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King Harald of Norway (center) attending the Military Association annual meeting in Oslo, Norway, January 7, 2008.

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Queen Sonja's trip to Svalbard, that was supposed to be yesterday, was cancelled. According to the Royal House the Queen is sick.
She was supposed to attend the Norwegian National Opera's gala performance.
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King Harald of Norway attended the Norwegian Ski Associations 125 year anniversary at the Holmenkollen Park hotel in Oslo, Norway, January 31, 2008.

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The King is really busy lately. Thumb up for him!
Actually the last months the King had most engagements of all members of the Royal Family and it seems to be the same in February.
He really does a great job!
It's not surprising that he is the most popular and loved member of the NRF.
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The King is really busy lately. Thumb up for him!
Actually the last months the King had most engagements of all members of the Royal Family and it seems to be the same in February.
He really does a great job!
It's not surprising that he is the most popular and loved member of the NRF.
It was actually mentioned somewhere, (in a connection with the popularity poll or something like that) that the King's busy-ness was a strategic move from the royal family. He's the head of the family, ergo, he'll be in the front.

I expect it also has something to do with his health - now that it is ok, he'll be doing a lot, since there has been times in the past when he has been forced to take it easy, as there will be as he grows older.
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King Harald received a gift of friendship from the Pakistani state today. He wasn't present himself to receive it, but according to the Information adviser, he was very grateful.

The Pakistani temporary minister of tourism pointed out that by attending events tied to Pakistan, in Norway, (the concert of support for the earth quake in 2005, Pakistani national day in 2006) and have been declaring himself as king of all of Norway, also the newer Norwegians from other cultures. He also mentioned that King Harald is welcome to visit Pakistan any time. Kongen fikk vennskapsgave av pakistansk minister - VG Nett
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King Harald meeting Anders Jacobsen ( ) in Trondheim (a while ago, already)
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King Harald and Queen Sonja attended the opening of the new National Museum for Architecture yesterday.

Queen Sonja of Norway during the opening of the new National Museum for Architecture in Oslo, Norway, March 6, 2008.
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Today (07-03-2008) the Royal Couple visited a School in Oslo:
Guido fikk møte Kongen
(+video http://www.aftenposten.no/webtv/?id=8991&cat=22 )

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More pictures of the Royal Couple visiting the school :
kongehuset.no - Blindernveien skole

The little boy had originally invited King Harald to come to his birthdayparty , but the King said he would visit him at his school instead.
And so the King and Queen visited this little boy's school.
That's really cute.
Maybe I should try to invite the Royal Couple as well...
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Such a sweet story. I bet the little boy was over the moon. It's nice to see royalty responding in such a way, especially where a child is concerned. Way to go King Harald!

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13.03.2008
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Her Majesty The Queen attends the presentation of the RWE Dea Scholarships in music, Gamle Logen (19:00).

A picture can be seen here:
Fikk stipend av Sonja - f-b.no

A Video of the Queen arriving:
http://www.aftenposten.no/webtv/?id=9076&cat=22

The Queen was asked what she thinks about her daughter's pregnancy. She smiles: "Very nice! I cannot think of anything better!"
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Queen Sonja visited the United World College in Fjale today.
She attended wearing a Bunad:
Alt om dronning- besøket! - firda.no
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More photos from the Queen's visit at UWC (source: NRK Sogn og Fjordane - NRK Nyhende)

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This one is lovely. Thanks for sharing, Kikki!

Dronninga heiv seg med i dansen - firda.no

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Queen Sonja of Norway took a day of from sports and visited the scenic Summer Palace in Beijing on August 14th, 2008. Photography is one of her favorite hobbies and she took the opportunity to take many photos during her visit. The Queen and King of Norway are in China because of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

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