King Harald and Queen Sonja Current Events Part 4

[Larzen]

The King and Queen will make their second visit to the states this year, during the visit the King will unveil a statue of his mother Crown Princess Märtha in fromt of the Norwegian embassy on september the 18th.
http://www.norway.org/culture/Royal+...2005Avisit.htm
the staue
http://www.norway.org/News/marthastatue.htm
Information first posted on the ERMB by Dag T Hoelseth

That means the following visits abroad for the King and Queen

September 1-2 to Sweden accompanied by the Crown Prince couple
September 18th (more days?) to Washington
October 25-27 to the UK
November 7-8 Denmark

An official portrait of King Harald and Queen Sonja, by Morten Krogvold

[HMQueenElizabethII]

It is areally great Official portrait of Their Majesties.Thanks lots Larzen.

[GrandDuchess]

Thank you Larzen for the info and pictures. What a busy autumn the King and Queen will have with all those visits! Great for them and us, I'm already looking forward to seeing pictures from them.

Would you say that the official portrait is a new one? Or is it an old one that they just brought out from the archives for this particular story?

[norwegianne]

Originally Posted by GrandDuchess

Would you say that the official portrait is a new one? Or is it an old one that they just brought out from the archives for this particular story?

As they're wearing the same things in that photo as they're wearing in the official photos in their profiles on the webpage, which has been up for quite some time, I assume that this is a picture taken at the same time. Mostly because it's also in the same setting.

I like them in this picture, they look very relaxed.

But I kind of miss the official portrait of a very regal-looking Sonja in the yellow dress, that was released some years back (around the time when they became monarchs...?)

[rchainho]

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/royal_family/83242004.htm

Royal News: Norway's King Harald V receives statue

August 10, 2005, 2:04:53 Royal News: Norway's King Harald V is set to unveil a gift to the country from Norwegian Americans.

The present - a stunning bronze statue of the late Crown Princess Märtha - will be uncovered in front of the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, DC, next month.

The much-loved princess, who died in 1954, was married to the late King Olav of Norway and was King Harald's mother.

[GrandDuchess]

Queen Sonja visited Tromsø today, she had a lot on her schedule, among things to open a new library. Here are some pictures from Tromsø municipality, the last one is from Bladet Tromsø.

[LaMinka]

Thanks Gran Duchess!

[GrandDuchess]

A few more pictures of Queen Sonja's visit to Tromsø yesterday. The first two pictures are from the Tromsø municipality, the third and last is from Nordlys.

[Larzen]

Thanks GrandDuchess, the one with the seal is nice.
King Harald has sent his condolances to the Presidents of Cyprus and Greece after the tragic plain crash

H.E.Mr. Carlos Papoulias
President of the Hellenic Republic
Athens

Your Excellency,

I am deeply saddened by the news of the terrible plane crash in Greece on Sunday 14 August, resulting in the tragic loss of so many lives.

On behalf of myself and the Norwegian people I send you my heartfelt condolences.

Harald R

H.E. Mr. Tassos Papadopolous
President of the Republic of Cyprus

Your Excellency,
I am deeply saddened by the news of the terrible plane crash in Greece on Sunday 14 August, resulting in the tragic loss of so many lives, among them many Cypriots

On behalf of myself and the Norwegian people I send you my heartfelt condolences and ask you to convey my deepest sympathy to the bereaved
Harald R

King Harald was yesteday present at the opening of IFLA 2005, its the intenational library conferance of which he is protector
Unfortunatly only pictures of the back of his head
from http://www.ifla.org/

[LaMinka]

Here is a bigger photo of Sonja and the seal, from www.side2.no:

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Originally Posted by LaMinka

Here is a bigger photo of Sonja and the seal, from www.side2.no:

Thanks lots Mariella.That is a great photo.

[Larzen]

King Harald at the reopening of the Norwegian national library on August 15th. Also present Mayor of Oslo and Minister Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Credit, Arne Knudsen, Knudsen fotocenter

[LaMinka]

Thanks again Larzen!

[KikkiB]

Charmer gave the Queen a wet kiss

This fellow really put an effort in when Queen Sonja herself visited. And got a kiss on the cheek.

“Ohhhh” yelled the Queen when she got the juicy kiss and straight on the cheek, writes the local newspaper Nordlys. The chosen one didn’t have two legs, but swam eagerly around the pool at Polaria in Tromsø. Perhaps the seal, Sassen, wanted to give Queen Sonja a good and warm welcome to the city. When she bent down to the seals, she was surprised by the quick seal. She straightened up quickly and stepped back, before she whiped her face with her right hand. Aquarium manager Espen Rafter says he didn’t believed the Queen would be daring enough to go near Sassen. Wether she liked the kiss or not, isn’t known.

http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/side2/kongelig/article438627.ece

[Mapple]

Originally Posted by Larzen

...

That means the following visits abroad for the King and Queen

September 1-2 to Sweden accompanied by the Crown Prince couple
September 18th (more days?) to Washington
October 25-27 to the UK
November 7-8 Denmark

...

The visit to the UK will be their second; Harald, following in his father's steps, is going to be one of the few monarchs to pay two state visits to Queen Elizabeth II.

[sm1939]

do you know weather the crown princes and princess will be with them?
also do you know what they will be up to in london?

[Larzen]

King Harald was spotted fishing in Sele on Sunday together with Christian Bjelland and Jan Erik Blom
from www.anb.no

[LaMinka]

King Harald opened the newly renovated National Library last monday, and here is one more pic and three videos:
Entré.
Utdrag fra finalen.
H.M Kongen åpner Nasjonalbiblioteket.

All from (http://www.nb.no)

[trevor]

Se, hvordan Kongen stråler

Den tunge tiden med sykdom og operasjoner er endelig forbi. Nå strutter kong Harald av energi og livsglede.

Av JORUN SOFIE F. AARTUN

NÅ-SPREK 68-ÅRING: Fire måneder etter operasjonenener er smilet igjen på plass. Kong Harald er brun og strålende opplagt etter sommerens fartsfylte aktiviteter. Foto: ØYVIND NORDAHL NÆSS, Foto: Øyvind Nordahl Næss
VG Nett følger:
Kongehuset



Det var en spøkefull og opplagt kong Harald som møtte VG under åpningen av Mela-festivalen på Rådhusplassen i Oslo forrige helg.

Fremdeles solbrun etter sommerens fartsfylte aktiviteter boblet monarken av overskudd og livsglede.

Da VG møtte Kongen under EM i seiling utenfor Stockholm tidligere i sommer, uttrykte monarken at han var svært fornøyd med livet.

- Jeg har ikke vært i så god form som nå på en tre-fire år, sa Kongen oppriktig.

Tøffe operasjoner

I løpet av en toårsperiode har monarken vært igjennom flere tøffe operasjoner. Etter kreftoperasjonen måtte Kongen på nytt legges under kniven på Rikshospitalet i vår. Kirurgene byttet ut en av Kongens hjerteklaffer med en kunstig klaff laget av biologisk materiale.

Samtidig gjennomgikk Kongen en omfattende hjerteoperasjon, hvor en blodåre fra leggen ble flyttet til hjertet.

En drøy uke senere ble monarken hasteoperert etter at legene oppdaget en væskeansamling på baksiden av hjertet.

Kongens livlege, Halfdan Ihlen, er imponert over hvor raskt Kongen har kommet seg etter sykefraværet.

DA - ALVORLIG SYK: Kong Harald forlater Rikshospitalet i Oslo etter den omfattende hjerteoperasjonen. Monarken er tydelig preget av sin alvorlige helsetilstand. Foto: SCANPIX

- Vi er veldig fornøyd med kong Haralds innsats og innstilling. Kongen er kvitt hjertesykdommen, som i seg selv er viktig. I løpet av sommeren har monarken trent seg godt både fysisk og psykisk, sier Ihlen.

I de hektiske sommermånedene har kong Harald stått foran flere fysiske utfordringer.

Kongen har tilbrakt mye tid med barnebarna, som har vært et lyspunkt i de lange sykdomsperiodene. Den spreke monarken har også jaktet på drømmelaksen ved Altaelvens bredd, og ble europamester i seiling i IMS-klassen i juli.

Forbilde

Under åpningseilasen var monarken igjennom en 15 timers seilingsmaraton langs svenskekysten under røffe værforhold.

Ihlen tror Kongen har vært et godt forbilde for andre som har vært igjennom tunge sykdomsperioder.

- Jeg er sikker på at Kongen er en stor inspirasjonskilde for andre. Selv er jeg mektig imponert over hvordan han har håndtert situasjonen. Veien tilbake til normal tilstand har blitt til gjennom Kongens egne positive målsettinger, sier Ihlen

(VG 23.08.05 kl. 10:38)