80th Birthday Celebrations of King Harald V and Queen Sonja

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** kongehuset.no: Avduking i Stortinget ** translation **

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Here's an article with a video from Royal Central's Oskar Aanmoen - read more:
The Norwegian Royal Family received a birthday present from the Norwegian Parliament – Royal Central

His Majesty King Harald, Her Majesty Queen Sonja, and Their Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway participated in a ceremony in Norway’s capital, Oslo, on Monday afternoon celebrating the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the King and Queen.

The King and Queen’s birthday present from the Norwegian Parliament was a painting of the oath-ceremony of King Harald’s father, His Majesty King Olav V of Norway. The painting was unveiled during a ceremony in what is called “Vandrehallen” in the Parliament, where the paintings of the oath-ceremony of King Haakon VII and King Harald are also exhibited. Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit were also present during the ceremony.

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Today, December 7, King Harald and Queen Sonja received a gift from Asker municipality on the occasion of their 80th birthdays. The gift is a statue of Crown Princess Märtha with Prince Harald in her arms, a smaller version of the statue that stands in front of Asker church:


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As we've had few of these royal gatherings over the last year,

this one

is great to look back on; especially with Haakon, ML and MM with their children doing a play; including interviewing some guests.

Here a shorter version with subtitles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnkwesiQ9uA

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I have watched it a million times, but whenever it pops up again on my Youtube recommendation I just can't stop myself to click and rewatch it. It is joyful and lovely.