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Originally Posted by wartenberg7
I think one of the best known stories, told by the current royal couple, was when he once visited Skaugum, Harald and Sonjas former crownprincely residence, and went furious when he observed when furniture has been moved and put somewhere else. He demanded that, in his son´s and daughterin-law´s home, everything had to be redecorated at its usual spot!  |
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Originally Posted by ROYAL NORWAY
I have many stories that I've heard/read in interviews with King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon, Princess Märtha Louise, Princess Astrid and former employees at the court who worked for him. I don't have time to write so much about this now, but I can give you 4 points.
1. Photo session at Skaugum:
wartenberg7, Do you speak Norwegian (since you have heard of this story) or have you read about it here on TRF? I think I've written about it here before. This was during a photo session at the end of the 80s with several journalists present (including royal expert Wibecke Lie) who later told in documentaries that they did not dared to report it. The King and Queen have talked about it several times.
2. According to Haakon, Märtha and former court employees, he was directly unkind to Sonja and yelled at her when she took things up with him.
Queen Sonja has herself told about his bad temper, and the fact she didn't got an office at the Palace until long after she had married. The reason? Because she was a woman.
3. Haakon and Märtha has repeatedly told that he was very strict and often yelled at them. He also became angry when Harald played with the children and accused both him and Sonja of bad parenting.
4. Former employees have told he yelled at them for the smallest things, and that he often yelled at the ministers in Statsråd (Council of State). Nor was he pleased when Gro Harlem Brundtland became prime minister in 1981. Why? Because she was a woman.
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Thank you very much for answering.
King Olav must not have been pleased with the change in the succession law in 1990.
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01-31-2017, 08:26 PM
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That's depressing to read that about Olav. And Sonja is such a lovely lady.
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Yes, she is! Queen Sonja received much undeserved criticism in the late 90s and early 2000s, but she has become quite popular now, and is praised by both the press and ordinary people.
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Thank you very much for answering.
King Olav must not have been pleased with the change in the succession law in 1990.
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You're very welcome!
We know very little about what he thought about it, but Märtha said this in an interview with tara last year:
Prinsesse Märtha Louise: - Jeg trodde faktisk at jeg var ond, innerst inne | Tara.no
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''I had grown up knowing that it was Haakon who would take over, who would become crown prince. It was really incorporated in me. There was never any desire on my part that I should take over. I remember my grandfather, King Olav V, said that "one can not take a horse out of the race when it's already started." Fortunately, the law was changed to that "for children born after 1990." No retroactive. And I'm glad it was him!''
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More about how King Olav behaved:
Märtha writes this in her new controversial book (She was interviewed on television yesterday and talked about it there too)
https://www.nrk.no/kultur/martha-lou...len-1.13344158
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Every time my grandfather, was angry at Haakon then I started to cry because I knew how it was for him. And then he (Olav) was often annoyed and wondered why I was crying.
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02-01-2017, 07:25 AM
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Royal Norway,
How was his relationship with his brother in law King Leopold III.
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02-01-2017, 12:34 PM
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Most of what I know about King Olav, is what I've heard/read in interviews with King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon, Princess Märtha Louise, Princess Astrid and former court employees. They talk about how he was as monarch, father, grandfather and as chief at the palace.
I've also read some interesting books about him, but I cannot recall hearing/reading anything about his relationship with Leopold III.
But I've heard some stories about his relationship with the Queen Mother.
1. He visited her whenever he was in London.
2. She was in Norway during his 80th birthday in 1983.
Haakon, Märtha and Ragnhild/Astrid's children invited NRK (Norway's largest TV channel) to Skaugum in January last year to talk about their grandfather 25 years after he died.
Astrid's daughter said she was called in to be at her grandfather's side when he had tea with the Queen Mother at the palace after she arrived in Norway. It was not fitting (according to Olav) that an elderly man was alone in a room with an elderly lady.
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02-01-2017, 02:14 PM
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I think King Leopold III had bad Relationship with the Swedish and Norway Royals when he married Miss Lilian Baels.
For them Princess Lilian should not have worn Queen Astrid jewels which were mostly personal Presents.
The only Royal who was close to them was the late Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte. I saw a Picture of Princess Raghnild with tears at her Funerals
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[QUOTE
But I've heard some stories about his relationship with the Queen Mother.
1. He visited her whenever he was in London.
2. She was in Norway during his 80th birthday in 1983.[/QUOTE]
Apparently during her visit they attended a concert and the British press reported that the Norwegians sang God save the Queen in Norwegian to the Queen Mother. Of course, they were actually singing God save our King to King Olav and typical of the British press they got things wrong.
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02-22-2017, 07:10 AM
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Apparently during her visit they attended a concert and the British press reported that the Norwegians sang God save the Queen in Norwegian to the Queen Mother. Of course, they were actually singing God save our King to King Olav and typical of the British press they got things wrong.
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Thats right. The gala concert took place on July 1 (the day before his birthday) and here it is - video:
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/kongefamilie...983/01-07-1983
King Olav, the Queen Mother, Crown Prince Harald and Crown Princess Sonja arrives at 0:08:30 in the video.
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King Olav V congratulated Martin Luther King Jr. after Martin received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
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Hello do you know what work does the king olav in the oss, now cia in the 40 years?
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King Olav V attended a reception at the American School in Oslo in 1960.
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Yellow is her favorite !
Picture 2 Princess Margarethe of Denmark with her loop tiara sold by her Son.
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Continuing the discussion from the Princess Märtha Louise & Family thread, here are links to previous translations and discussions in regard to comments from members of the Royal Family and royal experts about King Olav V's approach to managing the monarchy:
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Originally Posted by ROYAL NORWAY
King Olav V:
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King Olav was a much loved king, but as Hanne Skartveit (the political editor of VG) wrote in the article that I posted in King Harald and Queen Sonja's 80th birthday thread (post 73): Forpliktet for livet - VG+
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What the public knew little about at the time, was that he was quite authoritarian and self-willed, temperamental and tough with his daughter in law, the then-Crown Princess Sonja.
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And as I have written in the King Olav thread: He was a very strict, old-fashioned monarch with a bad temper and authoritarian tendencies. He treated his family/staff badly, and had (according to experts/former employees) deserved much more criticism in the 70s and 80s than what he got.
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I've heard/read many stories from interviews with King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon, Princess Märtha Louise, Princess Astrid and former employees at the court who worked for him. Here are some of them:
1. According to Haakon, Märtha and former court employees, he was directly unkind to Sonja and yelled at her when she took things up with him.
Queen Sonja has herself told about his bad temper, and the fact she didn't got an office at the Palace until long after she had married. The reason? Because she was a woman.
2. Haakon and Märtha has repeatedly told that he was very strict and often yelled at them. He also became angry when Harald played with the children and accused both his son and Sonja of bad parenting.
3. Former employees have told that he yelled at them for the smallest of things, and that he often yelled at the ministers in Statsråd (Council of State). Nor was he pleased when Gro Harlem Brundtland became prime minister in 1981. Why? Because she was a woman.
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Helt konge! Snart feirer kong Harald 25-årsjubileum - TV2.no
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[...] ''Together Harald and Sonja has modernized the Norwegian monarchy - and brought it closer to the people. Among other things, the monarchy is far less male and militarily dominated than before. A clear sign of this is that the royal couple in 2015 employed Europe's first female hofmarschall - without military background'', says Totland. [...]
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Originally Posted by ROYAL NORWAY
One more of the many articles/comments written on the occasion of the jubilee. This was written by Hanne Skartveit, VG's Political editor:
Sonjas erobring av Norge - Kongehuset - VG
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When Sonja eventually became part of the royal family, after nine years as the Crown Prince's secret lover, she came to something that looked more like a military barrack than a castle. It was then 20 years ago since Olav's wife, Crown Princess Märtha, had died. The royal household had lost its female power. After that the King surrounded himself largely with officers and other tight men.
Sonja became colonel and shoved herself uniformed with soldiers and officers. Quietly, behind the scenes, she must have fought. Literally. King Olav would not even want her to have her own office, but she eventually managed to get the room she needed. A writing desk and a chair, where she could sit in peace and work.
The family business
She has slowly transformed the palace. During her leadership, the palace opened up for a new age. Queen Sonja has simply waged a campaign for gender equality who few have seen and appreciated.
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02-14-2021, 12:54 PM
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For His 80 th Birthday GD Josephine Charlotte was the only family attendance. No family atendance from Denmark and Belgium
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02-14-2021, 05:28 PM
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^^
The Queen of Denmark was there as well, as well as several other royal cousins from around Europe��
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Princess Martha and Prince Olav pose for the camera after their wedding, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Princess Martha and Prince Olav pose for the camera after their wedding, Stockholm, Sweden.
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This film was made after the announcement of their engagement not after their wedding. There was a similar film made after the announcement of the engagement of her sister Astrid to Leopold of Belgium.
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A video on the reign of King Olav V of Norway
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I think I understood about seven words, but that was wonderful!
Maybe only if you can't understand Norwegian, but there's something particularly funny about his guided tour of the Palace. "That's me in the painting... and that one is also me. And that's me too." 
It's a very interesting glimpse of the royal homes and tours (Tehran!  ). And Bygdøy has a lovely garden.
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. Sonja's Emeralds are amazing! (This must have been her first yellow dress + Emeralds combination ever 
- she looked gorgeous just a few weeks before giving birth).
