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?