Scandinavian Heirs Trip to Greenland; May 27th-June 1st, 2009

[sgl]

I love seeing photos of the three royals together. They seem like they are very close friends, not just cousins, who really have fun together. I hope that their close relationship is passed on to their children, and that they grow up to become friends.

[lumutqueen]

Billed-Bladet - Frederik, Victoria og Haakon: Fra Fredensborg til Grønland

Article of them leaving fredensborg and pictures of the three of them together at various events.
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[nulle30]

What have Frederik, Victoria and Haakon done on there trip to Greenland ?

Nanna
www.kronprinsesse-mary.dk
www.skysite.dk/marydk
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[vestfoldlilja]

Links from Norwegian media

Victoria: – Frustrerende å være borte fra Daniel - Nyheter - Kongelige - Aftenposten.no

Tronarvingene møtte grønlandske fangstmenn - VG Nett

Victoria: - Frustrerende å være borte fra Daniel*|* TV 2 Nyhetene

Kongelig trio blant isfjell - MSN Video Video

Tronarvinger studerer klimaendringer på Grønland - VG Nett om Kongehuset

It's nice to see them together again

[Turkish Delight]

The heirs to the thrones of Scandinavia, Prince Haakon of Norway, Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Frederik of Denmark at the Ilulissat fiord on the West Coast of Greenland. The Ilulissat glacier, on the UNESCO World Heritage list, produces some 20 million tons of icebergs each day.
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[vestfoldlilja]

More from Norwegian press.

Iskald forskningsopplevelse for tronarvingene - Nyheter - Kongelige - Aftenposten.no

http://www.aftenposten.no/webtv/?id=14300 Video

Kald natt for de kongelige - VG Nett om Kongehuset

Kongelig pinsegrøss i 19 minus - nyheter - Dagbladet.no With video

- Det har vært utrolig lærerikt - Nyheter - NRK Nyheter With video

[Paty]

Gallery from PPE
PPE Agency

[mellie]

The three heirs looks very close. They are cousins of course. I wonder what language they use when they talk to each other?

[vestfoldlilja]

They speak in their respective languages, as most Scandinavians do when they speak among themselves. Crown Prince Frederik speaks Danish, Crown Princess Victoria speaks Swedish and Crown Prince Haakon speaks Norwegian.

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/k...p?artid=544041

http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/utenriks/1.6633193 video

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31-05-2009 Greenland Crown Princess Victoria and Crown Prince Haakon visiting Qeqertarsuaq in Greenland.
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News Summary Royalblog.nl: Haakon, Frederik, Victoria enjoy Greenland

[lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by mellie

The three heirs looks very close. They are cousins of course. I wonder what language they use when they talk to each other?

They aren't all cousins, not even Haakon and Victoria are 1st cousins. But they are as close and brothers and sisters.
Good to finally get some pictures.
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[sgl]

It looks like they are having a good time together. It is too bad that their spouses/fiance couldn't come along. Thank you for all of the photos!

[lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by sgl

It looks like they are having a good time together. It is too bad that their spouses/fiance couldn't come along. Thank you for all of the photos!

Is there any reason why the spouses/fiancee couldn't come?
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Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway during a press conference in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
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[Ccile]

It's great to see how connected they are!!!

[kbear]

Originally Posted by vestfoldlilja

They speak in their respective languages, as most Scandinavians do when they speak among themselves. Crown Prince Frederik speaks Danish, Crown Princess Victoria speaks Swedish and Crown Prince Haakon speaks Norwegian.

Are the Scandinavian languages that similar that they each understand each others or have they learned each others??? Sorry just curious I assumed it would be French or English that the spoke to each other in.

[Lilla]

Norwegian, Swedish and Danish is rather similar.

[mellie]

Thanks for the explanation about the languages.
So they understand one another while using their own 'dialects'.
I know theirs are three languages, so I shouldn't use the term 'dialect'

[vestfoldlilja]

The Scandinavian languages are considered different languages, but in many ways they are dialects of the same, and for the most part they are mutually intelligible. There are quite a lot of false friends one should be aware of, but many of these are learnt as one grows up and come across usage of all three languages. How well one understands the other Scandinavian languages than your own differ from how much contact you have with the other two, but it is expected that if you known one of the languages you understand all three.

I remember from a tv-show from the heirs trip to Svalbard that Crown Prince Frederik describes their trip as ”hyggelig” and then says ”or mysit in Swedish”.

The heirs have known each other since they were children and are used to communicating with each other in their own languages. That being said, language barriers that may arise are usually a source of fun and goodhearted teasing.

[sgl]

Originally Posted by lumutqueen

Is there any reason why the spouses/fiancee couldn't come?
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I'm not really sure why they didn't come along. We know that Daniel, Victoria's fiance had a kidney operation, so it is understandable that he wouldn't be able to travel. I know that CP Mary and Mette-Marit are both very busy, so perhaps their schedules prevented them from being able to attend.