Christmas with the Norwegian Royal Family

[Smilla]

Originally Posted by Her_Majesty

Looking back at the Royal Family celebrating with Marius:
Christmas 2000- the famous "playing with Sonja and the bear" scenes
Christmas 2001
Christmas 2004 - Christmas at Skaugum
Christmas 2005
Christmas 2006
Christmas 2007
ANP

Thanks for linking to all those pictures from Christmases past...what a long time we've been following Mette-Marit and Haakon! Wow.

[dalia]

Still looking for more christmas pictures?. A new gallery can be found at Budstikka.no - Forside on that link Kongefamilien feiret julen i Asker og Bærum

[greek101]

Maybe they are just trying to limit his exposure to the media so he can have a normal childhood. People of course expect to see him on special occasions but it is expected that little Ingrid and Sverre are exposed to more media attention because when they get older they will be expected to take part in a wide variety of official engagements as part of their roles in the Norwegian monarchy, whereas Marius does not have those pressures placed on him so it only stands to reason that they want their children to have as normal childhoods as each one of them can individually have and experience said childhoods to the fullest. But I have no doubt that both the crown princess and crown prince have only their children's best interest at heart.

[lilytornado]

I really don't think Sverre Magnus is shown more than Marius. I think that is the strategy of the parents, not giving Magnus a HRH, not letting him on the balcony, etc, so the two boys can feel more equal. I can understand that, but I think in this case it is a little unfair for Ingrid. Maybe she will feel treated unfair later on in live, when her siblings don't have to be on the "boring for a little girl" balcony for an hour, etc. I know all the other little future queens and kings in other countries do things like that, too, but normally their siblings are treated the same way as they are, they are not "alone", even though they might feel different from other children. (for example, Amalia, Alexia and Ariane).
I really think the reason for not making Sverre Magnus part of the royal family is to make Marius feel more equal, I think Haakon also said something about treating the two boys the same?, but in the end I think Ingrid might be the one that feels "different".

[Her_Majesty]

If you want to discuss about the way the Norwegian Famlily treats Marius and your personal opinion: Please visit this thread , instead of using the Christmasthtread:
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...ius-12077.html

[dalia]

Another gallery of the royal holidays from aftenposten.no can be found here:- Royal holidays - Aftenposten.no . It sums up all the pictures of the royal holidays, but I didn't see a picture of Crown Prince Haakon and his family in Asker . Still, it's a nice eight-picture gallery. Enjoy.

[sgl]

These pictures are cute. They look so cozy and sweet in the photos. I think it is cute that the kids are playing with or trying to eat the candy.

[sofajr]

The Christmas is soon. Appears that this year Mette-Marit and Haakon with children spend the holiday with King and Queen while Martha Louisa and family - with Ari's relatives.

Articles in norwegian:
Feirer jul på Kongsseteren - SEHER.NO : Norske kongehus
Kongelig jul på Kongsseteren - Nyheter - Kongelige - Aftenposten.no

[sgl]

I hope that they release photos! Do Ari's relatives live near to Martha Louise and family?

[Vik]

Royal Christmas at Kongsseteren - Kongelig jul på Kongsseteren - Nyheter - Kongelige - Aftenposten.no

The King and Queen will travel to see the Crown Prince couple this year at Kongsseteren for Christmas. Martha Louise and her family will spend Christmas at Lommedalen.

[dalia]

The King and Queen will travel to see the Crown Prince couple this year at Kongsseteren for Christmas. Martha Louise and her family will spend Christmas at Lommedalen.[/quote]

It's just like the previous Christmas then, so we are not going to see pictures of ALL the family together . Still, I believe that the Christmas pictures are going to be very cute and adorable

[sm1939]

does any one know , when they will send out the royal christmas photo shoot ?

[iceflower]

Originally Posted by sm1939

does any one know , when they will send out the royal christmas photo shoot ?

Today Here are the first small pics:

** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 **


And here's a picture gallery with great pics from seher.no

---> Gallery

[V.F.H.78]

Very nice pics from seher.no, thank you iceflower!
Mette-Marit is radiant on these pics. (I especially like her on the pic 11 with the snowman)

[vestfoldlilja]

I've been waiting for these:) Lovely pictures. To me it looks like The King has a great relationship with Marius. It's great to see them together. Princess Ingrid Alexandra is beautiful as always and as V.F.H.78 said Crown Princess Mette Marit looks radiant. It's very nice to see all of them together.

More links:

Kongelig jul - Østlandssendingen - NRK Nyheter


- Unna vei, her kommer jeg - kjendis.no

Kongebarna i full fart - Side2

Pølsefest på Skaugum - siste.no

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/k...p?artid=555440

A translation of what the Articles say:

Unusual breakfast in honor of the yearly Christmas photos. Last year they decorated cookies at Kongsseteren, this year the photo session took place at Skaugum by the children’s play area.

Queen Sonja, who’s an out-door-person took the charge and helped her grandchildren with the grilling and with the making of the snowman.
Princess Ingrid looked like she enjoyed the snow and being with her grandmother.

The three Skaugum children also took a small sledge ride in honor of the photographers.

King Harald and big brother Marius kept themselves a little in the background and let the youngest members of the family be the focus.
Prince Sverre Magnus kept close to his mother, while Princess Ingrid Alexandra walked with her father before taking a seat with the others around the bonfire.

We have eaten sausages outside in day-care as well, the young Princess told the press.

The little heir who turns five in January showed the photographers a little lam she held in her hand. Maybe it was this morning’s advent calendar gift?

In a week the Royal couple and the Crown Prince family will move to Kongsseteren where they will celebrate Christmas this year. Princess Martha Louise will celebrate at her home in Lommedalen with her in-laws.

[agami.pearl]

Nice picture
Thanks for posting

[royalist]

The kids are soooo lovely!
Marius - the ever so great and charming older brother, love him!
Ingrid - very cute and lady like, apparentelly no more the little hellion she use to be... I'm not complaning at all , she is a lovely girl.
Sverre - cute cute cute cute cute cute...

My impression is that they are all having a great time all together.

[sgl]

These photos are great. I like the outdoor grilling photos; they are very different from many winter photoshoots that we have seen. They all looked so relaxed and happy in the photos. Little Ingrid is absolutely adorable.

[Her_Majesty]

Oh I really like this year's photoshot!
So different to the photos they usually release around the Christmas time.
Awesome!

Kongehuset: kongehuset.no - Julebilder 2008

more videos

Pølser i snøen på Skaugum - bt.no

Kongelig vinterlek - Sørlandet - NRK Nyheter

you know.. I think it's rather funny to see that grandma is nearly more enthusiastic while building the snowman then her little granddaughter. Cute family scenes!

[Princess Luna]

Pic number 5 from seher.no is sooo adorable...