you talking about?
You made a comment about Sverre's pair of glasses and I made a comment about the same pair of glasses.


I´m sorry, but I got it completely wrong! I thought your comment was ironic and was related to the royal family and not that silly glasses issue...!:ermm:;)Perhaps I mixed things up with the comment of Maria Olivia who brought that sickness thing on the map once again.
 
In other news: As usual, The Queen and The CP-Couple will, also this year, undertake their annual pre-Christmas visits.

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess will visit the Organisation for ''Families and Friends of Prisoners'' in Oslo on Dec 17th, while HM will visit The Children's Ward at Ullevål University Hospital (also in Oslo) on Dec 21st.
Information about the organisation in English: FFP

And some first photos from the visit:
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(If they don't show, click on them more than once.)
 

I imagine that many family members and friends of prisoners may feel isolated, so in my opinion this is a very nice choice of organization for the crown princely couple's pre-Christmas visit.
 
:previous: Thanks polyesco, eya & iceflower! :flowers:

The CP-Couple met Carmen (19) and Guido (13), who both know how it's like to have a parent in jail.

Carmen (due to her father's imprisonment) struggled with guil for many years, and the situation had major consequences for her. Eventually, she received good help in processing the situation - and has for many years enjoyed taking part in FFP-Young, where she's met children/youth in a similar situation.

Today she is keen to convey how important it is that children and adults talk together when one in the family is imprisoned, and most importantly, that it's never a child's fault.

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BTW: I see that English-speaking media (I.e. The Mail and Getty Images, who probably never check The Norwegian Royal House-website) refers to ''For Fangers Pårørende (FFP)'' as ''The Fathers Pursuit Organisation.''
Hmm, yes, when writing the words with the first letter as uppercase in google-translate, the result will be ''For Fangers Pursuit,'' which of course can be mistaken for ''Fathers Pursuit,'' but that's completely wrong.

So let's go into detail:
The word ''fangers'' means ''prisoners,'' while ''pårørende'' means ''relatives,'' which again means that the correct translation will be The Organisation ''For Prisoners Relatives.''
However, FFP refers to themselves in English as The Organisation ''For Families and Friends of Prisoners,'' probably because it's sounds better.
 
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It must be difficult for children of inmates!

Today you are fortunately rarely asked: "Now, what does your father do for a living?"
But children today nevertheless have to be surprisingly conform in order not to stand out. And one of the last things children want is to stand out.
Children are, through peer-pressure, even required to be unique in a conform way!!

"My dad is in prison" don't earn many points most places. So along with children of parents who are mentally ill or alcoholics, I bet these children are used to lie routinely. - A surprising number of their parents no doubt work "in the off shore industry" or "working construction in Sweden."
 
I imagine that many family members and friends of prisoners may feel isolated, so in my opinion this is a very nice choice of organization for the crown princely couple's pre-Christmas visit.
Yes, let's give credit where credit is due, and here it is!

So, kudos to the CP-Couple/court.

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It must be difficult for children of inmates!

Today you are fortunately rarely asked: "Now, what does your father do for a living?"
But children today nevertheless have to be surprisingly conform in order not to stand out. And one of the last things children want is to stand out.
Children are, through peer-pressure, even required to be unique in a conform way!!

"My dad is in prison" don't earn many points most places. So along with children of parents who are mentally ill or alcoholics, I bet these children are used to lie routinely. - A surprising number of their parents no doubt work "in the off shore industry" or "working construction in Sweden."
Yes, in contrast to when I was in Primary/Lower secondary school (Grades 1-10, ages 6-16) in the 1990s and early 2000s, when having a imprisoned father was something you actually bragged about.
Not that it was any less difficult for that reason of course, but people were not so obsessed with ''that everything has to be so freaking perfect all the time,'' which made it easier to be yourself, whether you came from a troubled family or not.
 
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Queen Sonja made a Christmas visit to the Children's Ward at Ullevål University Hospital today, December 21:


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Queen Sonja made a Christmas visit to the Children's Ward at Ullevål University Hospital today, December 21:


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Thanks iceflower! :flowers:

These two pictures are from the arrival, where The Queen receives flowers from patient, Emma Weiss-Hagen (15). - The lady in red is The Mayor of Oslo, Marianne Borgen.


More photos from the visit. - If they don't show, click on them more than once:

From inside the ward, HM is making Christmas-decorations (one of her favourite things) with the patients, including Emma:
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The Queen being shown around, meeting staff, and listening to patients:
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And here she leaves, taking the time to speak to the media, who probably asked about her visit. I.e. how it was meeting the patients, staff and what she thinks about the Norwegian health-services (something the royals are always asked about after such visits):
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/td74f34d
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Wonderful visits thanks for the photos :flowers:

The queen really seems to enjoy making decorations. I bet she is a fun grandma this time of year.
 
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