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09-22-2007, 08:26 AM
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Opening of Parliament (Stortinget) 2/10-07
The 152nd gathering of the Norwegian parliament (Stortinget) will be opened by HM the King on October 2, 2007.
It can be presumed that he will be accompanied by the Queen and the Crown Prince, as he has been the previous years.
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10-01-2007, 12:22 PM
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Will there be a Gala in the evening?
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10-01-2007, 12:53 PM
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10-01-2007, 01:09 PM
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No there never is, there will be a lunch.
Before Queen Sonja the last woman to attend the opening was Queen Maud who attended 5 times. The Crown Princess never attends for some reason, maybe because they just have three chairs  Stortinget has a story about the chairs used, the Throne is belived to be from 1847, made by an artis called Wilhelm Heinrich Hoffmann in Stockholm. Some historians thinks it is originally made for the coronation of Oscar I. the two other chairs are stylistically so different that they are not belived to be from the same time as the throne. They are in empire style and belived to be from the early 1800. Queen Maud was the first woman to sit on the podium next to the King, before that the Queen, the underaged Princes and female members of the court sat in a lodge where the diplomats sit today. Whils the Heir and Princes of age accompanied the King, the chairs was therefor called "the Prince chairs" For the swearing of the oath in 1905 they had no available chair for the Queen so they had to borrow one from the National theatre  in 1906 one of the "Prince chairs" was turned into a "Queen Chair" Both Prince chairs got the Norwegian Lion carved in and and the new Queen chair got a closed coronet to symbolise the Queen, whilst the Prince chair has an open crown.The Queen chair was always placed in Stortinge even if Queen Maud did not attend, the last time she attended was in 1922. The Queen chair was the brought out again 69 years later for the swearing of the oath of King Harald in 1991 when the new Queen Sonja accompanied him for the first time. www.stortinget.no > tronstol Picture from the opening of Stortinget including the chairs http://www.kongehuset.no/aim/kongehu...metry=766>x241> about the opening in english kongehuset.no - Opening of the Storting Here you can see the Queen Crwon over Sonjas monogram kongehuset.no - Hennes Majestet Dronningen and the crown of the Heir kongehuset.no - H.K.H. Kronprinsen which is the same as Ingrid has kongehuset.no - H.K.H. Prinsessen whilst Sverre Magnus has an completely open Crown without the pillow inside or what you want to call it kongehuset.no - Prins Sverre Magnus Queen Sonja usually wears suits in black and red, though I belive she wore black an purpel once.
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"Those who do not like you fall into two categories, the stupid and the envious" -The Libertine Last edited by Larzen : 10-01-2007 at 01:12 PM.
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10-01-2007, 01:46 PM
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Thanks for your answers, Norwegianne and Larzen!
I just thought there would be a gala because I saw threads about a "Gala for Stortinget" . So I thought this gala might belong to the Opening ceremony. .. well; now I see it doesn't . Quote:
Aftenposten reported a "broad feeling" among politicians that Sonja's "strong personality" would overshadow King Harald and detract from his role. IMO it's really a strange tradition that the Crown Prince attends this event, but the Crown Princess doesn't... maybe you are right, Larzen , and they REALLY just have 3 chairs  .Last edited by Her_Majesty : 10-01-2007 at 01:59 PM.
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#6
10-02-2007, 07:22 AM
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HERE IS THE CEREMONY
Stortinget åpnes høytidelig i dag - Nyheter - NRK Nyheter
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10-02-2007, 07:25 AM
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A VIDEO
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10-02-2007, 08:01 AM
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10-02-2007, 09:38 AM
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10-02-2007, 10:37 AM
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One supposes it could be because Norway didn't have a crown princess from 1905 to 1929, when a lot of the formalities in the monarchy came about (like the gala-dinner at the Palace later this month). When Norway got a Crown Princess, the Queen had already ceased her attendances at the openings (last one was in 1922.) and I suppose there wasn't any thought to bring her into it on her own.
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10-02-2007, 12:01 PM
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I think everyone looked very nice. Queen Sonja, always so lovely to see. This is quite interesting to observe the pictures of the different Parliament openings and as it appears the Norwegians and the Dutch seem to have the most traditional custom. They are the only ones if I'm not mistaken that had the men in their uniforms!
I also pointed out a few weeks back the Norwegians were the only ones of the Scandinavian royal houses that greeted the Brazilian president in their uniforms as well. Not sure how important that is or anything just something I picked up on!
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10-02-2007, 12:52 PM
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I really love to see the King, Queen and Crown Prince during the opening of the Parliament.
It's great to see the guys wearing their uniforms. Especially Haakon looks so extremely good in it.  ..It's always funny to see Queen Sonja following her self-written rule to wear black-red only . Well, the colors already belong to this event. Sonja looked really elegant! She always does!
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10-02-2007, 01:04 PM
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10-02-2007, 01:15 PM
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HaHa, yes. Sonja always matches the men. As always, it is good to see the three of them, but I would really have loved to see Mette. Too bad for this tradition of the crown princess not attending.
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10-02-2007, 01:17 PM
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10-02-2007, 01:20 PM
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10-02-2007, 02:17 PM
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Article from Aftenposten: King opened Parliament - Aftenposten.no Watermark-free Pictures from Kongehuset kongehuset.no - Stortinget høytidelig åpnet  Pictures from Knudsens Fotosenter Preview of '2A4W59187077.jpg' - FotoWeb® 2.7 :) Preview of '2A4W58187074.jpg' - FotoWeb® 2.7 Preview of '2A4W58187072.jpg' - FotoWeb® 2.7 Preview of '2A4W58187073.jpg' - FotoWeb® 2.7 Preview of '2A4W58187068.jpg' - FotoWeb® 2.7 Preview of '2A4W58187063.jpg' - FotoWeb® 2.7 |
