The Winter Home in the Mountains and the Summer Home by the Sea

[galatea_12]

Royals opt for an un-royal life at their new 'hytte' - Aftenposten.no

Inside the new 'royal hytte' - Aftenposten.no

[HRH Abigail]

Originally Posted by KikkiB

It seems like the royals again is stiring up a debate on their building plans. I found this article on CP Mette-Marit and CP Haakons plans on building a cabin near Kristiansand.

I've translated it myself, so it's not perfect, but I think you'll get the drift :)

Some explanations; SV is the Socialist Left party in Norway, and is known for being republican, the Right party is known for being monarchist.

We also have a law in Norway that says you can't build a house/cabin/building less than 100 metres from a beach/sea side. The beaches/sea side are supposed to be open for the public to use. But some municipalities gives suspensions from this law, giving private persons permission to have their private beach/sea side (fencing them in). And it causes discussion over and over again.

SV want to stop Mette-Marits dream cabin

Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Crown Prince Haakon dream about building their vacation paradise near the beach at idyllic Flekkerøy at Kristiansand. But it could quickly create a quarrel. SV in Kristiansand have already reacted strongly to the rumours about the Crown Princely couples building plans at Naudetangen on Flekkerøy, and have had support from the locals.

“We don’t want the property to be re-regulated, and that it is made differences between royals and others. If the Crown Princely couple need 9843,4 m2 , it means that they also have to go into the free area. We mostly say no to cabins near the beach” says SVs municipality council member Gro Hareide to Dagbladet.

The municipality buys

The newspaper Fædrelandsvennen brought yesterday the news that Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Crown Prince Haakon have been visiting the so-called NRK-property on Flekkerøya to have a closer look at the place.

“They fell for the place, and is interested in taking it over” says legal consultant Jon Holt with Kristiansand Eiendom to the newspaper. He expects that the municipality can take over the property from NRK sometime before Christmas. After that the municipality will re-regulate it and sell parts of the property to the Crown Princely couple.

Kristiansand Eiendom run Kristiansand municipalitys properties, and shall have taken on to get hold of the property after a request from the Palace in the late summer. The Crown Princely couples information advisor Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen says that there isn’t made any deals on a country estate. The couple has, according to Gjeruldsen, looked at several options. “I have no further comments to you” says Gjeruldsen.

For public use

For several decades the broadcaster had their “middlewave” transmitter on the island. The SV politician Gro Hareide thinks it would be nice if the Crown Princely couple would have a cabin in Kristiansand, but she can’t understand why it is a municipality job to help the couple.

It the case reach political treatment, she will heavily protest a re-regualtion from a beach property to leasure purposes for the royals.The signal so fra from the Right pary is that it would be nice of the municipality to help the royals find a country estate in the home town of the Crown Princess.

Descrete

The sea side property lies perfectly in the landscape for the vacationing people who wants privacy, as the security of the individuals will be taken care of.

Hareide have now gotten unsuspected support from the inhabitants of Flekkerøya, which isn’t especially known for being SV-terrain.

SV vil stoppe <b> Mette-Marits </b> <b> drømmehytte </b> - Innenriks - Dagbladet.no

Thanks for this!

I just saw this refreshing article, in English, in the Aftenposten Site:

Royals opt for an un-royal life at their new 'hytte' - Aftenposten.no

[norwegianne]

The small motor-boat Haakon and Mette-Marit use at their new summer place, sank yesterday from taking in too much water (probably from rain). Some neighbours discovered it, and reported it to the police. Others took the boat to Risør, so it could be emptied. Kronprinsens båt sank - VG Nett om Kongehuset

[HRH Abigail]

Originally Posted by norwegianne

The small motor-boat Haakon and Mette-Marit use at their new summer place, sank yesterday from taking in too much water (probably from rain). Some neighbours discovered it, and reported it to the police. Others took the boat to Risør, so it could be emptied. Kronprinsens båt sank - VG Nett om Kongehuset

Thanks for the gist of the article, translated into English, but is there a fuller and more extensive translation of this article out there, Norwegianne?

Thanks, in advance

-- Abbie

[Florencia]

NORE OG UVDAL 20080905 Norway's Crown Prince Haakon's and Crown Princess Mette-Marit's new log cabin in Nore og Uvdal is soon complete and ready for a move-in. Photo: Terje Bendiksby

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[Rebafan81]

The new house looks really nice but I can't get over how small it is, with 3 growing children, I would certainly want something bigger so I could escape by myself for a while.

[norwegianne]

Originally Posted by Rebafan81

The new house looks really nice but I can't get over how small it is, with 3 growing children, I would certainly want something bigger so I could escape by myself for a while.

It is pretty much the standard size for these things nowadays in Norway, at least for the common folks. The cabins of yesteryear (like their summer house) are much smaller. The idea is that anyone wanting solitary time goes for a walk outside, either on foot or on skis, which is chiefly why these summer/winter houses are located fairly far away from "civilization".

Our winter home and summer homes are tiny, but as we spend most of the time when we're there outdoors, it doesn't really matter. (And should the weather be ghastly, you spend the time playing board games )

[sofajr]

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess visited the Dvergsøya island to see the property they're planning to buy (or rent) as a place for vacation near CP Mette-Marit's home town Kristiansand.

See the pictures of the house:
Tilbyr kronprinsparet feriested - Sørlandet - NRK Nyheter

[sofajr]

The Couple got the house for rent:
Sa ja til utleie - Sørlandet - NRK Nyheter
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/ir...cle3384820.ece

[Parrothead]

I agree, it does appear small. Perhaps they wanted it that way so it could only be the family that is in the house and no "staff" around. I love the grass or moss on the roof. Very unique!

[carlota]

hola mentions in this article how the neighbours of villa vogt, that the crown princely couple rented, complained about the need for security to enter the island that will be imposed as the couple spends their summer there. there's apparently a facebook group

Haakon y Mette-Marit de Noruega ya tienen casa de verano