Princess Ingrid Alexandra News and pictures: January 2004 - May 2005

[GrandDuchess]

Awwwwwww.... (as Americans would say :)) Absolutely wonderful pictures of HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra - what a cute baby girl! It's nice to see that the future Queen of Norway seems to have a taste for pepparkakor/ginger snaps - just like her subjects. :)

[Alexandria]

Thanks everybody for all the pictures of Ingrid Alexandra's first Christmas.

Ingrid Alexandra looks so adorable in her striped jumper with the Christmas tree on the front, munching away at gingerbread!

Hope she and Marius remember to leave some cookies out for St. Nick!

[ILoveCristina]

Wow, yhanks for all these pics everybody!! Ingrid Alexandra is the cutest baby!!

[Mandy]

More pictures from www.siste.no

[kinneret5764]

P. IA is absolutely gorgeous. What a beautiful little baby girl!

[norwegianne]

Originally Posted by Alexandria

Hope she and Marius remember to leave some cookies out for St. Nick!

Ah, Norwegians don't leave cookies out for St. Nick. There is a tradition for setting some rice porridge out in the barn, or some place, for the fjøsnisse (the goblin who lives in the barn/house-elf). It is an old belief that if you remember this, then he will help you in the next year, and everything will go well on the farm. If you don't remember it, you will have bad luck, as he will do anything he can to sabotage.

Since Ingrid and Marius lives on a farm now, I wonder if they're following that custom?

[milibella]

Very cute pictures of little Ingrid Alexandra! :)

Do you have to be a member of NRK (nrk.no) to watch the video of Ingrid and the family? I tried going into the site, but I understand very little Norwegian and the video never came up.

[norwegianne]

http://www7.nrk.no/nrkplayer/testnet...d=27475&bhcp=1 this link should get you to the actual video, but you have to be registered at the site to watch it.

[GrandDuchess]

Originally Posted by norwegianne

Ah, Norwegians don't leave cookies out for St. Nick. There is a tradition for setting some rice porridge out in the barn, or some place, for the fjøsnisse (the goblin who lives in the barn/house-elf). It is an old belief that if you remember this, then he will help you in the next year, and everything will go well on the farm. If you don't remember it, you will have bad luck, as he will do anything he can to sabotage.

The same goes for Sweden! But instead for the fjøsnisse, we leave it out for the house goblin (who lives in or around the house and watches over those who lives there). And here it doesn't really matter where you put the bowl, as long as you leave it out for him. Sorry if I'm off topic here for a sec.... :)

[Merca]

Princess Ingrid will be a knock-out when she grows up! I wonder why does she have such a serious look on her all the time?

[pdas1201]

The Norwegian Royal family poses for christmas portraits.

ETA: Pictures from www.gettyimages.com

[Larzen]

Some more big pictures from the photo shoot from db.no

[ILoveCristina]

Thanks Larzen!! Ingrid Alexandra is really cute, and I especially love the photo when she is "relaxing" in Haakon's arms!

[hrhcp]

Originally Posted by ILoveCristina

love the photo when she is "relaxing" in Haakon's arms!

And when Aunt Martha Luise came close .... its almost like she's expressing ... get her away from ME !

[Danielane]

King Harald seems to be very proud of his granddaughter.

[galuhcandrakirana]

A happy family christmas......:-)

[ILoveCristina]

He should be! :)

[hrhcp]

Originally Posted by Danielane

King Harald seems to be very proud of his granddaughter.

These Norwegian Kings ... there's "something" to them.

To date, they've all been great "people persons", including King Harald.