King and Queen's 80th birthdays
Here you can see Europe's Royals in Oslo
Royal guests from all over Europe will celebrate King Harald and Queen Sonja's 80th birthday next week. Here you will see where you can see them.
King Harald turned 80 on February 21, and Queen Sonja's great day is 4th of July.
In the midst of the two 80th birthdays, the royal birthdays will be celebrated jointly on the 9th and 10th of May, .
Those in the right place at the right time can see royal guests from all over Europe close up next week.
These will come
Between 30 and 40 guests from Europe's royal house are expected to Oslo these days. In addition, the Icelandic and Finnish presidents will come.
The Swedish royal family is represented by King Carl Gustaf (70), Queen Silvia (73), Crown Princess Victoria (39), Prince Daniel (43), Prince Carl Philip (37) and Princess Sofia (32). The Swedish court informs that in the calendar on its website.
From Denmark, Queen Margrethe (77), Crown Prince Frederik (48), Crown Princess Mary (45), Prince Joachim (47) and Princess Marie (41). The Danish court informs that on their website.
The only one who does not join the Danish royal family is the Queen's husband, Prince Henrik (82).
From our own royal family, Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette Marit and Princess Astrid will attend the events.
The children are not part of the official celebration these days.
European guests
The press contact at the British court confirms to VG that the Windsor family will be represented in Oslo, but since the visit is private, they will not inform who is coming.
After what VG knows, the British court will be represented by the younger generation of the family. Queen Elisabeth does not come.
From Belgium, the King and Queen will probably come.
"With 99% of security, I can say that King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will travel to Oslo," said the press contact at the Belgian court to VG.
The royal families from Spain, Monaco, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are also expected to visit Oslo to celebrate King Harald and Queen Sonja.
For security reasons, the respective courts are nevertheless reluctant to tell who is coming.
The press office at the Spanish royal house announces that they will publish this on Friday.
High security
According to Assistant Communications Manager Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen at the Palace, the security of the celebration is very high, which may cause the audience to not get as close to the royals as on previous occasions.
"But it should still be good opportunities for the public to take their own pictures of the royals''.
Here you can see them
Tuesday the 9th of May, the official celebration takes place at thepalace Square at 17.30.
The Gard will have a drill show, the Soul Children will sing and dance, and actor Bjarte Hjelmeland will speak to the King and Queen.
Those who wants to take royal pictures must get ready with the camera at 18.30. Then the jubilants and royal guests from Europe appear on the palace balcony.
Then the Birthday song will be sung.
At 18.45, the royals retreat to prepare for the gala dinner at the palace.
Wednesday, May 10th, the royal guests will attend a minicruise in Oslofjorden with the royal yacht at 11.00. Most will arrive from from Honnørbryggen.
Then it will also be possible to take pictures.
The Danish guests will live on the royal yacht "Dannebrog" which is located at the dock at Akershus fortress. At the moment, it is uncertain whether they will also come via Honnørbryggen or if they will come in straight from Dannebrog.
The same evening, at 7 pm there is a dinner in the Opera. This is the government's gift for the King and Queen on the occasion of the 80th birthdays.
The royals will drive in a cortège, led by the gard, down Karl Johan from the Palace to the Opera. The cortège starts from the palace at 18.15.
For safety reasons, there are no open cars, but cars without black windows. This makes it possible to get eye contact with the royals along the entire stretch.
The best view this day, nevertheless, is from the opera roof. 1,000 people will be aloved stand there when the guests arrives from their cars into the opera.
"Those who want to be on the opera roof must be there early. They will get in from 16.00 and all must be in place no later than 17.30, one and a half hours before the King and Queen arrives. This is due to security reasons, says Deputy Communications Manager Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen.
He promises that the reward for meeting up early is a good opportunity to see the royals as they leave the cars and goes into the opera.
I agree! She talked about it in 2012 and 2016, but it has not been mentioned at all this year. And I don't understand what Oskar Aanmoen (Europe Correspondent, Royal Central) meant with ''Queen Sonja's 80th birthday celebrations bring back memories of the children she lost''. Did he mean that it brings baack memories to her or the Norwegian people? That is what I meant with 'strange' article. 
