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	<title>The Royal Forums &#187; Queen Sonja</title>
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		<title>Norwegian &#8220;Dancing Queens&#8221; and the &#8220;Pink Ribbon&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Today Queen Sonja and Crown Princess Mette-Marit attended the gala night for the Pink Ribbon with the musical &#8220;Mamma Mia!&#8221; at the Folketeateret in Oslo.
The performance was part of the Cancer Society and the Association for the &#8220;Pink Ribbon&#8221; campaign.
All proceeds from the musical show is also going to be used for breast cancer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gala for Stortinget 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Haakon VII]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Today HM King Harald and HM Queen Sonja invited the Parliament&#8217;s representatives to dinner at the Palace. Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Princess Astrid also attended the gala. The gala for Stortinget is part of an over 100 year old tradition.
In 1906 King Haakon first invited the members of the Parliament to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Welcomes Wrong King</title>
		<link>http://www.theroyalforums.com/12269-president-welcomes-wrong-king/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Norwegian Royals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harald V]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olav V]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Today King Harald V formally opened the 6th Sami Parliament. The King held an opening speech during the ceremony, that was also attended by Queen Sonja. The ceremony began with singing the King&#8217;s Song in Norwegian and Sami.
After that the president of the Sami Parliament, Egil Ollie, held his welcome speech. During his speech he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>King Harald Opens Parliament</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Her_Majesty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Norwegian Royals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harald V]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prince Haakon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Today King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon attended the opening of the Norwegian Parliament, Stortinget, in Oslo.
As every year the parliament was formally opened by the King , who also gave out the throne speech in Parliament. The throne speech was a review of the government&#8217;s work plans for the coming year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Queen Sonja in Rome</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Her_Majesty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ On September 24th, Queen Sonja of Norway attended the Norwegian Institute in Rome&#8217;s 50th anniversary celebrations. The celebration took place at the American Institute in Villa Aurelia. The program included artistic and technical elements.
During her speech at the Institute the Queen said: &#8220;I must admit that I feel a little envious of the students [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reopening of the Palace of Oscarshall</title>
		<link>http://www.theroyalforums.com/10780-reopening-of-the-palace-of-oscarshall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Her_Majesty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In 2005, the renovations of the Palace of Oscarshall started. In autumn 2006 it was closed for the public. The palace will be reopened for visitors on august 26th. The King and Queen of Norway already attended the official opening of the castle on August 20th.
The Palace of Oscarshall is situated on the peninsula [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norway&#8217;s Royal Couple visited Hordaland</title>
		<link>http://www.theroyalforums.com/8534-norways-royal-couple-visited-hordaland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Her_Majesty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ King Harald V and his wife Queen Sonja paid a visit to Hordaland between June 16th and 18th, 2009. The couple visited Tysnes, Austevoll, Fedje, Austrheim, Lindås and Radøy.
There was already a visit planned to this region in 2005, but it was cancelled due to the King&#8217;s illness. Hordaland is the third largest county in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A busy week for Haakon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Her_Majesty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harald V]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In the beginning of the week, Tuesday June 9th , Crown Prince Haakon and his father King Harald V attend a ceremony at the synagogue in Oslo. Rabbi Joav Melchior welcomed the Royals to his synagogue and underlined the symbolic meaning of this visit to support the dialogue between the Jews and Christians.
You can find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Queen Sonja opens &#8216;The Collectors&#8217; Exhibition</title>
		<link>http://www.theroyalforums.com/7541-7541/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Her_Majesty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Today Queen Sonja of Norway attended the opening of &#8216;The Collectors&#8217; Exhibition at the Danish and Nordic Pavilions during the 53rd International Art Exhibition on June 4, 2009 in Venice, Italy. On June 6th the exhibition will be inaugurated by the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano.
In 1895 the exhibition was arranged for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Queen Sonja: Operation in June</title>
		<link>http://www.theroyalforums.com/7371-queen-sonja-operation-in-june/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Her_Majesty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Norwegian Royals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Queen Sonja will be operated on her foot again. The 71 years old Queen-consort had problems with her feet for quite a while now.
The surgery is scheduled for June 22nd in the &#8220;Rikshospitalet&#8221; in Oslo.
It will be the Queen&#8217;s 4th surgery on her feet: she had already been operated in 2000, 2002 and 2004.
The [...]]]></description>
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