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Queen Sonja and King Harald on anniversary trip - Norway Today
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King Harald and Queen Sonja started their anniversary trip on Hamar on Sunday, and the journey continued with Skibladner to Tingnes, Kapp, Gjøvik and Lillehammer.
The Royal Couple arrived at the cathedral church in Hamar on Sunday morning, to attend the medieval festival and to visit Hamar Dome. People dressed as both jugglers and knights were to be seen along the route, as well as women wearing old reconstructed wedding dresses.
In the dome which was completed around the year 1200, the royal couple could listen to both history and Gregorian chansons from their guide, Kristin Skjønsberg.
Skibladner
Then the horse and carriage went to Skibladnerbrygga, where Skibladner waited to bring the king pair to Tingnes, Kapp, Gjøvik and Lillehammer. The anniversary trip, which is part of the 80th anniversary of the Royal Couple, lasts until Wednesday.
Monday, the King and Queen will be present at an evening concert at Kvamsfjellet in Nord Fron. The following day the Royal Couple will hold a garden party with a total of 600 invited guests at Maihaugen in Lillehammer. The Royal Couple then round up their anniversary trip on Wednesday with visits to Nord-Odal and Kongsvinger.
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They are now in Lillehammer, and I will continue my coverage with edits in this post as I did above - more pictures:
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They have left and people shouted congratulations:
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Pretty amazing visit yesterday with many people out to see them - despite the weather. And remember that they were in places where few people live.
A bit of their Majesties visits to Hamar, Tingnes, Kapp and Gjøvik yesterday. The last minute of the video is from Gjøvik with other 80-year-olds:
Their Majesties in Lillehammer yesterday evening - see the last minute of the video, when they are leaving - many people:
Love this picture from Kapp yesterday:
http://www.kongehuset.no/aim/kongehu...d4b5a2ad34.jpg
This are all the pictures from Lillehammer - I posted some of them in my above post from yesterday evening - Edit This page is constantly updated with new pictures - roll down to June 11th to see the photos from Lillehammer:
https://www.gd.no/vis/direkte/cj3ppf71q00i009gvy70j1osd
I will continue my coverage from Kvamsfjellet at 17:00 today - 16:00 British time.
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Royal Central's Europe Correspondent who live in Norway and followed the trip yesterday - has written a very long and good summary of what that happened yesterday: King Harald and Queen Sonja continues their huge anniversary celebrations – Royal Central
Kjell Arne Totland has written a summary too - I will transelate that later.
Today: The King and Queen will visit Gudbrandsdalen where they will receive a performance in the high mountains as a gift. Many local articles about it with much information, which I don't have time to translate it now, but here is a short one from NRK - translated by me:
https://www.nrk.no/ho/kongelig-feiri...ron-1.13556036
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Royal celebration in North Fron
Kvamsfjellet (NRK): The last preparation is in progress, the royal couple will soon reach Rondablikk and Høgfjellsscena.
The royal couple is embarking on their second day on the anniversary trip in Hedmark and Oppland. The horse Bjonfrida is ready for the honorable mission.
"We are going to use both hair spray and gloss spray", says Ingunn Tofte.
Will experience a lot
The trip is not that long, but the royal couple gets a lot of experience on the trip.
"On the way up they will get a touch of dance and fog. When they arrive there is a choir ready to sing "Fola, fola Blakken". And the concert at Høgfjellscena will be very nice, with many different features'', says Tofte.
Tofte is excited before meeting with the King and Queen.
"This will be a great experience. I've been thinking very much about what to say. But it will be a bit up to the the royal couple,"says Tofte.
Braiding of hair
Madeleine Hallingrød shall perform for the royal couple. She reads in a crime book while her friend Mina Letrud is braiding her hair.
"It's okay to look presentable when you're going to perform for the King and Queen", Mina says.
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Edit Pictures:
https://gfx.nrk.no/4MWUD_JEBWhIJSbC8...FxdwRj_Rsbr9Ww
https://gfx.nrk.no/msbObmXMoz-JcKxCo...IAbeN5Eq_Bhnzw
https://gfx.nrk.no/SrB5bhLYRkBtiSvHm...5KrgfUxm_fPJPg
Edit Many have taken the long way up to see the concert:
https://gfx.nrk.no/vSGBhISjiioyLAcjW...5Ozt8khgFGOSgw
Edit This page is constantly updated with new pictures - roll down to June 11th to see the photos that I posted from Lillehammer yesterday:
https://www.gd.no/vis/direkte/cj3ppf71q00i009gvy70j1osd
Edit It's raining heavily, but people are still out.
Edit The birthday song is being sung to the royal couple.
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Unfortunately the Scanpix-photos won't show for me 
But Thank You ROYAL NORWAY for keeping us updated, very much appreciated! 
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thanks, fairy tale!
That was strange.
You must have a subscription to see the latest photos on the scanpix page - something I have, but there should be no problems for posters on this forum to see the pictures once I've posted them.
I logged out of the scanpix page and I still got access to the photos from this forum. Maybe they are not available outside Norway - can someone please let me know?
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Ok I tried it no again and it worked  I don't know why they photos didn't show before.
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 Oh, it did. I've heard from other posters who have used the thanks button, and it worked for some, but not for everyone. Really weird.
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The Jubilee tour reaches Hedmark and Oppland.
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NRK live stream from the garden party now:
https://www.nrk.no/video/PS*f8955
The Queen and Crown Princess in bunad.
HM, The King speaks now.
Edit The live stream is over, but TV2 News Channel (not available outside Norway) with Kjell Arne Totland is live throughout the day.
Edit This picture page is constantly updated:
https://www.gd.no/vis/direkte/cj3ppf71q00i009gvy70j1osd
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9 minute video from TV 2 of the King, Queen and Crown Prince Couple arriving, followed by His Majesty's speech:
Kongeparet og kronprinsparet på Maihaugen
fairy tale wrote in post 516/518 yesterday that the Scanpix-photos didn't work, but when she tried again, it worked.
And as I wrote in post 517/519, You must have a subscription to see the latest photos on the scanpix page - something I have, but there should be no problems for posters on this forum to see the pictures once I've posted them.
I logged out of the scanpix page and I still got access to the photos from this forum.
I've also heard from posters who used the thanks button, and it worked for some, but not for everyone. Really weird.
I hope it works now - if not try again in a few seconds:
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My third post in this thread today.
NRK article with videos and 18 pictures from today- translated by me: (see my above post for a 9 minute video from TV 2 of the King, Queen and Crown Prince Couple arriving, followed by His Majesty's speech)
https://www.nrk.no/ho/kongeparet-hol...gen-1.13556932
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King Harald: "Our wish for the country is that we together can live a good life''
It was the King himself who welcomed when 600 selected guests were gathered for a garden party at Maihaugen on the occasion of the royal couple anniversary trip.
It is on the occasion of the royal couple's anniversary trip that King Harald and Queen Sonja have invited to a garden party in Lillehammer. Last time the royal couple held a garden party, was in Dronningparken in Oslo last September when the King's speech touched people all over the world.
And some hearts were probably a bit extra warm when the King opened the evening's speech with a good dose of love to the place, with memories back to the war.
''Hedmark and Oppland mean a lot to the Queen and me. It was in Støa in Trysil that my mother, my sisters and I had to flee from home to Sweden, April 10, 1940. It is to Sikkilsdalen we go when we need to relax. And we are often here at Jørstad at Maihaugen. This was our base during the amazing Olympics in 1994."
Again, the King chose to talk about the values of Norwegian society. However, not in so large words as last year. Then the quote "Norwegians are girls who love girls, boys who love boys, and girls and boys who love each other" become a lasting picture of Norwegian society.
"Norway has smaller differences than many other countries. We carry in us a common story about what Norway was and has become. This means that we share many experiences and memories, but also hope and dreams. Our desire for our country is that we together can live good lives - in trust, fellowship and generosity."
Young organizers
It was the wish of the King and Queen that young people, and especially vocational students, should have prominent roles during the royal couple's trip in the inland.
During the garden party this is clearly shown. There are 250 students from 13 upper secondary schools in Hedmark and Oppland, contributing with everything from food to decoration and artistic touches along the way.
The people representing Norway
It is a broadly composed group invited to the royal couple's garden party. There was tension in the air at the end of May when 600 people from Hedmark and Oppland, 300 from each county, received invitations in the mail.
One of the invited is Marit Tordhol from Lesja. She runs a business and the postman came in with that special letter.
"When I saw that it was a letter from the palace, I told him to wait in case I would faint," she told NRK.
Marit Tordhol remained standing and took the bunad on, to attend the garden party.
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King Harald, Norway's great pride and role model, whose words captivates an entire world (as a 16 year old wrote in Aftenposten in february) was inspiring and amazing as usual, but you can see that he is more tired this year. He dosen't smiles and wave as much as he used to do, and you can see that he has trouble sitting quiet for a long time due to strong back pain.
I will translate a very interesting TV2 article later tonight.
More on the King's 2016 garden party speech:
His famous speech from last year (called the world's best speech) has become pensum i Videregående skole (Norvegian Upper secondary school)
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Great photos and thank you for the translations
What a nice trip around Norway
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Thanks, polyesco!
This is worth a read - I hope the translation is readable:
Marte (18) holdt tale om tabubelagt tema - rørte dronning Sonja til tårer
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Marte (18) held a speech about a taboo themed issue - Queen Sonja touched to tears
Marte (18) decided to raise a difficult topic when she was going to talk to the royal couple at the garden party.
"It was very scary, but when I got into it, it went very well. Then it was just to talk from the heart'', says Marte Sklet Johansen to TV 2.
When the 18-year-old was told that she was going to hold the main speech for the royal couple and 600 guests, she decided that the speech was should be about mental health.
The reason is that many youngsters in Lillehammer have committed suicide lately, and Marte has even lost a close friend.
"The sadness you have when you lose someone becomes easier to bear when you are open and talks about it," she told TV 2.
She explains that she considered dropping to include it in the speech, but she was convinced that there was a good opportunity to talk openly about the subject.
In her speech she said, among other things:
"Both parents, family, teachers, friends all have their expectations for us. And last but not least, maybe our own expectations to ourselves are the greatest. And for some, this is so heavy and so demanding that some chooses to end their life. Here in Lillehammer we have experienced more young people and youth who have chosen to do just that. And after such a death you will be left with a deep grief and many unanswered questions. And maybe the hardest question you're left with is; Was there anything I could have done?"
She stressed that openness is the key to processing this pressure.
"I want a society where we dare to see each other into the eyes and say; Here I am and I care about you. We in Norway can be very proud of a royal couple and a crown prince couple who are standing with these values."
The speech also moved the Queen to tears.
"Yes, I saw she felt some tears, and it's very good to see because it shows how much everyone cares," she says.
According to TV 2's royal expert Kjell Arne Totland, there may be an extra reason why this theme touches Queen Sonja.
He explains that the Queen's sister Gry committed suicide in 1970 and that the Queen has talked about her feelings in the last biography about her.
"The Queen has later told that she blames herself, and as it was said from the scene, one wondered what could have been done differently", said Kjell Arne Totland.
Lots of people and a good reception
During their anniversary trip in Oppland and Hedmark, the royal couple met both young and old. Today there was the museum at Maihaugen, which was the place for the troyal couple's 80th anniversary. 600 guests are invited to the garden party.
''Lots of people and good reception everywher.''
That's what the king said about the anniversary trip to TV 2's reporter.
The royal couple and the Crown Prince couple came with horses, and the ladies had their bunads on for the occasion. The Queen was in rondastakk med rutaliv, a traditional costume from Gudbrandsdalen, while Crown Princess Mette-Marit was in the hardangerdrakten she received to her wedding
Greeted the royal couple
Among the invited were Marcus Bøe Gaarden (16) and Ingrid Tungen (16). The mayor in their hometown Nord-Fron was also glad that the youth was represented at Maihaugen.
"We are so proud of the many engaged youngsters, so we wanted to them here," says Rune Støstad (Ap).
Nord-Fron is a so-called MOT municipality, which means that they is commited to creating youth environments that are open to all. The youth organizes non-smoking parties, they promise to involve themselves, include everyone, take care of each other and care.
"I am absolutely sure that the royal couple appreciates meeting the fine youth within the MOT environment", says Støstad.
And the two youngsters were of the lucky ones who got a handshake with King Harald and Queen Sonja.
The garden party at Lillehammer started with the king holding a speech where he talked about the kindness he meets no matter where in the country they come.
"Wherever we come in Norway, notified or not, we are always welcomed with open arms. It brings great gratitude to us.''
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He said that Hedmark and Oppland mean much to him and the the Queen.
''Hedmark and Oppland mean a lot to the Queen and me. It was in Støa in Trysil that my mother, my sisters and I had to flee from home to Sweden, April 10, 1940. It is to Sikkilsdalen we go when we need to relax. And we are often here at Jørstad at Maihaugen.''
The Queen's childhood home now stand at Mihaugen. The villa from 1935 was moved last year from Vinderen in Oslo to Maihaugen where it is part of the collection "Boligfeltet". It is a collection of 19th-century houses, where houses, interiors and artefacts create complete, contemporary homes.
"Many move from home at a young age, but the Queen is the only one I know where the childhood home has moved after", said the King.
Tomorrow, the anniversary trip in the inland ends with visits to Nord-Odal and Kongsvinger.
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The coverage of the last day of the visit has been small due to the fire in London and a school fire here in Norway.
Links to pictures of today's visit:
Avsluttet i Kongsvinger - kongehuset.no
https://www.glomdalen.no/vis/direkte...7809fj4f7ue43z
Article from NRK with video of the Queen's speech at the bottom:
https://www.nrk.no/ho/kongeparet-ble...yen-1.13558691
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The royal couple ended their visit to the inland in the fortress town of Kongsvinger this afternoon.
The Queen opened the Women's Museum, the only one of its kind in Norway, in 1995. Today she returned to see the new exhibition that has just opened.
''We greatly appreciate the visit. Personally, I think the Queen has been a door opener. She has fought her matches and I think that is an important signal to us who are not queens'', said Mona Pedersen, Department Director at Anno Museum Department of the Kongsvinger Region.
At the Women's Museum, the royal couple saw the new main show "Play for Life". They also saw the new anniversary exhibition in connection with the 150th Anniversary of Dagny Juel before the trip continued to Kongsvinger Fortress.
The Queen summarized her visit to Hedmark and Oppland during her visit to Kongsvinger.
With women in focus
The Queen praised the fact that Hedmark and Oppland are noted to have many female mayors. She had counted that the inland has 16 women mayors, but stressed that there is work to do considering that there are 48 municipalities. The Queen said she hopes there will be even more next time she visits.
She also talked about the importance of the work done by the women's museet by documenting women's history.
In the speech, the Queen also emphasized that each of us has a responsibility to create the society we want to live in. The Queen urged to seek for the other voices. The voices that are not heard.
"It can give us insight and enrich us", said the Queen.
Many people have met up to see the royal couple in the inland in recent days. The King and Queen has appreciated it.
"This has been an memorable experience", the Queen said before she finished with the poem "Friendship" by Hans Børli.
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The eminent Kjell Arne Totland has also written two more summaries of the trip, but I chose not to post them because much of what he wrote has already been mentioned here.
About the trip and Queen Sonja's birthday:
This has been an amazing tour and many people have met up despite the weather, but does the end of this trip mean that we are finished with this thread? Of course not.
Queen Sonja turns 80 on July 4th, and it's likely to be both articles and photo-tributes of her life, as was the case when His Majesty turned 80 on February 21th.
And the Queen (in contrast to the King who celebrated privatly in South Africa) will appear in public on her actual day when she opens Dronning Sonja Kunststall (Queen Sonia art stable). I will be here to cover it, but now I'm taking a break until Trooping the Color. Thanks to all the posters who have used the thanks button.
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I hope no one was hurt in the school fire?
And you deserve every praise for the work you are doing.
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