70th Birthday Celebrations of King Harald V. of Norway

[MissSaga]

About the royals wearing their respective national costumes, I really hope not..
I want to see hats and suits and shoes and pregnant, visible bellies, and empire cuts !

[lilytornado]

Why, if it is one day tiara event and the other national costumes... I think that would be nice, but we don´t know yet.

[Larzen]

Here is a summary from the VG article the confirms the above mentioned guests after having contacted the different courts and in addition the following

Princess Ragnhild and Erling Lorentzen
Haakon and Martha Lorentzen
Princess Astrid and Johan Martin Ferner and children
King Albert and Queen Paola
Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex
Princess Anne and Timothy Laurence
The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
King Constanitjn and Queen Anne Marie
Probably Pavlos and Marie Chantal
Princess Kristine

Yesterday Birthday director Bentein Baardson was on a tour of the palace park with people from the court and the city of Oslo. Baardson is the official Norways "partyfixer", whenever there is something that shal be perfect he is in charge, like the opening ceremony for the Lillehammer Olympics, the Ibsen year, the events around the Crown Prince wedding.

21 Febuary, National Celebration
Stortinget (parlament) will honour the King with a ceremony right outside the Palace, here the King will get the gift from Stortinget, according to VG it is a staue of his mother that will stand in the north end of the park, in the south end there is already a staue of his grandmother Queen Maud

A service in the Trinity church

Dinner at Akershus, hosted by the goverment

23 Febuary
900 guests will gather in city hall, all the mayors in Norway is invited, so is all the county-mayors and countymen, according to the city of Oslo, only 3 people have turned down the invitation. Also royals from abroad will be at this arrangement. The event will las an hour and a half and all the 21 countys are invited to give some cultural performance

After that there will be a "family dinner" at Skaugum

24 Febuary
There will be an event outside the Palace in the daytime, what kind of event is a secret, but Queen Sonja is in charge

In the evening there will be a gala dinner with dancing at the royal palace.

25 Febuary
There will probabaly some sort of joint event in the morning before the guests leave

there will be some more events but according to VG it is secrets and the court is trying to make some suprises for the King

[MissSaga]

Thanks Larzen. Will there only be royals the 24th and 25th ?

[fee]

Though I of course would rather see the younger generation in fabulous galagowns and tiaras, I can understand that for a birthday party the guests should mainly be people with whom the birthday-boy has shared some more time.
Harald will probably have more from a visit of Benedicte or the dutch queen's sister Margriet than from a visit of Mary or Mathilde, whom he has known for a mere couple of years.
The "older" generation however has been together "forever", has been meeting eachother at most events in their life.
(On second though, probably hightime to mix up the guestlist with some fresh faces )

[kwanfan]

Originally Posted by fee

Though I of course would rather see the younger generation in fabulous galagowns and tiaras, I can understand that for a birthday party the guests should mainly be people with whom the birthday-boy has shared some more time.
Harald will probably have more from a visit of Benedicte or the dutch queen's sister Margriet than from a visit of Mary or Mathilde, whom he has known for a mere couple of years.
The "older" generation however has been together "forever", has been meeting eachother at most events in their life.
(On second though, probably hightime to mix up the guestlist with some fresh faces )

I think that among the guests confirmed/semiconfirmed so far, there's a nice mix of young and old. We've got the three young Dutch couples as well as Queen Beatrix, the Wessex's, Princess Anne, Princess Madeleine as well as Crown Princess Victoria, the Swedish Monarchs, as well as Queen Margrethe & Prince Henrik, and Frederik, Mary, and Joachim.

[Mandy]

Originally Posted by kwanfan

I think that among the guests confirmed/semiconfirmed so far, there's a nice mix of young and old. We've got the three young Dutch couples as well as Queen Beatrix, the Wessex's, Princess Anne, Princess Madeleine as well as Crown Princess Victoria, the Swedish Monarchs, as well as Queen Margrethe & Princess Henrik, and Frederik, Mary, and Joachim.

I hope Queen Margrethe let's him borrow one her best gown and parure!

[kwanfan]

Originally Posted by Mandy

I hope Queen Margrethe let's him borrow one her best gown and parure!

Oops!

[Princess Robijn]

Originally Posted by Larzen

Here is a summary from the VG article the confirms the above mentioned guests after having contacted the different courts and in addition the following

Princess Ragnhild and Erling Lorentzen
Haakon and Martha Lorentzen
Princess Astrid and Johan Martin Ferner and children
King Albert and Queen Paola
Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex
Princess Anne and Timothy Laurence
The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
King Constanitjn and Queen Anne Marie
Probably Pavlos and Marie Chantal
Princess Kristine

Yesterday Birthday director Bentein Baardson was on a tour of the palace park with people from the court and the city of Oslo. Baardson is the official Norways "partyfixer", whenever there is something that shal be perfect he is in charge, like the opening ceremony for the Lillehammer Olympics, the Ibsen year, the events around the Crown Prince wedding.

21 Febuary, National Celebration
Stortinget (parlament) will honour the King with a ceremony right outside the Palace, here the King will get the gift from Stortinget, according to VG it is a staue of his mother that will stand in the north end of the park, in the south end there is already a staue of his grandmother Queen Maud

A service in the Trinity church

Dinner at Akershus, hosted by the goverment

23 Febuary
900 guests will gather in city hall, all the mayors in Norway is invited, so is all the county-mayors and countymen, according to the city of Oslo, only 3 people have turned down the invitation. Also royals from abroad will be at this arrangement. The event will las an hour and a half and all the 21 countys are invited to give some cultural performance

After that there will be a "family dinner" at Skaugum

24 Febuary
There will be an event outside the Palace in the daytime, what kind of event is a secret, but Queen Sonja is in charge

In the evening there will be a gala dinner with dancing at the royal palace.

25 Febuary
There will probabaly some sort of joint event in the morning before the guests leave

there will be some more events but according to VG it is secrets and the court is trying to make some suprises for the King

Who is Princess Kristine and who are the children of Princess Astrid and Johan Martin Ferner? and are they married??

[norwegianne]

Originally Posted by Princess Robijn

Who is Princess Kristine and who are the children of Princess Astrid and Johan Martin Ferner? and are they married??

Princess Kristine is the widow of Prince Carl Bernadotte, the brother of Crown Princess Märtha. She is King Harald's aunt by marriage.

Princess Astrid and Johan Martin Ferner have five children:
Cathrine Ferner Johansen (b. 1962) married to Arild Johansen
Benedikte Ferner (b. 1963) (twice divorced)
Alexander Ferner (b. 1965) married to Margrét Gudmundsdóttir
Elisabeth Ferner (b. 1969) (divorced)
Carl-Christian Ferner (b. 1972)

[Her_Majesty]

Originally Posted by kwanfan

We've got the three young Dutch couples as well as Queen Beatrix.[...]

I think it's not sure yet if Queen Beatrix will attend. It's only confirmed that the three young Dutch Couples will attend.
I really hope the Queen will join them!

[Princess Robijn]

Originally Posted by norwegianne

Princess Kristine is the widow of Prince Carl Bernadotte, the brother of Crown Princess Märtha. She is King Harald's aunt by marriage.

Princess Astrid and Johan Martin Ferner have five children:
Cathrine Ferner Johansen (b. 1962) married to Arild Johansen
Benedikte Ferner (b. 1963) (twice divorced)
Alexander Ferner (b. 1965) married to Margrét Gudmundsdóttir
Elisabeth Ferner (b. 1969) (divorced)
Carl-Christian Ferner (b. 1972)

Thank you

Does Princess Kristine have the style of Highness?

[MissSaga]

I can imagine that two pregnant princesses Maxima and Mary will have a lot in common to talk about

[Larzen]

After re-reading the article, and not just looking at the pictures it says that Belgian court will be represented with Albert and Paola, and several of their children

And it says the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg will possible be accompanied by other members of the family

Princess Kristine celebrates christmas with the Norwegian King and Queen every year, this is how she and her husband was styled on the guestlist for Haakons wedding
H.H. Prins Carl Bernadotte
H.H. Prinsesse Kristine Bernadotte
http://www.kongehuset.no/dt_kongehus...gid=16&aid=488

[aryo]

Any news on broadcating the birthday like swedish one?

[bozena]

German Television ZDF will broadcast live from Oslo on 21th February 2007. They will broadcast the church service from 11.00 to 14.00 o'clock and the festivities in the Palace Park from 15.00 to 16.00 o'clock!
I have just read it on ZDF.de - Startseite
I am really looking forward to it!!

[Smilla]

Originally Posted by bozena

German Television ZDF will broadcast live from Oslo on 21th February 2007. They will broadcast the church service from 11.00 to 14.00 o'clock and the festivities in the Palace Park from 15.00 to 16.00 o'clock!
I have just read it on ZDF.de - Startseite
I am really looking forward to it!!

Hey, thanks! That's great news. We'll be able to see Mette-Marit and her family, then.

[KikkiB]

According to Aftenposten Princess Ragnhild and her husband will not attend the celebrations of King Harald's 70th birthday.

Not attending the King’s 70th birthday.

Princess Ragnhild and her husband Erling Lorentzen have noted that they will not be attending King Harald’s 70th birthday February 21. They will not be present at Princess Astrid’s 75th birthday next week.
It is Se og Hør’s website seher.no that notes that the king’s sister “due to happened circumstances” will not attend the party in Norway, where about 60 guests from Europe’s royal houses has confirmed their attendance.
According to what seher.no knows, King Harald’s sister and brother-in-law has told the king directly what the reason for they staying at home in Rio de Janeiro, but late Monday evening nobody at the Palace will comment on the guestlist not being as planned.
According to the Danish newspaper BT Queen Margrehte won’t be attending the 70th birthday party in Oslo, even if she accepted the invitaiton. The Danish queen will undergo knee suregery next week, and has thus canceled a large part of her planned arrangement the nearest months.
But Prince Henrik, Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary and Prince Joachim will be at the birthday party in Oslo, the newspaper reports.

Avbud til Kongens 70-årsdag

Though I find it curious that a serious newspaper such as Aftenposten use Se og Hør and the Danish B.T. as sources...

[Jayne]

Usually a so-called "lurker", but I will actually be in Oslo on the 23rd and 24th Feb., visting from the US. I may try to go and check out the action! I didn't plan my trip around this event, but it would be quite a treat to see so many royal in one place!

[iceflower]

Originally Posted by bozena

German Television ZDF will broadcast live from Oslo on 21th February 2007. They will broadcast the church service from 11.00 to 14.00 o'clock and the festivities in the Palace Park from 15.00 to 16.00 o'clock!

In addition to that the German Television ARD will show a portrait of King Harald in the evening: It will be shown from 21:45 to 22:15, which means 9.45 pm to 10.15 pm on 21th February 2007.