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This is the place to post news, pictures and discussion about the visit. In accordance with the attachment rules, discussion of Royal visits, is hosted by the forum also hosting the visit, if two, or more, royal families are involved. Enjoy, and behave.
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The programme: from http://www.norsk.dk
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Tuesday 8. November:
11.30 - 12.30 HM King Harald V, HM Queen Sonja, HRH Crown Prince Haakon, HM Queen Margrethe and HRH Prince Henrik will attend a small service at King Haakon's Church (Den Norske Sjømannskirke), and coffee/cake afterwards. *source: own invitation to event*
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Well, I have ironed my bunad-shirt, and bought extra pair of black stockings. I'm officially ready for a royal visit to Copenhagen
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King and Queen parties in Copenhagen
The Danish and Norwegian royal houses parties for Norway the coming days. King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon are on an official visit to Denmark and will celebrate the centenniary of the Norwegian independence with the Danish regent couple. Gala performance at the Royal Theatre, lunch at Fredensborg and two Crown Princes at a pre-premiere on a movie about children and young in Bosnia, are on the programme. The Norwegian Royal family is invited to Denmark by Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik to the occation that on November 20th it is 100 years since the Norwegian Storting (parliament) sent a delegation to Copenhagen. It came to ask Christian IX if his grand son Prince Carl might be Norways new king. The Norwegian people and Stortinget had decided that they wanted the Danish Prince as their King after one earlier had voted out the Swedish King. Christian IX said yes, Prince Carl became Haakon VII, and his two year old son Prince Alexander became Crown Prince Olav, the latter died in 1991 and was the father of King Harald. The visit begins Sunday, when Crown Prince Haakon arrives at Aalborg, and is recived at the Town Hall, and later opens an exhitbition about Norway at Aalborg Congress and Culture Centre. Monday morning he will meet the King and Queen in Copenhagen and later have lunch in Kuppelsalen (some hall) at Fredensborg Palace. In the afternoon the Norwegian and Danish royal family will go on to Amalienborg, where King Harald will open a special exhibition in Christian VII’s Palæ (an annexe I think) which describes the special event in 1905. Later Monday afternoon the two Crown Princes Haakon and Frederik leaves the 100 year jubilee to watch the pre-preimere of the documentary “Football school” which describes two childrens meeting at a football school in Bosnia. The school is created by the Danish Anders Levinsen, and it includes children of different ethnic groups. Monday evening the Embassy and the Fund for Danish-Norwegian Co-operation are hosts of a gala performance at the Royal Theatre. Tuesday the Norwegian Royal Family will meet with Norwegians living in Denmark at the Norwegian Sailors Church (Sjømannskirken) in Copenhagen, reveal a plate in memory of King Haakon VII at Charlottenlund Palace and at last visit the Opera. http://www.bt.dk/royalt/artikel:aid=...fid=100021706/ (My translation and my comments in brackets)
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Is Mary going to be at any of the events?
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finally....
Polfoto 06-11-2005 Snoren til Boulevarden blev klippet over af Kronprins Haakon, mens borgmester Henning G. Jensen (tv) og Rådmand Henrik Thomsen så til, da Hans Kongelige Højhed Kronprins Haakon fra Norge søndag indledte sit tre dage lange besøg i Danmark med en tur til Aalborg. Kronprins Haakon deltog desuden i en frokostreception på Rådhuset, hvor Aalborg Kommune var vært. Mandag kommer også det norske Kongepar til Danmark, hvor de er på officielt festbesøg for at markere 100-året for Norges selvstændighed. can anyone translate??
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I live in Aalborg, so I went to see Haakon. I thought I'd have the best chance of seeing him if I stood at City Hall. When I came no one else was there. Haakon arrived at 12.30 to inaugurate Boulevarden, and then walked from there to City Hall. He arrived at City Hall at about 13.00, and then there was a big turnout. I guess some people followed him all the way. I got a few pictures of him, but really not any where he was facing my way. A little later I went to Aalborghallen where Haakon would be at 15.00. No one had really shown up there, and no one really did when he arrived. He said hello to a family, who stood outside, but I was standing on the other side of them. He did walk right by me, and I guess I could have reached my hand out, so I could have shook his hand, but I didn't and he was inside quickly. I did take a few more pictures of him though. I was a little angry with myself that I hadn't reached my hand out, so I asked a cop when Haakon would leave Aalborghallen. He would leave around 16.00, so I desided to go for a little walk and then come back. I came back about 30 minutes later, and waited outside. He did come out around 16.00 and no one but we was standing outside. He said goodbuy to the mayor, and then waited for a bus that was blocking his car to be moved. The bus was for the people who were with him, or who had something to do with his visit. At that time I was standing right next to him. I was looking right at him, and didn't really know if I should reach my hand out or not. Then he looked at me and said: "I don't believe I've said hello to you", then he reached his hand out and we shook hands. It took me a little by surprise, so all I could say was something like: "Hi. No I don't believe you have". Oh I'm so lame.
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Oh, that's so wonderful Mette! I envy you! And, I don't think that I could have spoken at all, so you did a good job! I can't believe a members of our own forum are meeting royalty!
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Thank you Layla1971.:) I'm glad you think I did a good job, and that you would probably act much the same way as I did, if you had met him.
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Mette2, how fun for you! (He must be pretty outgoing, and have a good memory for faces if he realized he hadn't met you.)
I wish I had gotten to see him when he came to Minneapolis. Perhaps the next time he comes to the Vesterheim in Decorah, Iowa, I'll be able to squeeze away. It would probably be pretty easy to meet him there. |
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why so few pictures of Haakon...
some more from polfoto :
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