Princess Martha Louise And Ari Behn News and Pictures: June 2004 - November 2004

[Mandy]

France. 08-08-2004. Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and husband the writer Ari Behn and daughter Maud Angelica Behn and some friends spend the weekend in the South of France.

[monos26]

Can someone please tell me why Martha Louise gave up her HRH status when she got married? I haven't been able to find it anywhere. Thanks!

[Mandy]

Originally Posted by monos26

Can someone please tell me why Martha Louise gave up her HRH status when she got married? I haven't been able to find it anywhere. Thanks!

Princess Märtha Louise gave up her HRH status because she wanted a more private life. She was then able to form her own company, earn money and choose her engagements. HRH's are not allowed to earn money (wages/salaries) like commoners do.

[norwegianne]

She would likely have lost the HRH title when she got married anyway, as that happened to her aunts. (The Norwegian royal family is big on traditions.) She said in the interview (where the link is provided below.) that it would have happened anyway, and that in these times it made more sense for it to happen when she started working than when she got married.

The difference is that Märtha Louise didn't get the Mrs. Behn on behind her Princess-title, like her aunts did.


http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/innenriks/...t/1579979.html Norwegian reporting on the whole thing.

[Dennism]

New photo from the trip to the SOS Children´s village in Russia. From Corbis:

Photo

[Mandy]

Short article from www.budstikka.no (Translation summary please!)

Märtha leser bedre enn hun skriver

LOMMEDALEN: Märtha har skrevet barnebok. Hun er flinkere til å lese eventyr, mener litteraturprofessor. - Märtha fungerer svært godt som formidler med hennes evne til å skape kontakt med barn. Men det blir noe annet med ei bok. Da blir det litteratur som kan sammenlignes med andres tekster - som Asbjørnsen og Moe og Alf Prøysen. Ved å skrive avslører en seg mer, sier Olav Solberg til Dagbladet.no. Han er eventyrforsker og professor i nordisk litteratur.




Publisert: 25.08.2004 08:07

[Larzen]

Märtha has written a childrens tale, it is called "why the king does not have a crown" or something like that, a litterature professor says she is a wonderful reader that communicates well with children, but that she does not write as well as she reads,and now she will be compared to the really great fairytail writers like Asbjørnsen and Moe and the Grimm brothers. (and I think he thinks she does not compare at all)

[Mandy]

Thanks for the translation Larzen!:) Dismal beginning for Märtha Louise as an author according to the professor. I wonder how she fares compared to Sarah Ferguson and Madona?

[Mandy]

Article form www.vg.no in Norwegian. (Translation summary please)
Here is the link.
http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=241489

Mandy

[liliawodna]

Prinsesse Märtha Louise får bygge ut i marka fordi hun er kongelig.


I sin innstilling skriver rådmannen at "som hovedregel faller omstendigheter ved tiltakshaverens person utenfor. I helt spesielle situasjoner, som få eller ingen andre kan påberope seg, vil imidlertid personlige forhold kunne vektlegges ved dispensasjonsvurderingen. I den foreliggende sak er det derfor fullt ut forsvarlig å anse dette som en særlig grunn til å gi dispensasjon".

I praksis betyr dette at hun får bygge fordi hun er kongelig.

- I og for seg, men det høres litt tåpelig ut å si det på den måten. Det er viktig å se litt videre. Dette er en slags offentlig person med særlige behov for sikkerhet, sier kommunalsjef Johan Filseth til Budstikka.

Tidligere i år ble det kjent at huset i Lommedalen skal bygges på i begge ender over to etasjer.



Well, I wonder what they write about in this article:-/

[Mandy]

Eksklusivt møte med Märtha Louise: (translation summary please)

- Ta vare på Bjørnson-arven

– En må ha troen på at arven etter Bjørnson er så sterk at den vil bærer seg selv. Da vil den også gjøre nettopp det, sa en engasjert og åpenhjertig prinsesse Märtha Louise i møte med Aura Avis. Prinsessen var rask til å trekke frem det viktige arbeidet som gjøres av befolkningen i Nesset for å ivareta kulturarven og minnet etter Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.

Av: Anne Kari Jacobsen

Det var en engasjert og opplagt prinsesse som tok i mot Aura Avis på hotell Alexandra i Molde, like etter at hun hadde forestått den offisielle åpningen av Bjørnsonfestivalen. Det stramme tidsskjemaet tillot ingen tur til Nesset og prestegarden i denne omgang, men Aura Avis fikk et eksklusivt møte med den folkekjære prinsessen, som godt kunne huske sitt forrige besøk på den vakre prestegarden. Da var det ikke bare folkedikteren Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson som var i fokus, for på menyen stod nemlig saftige og deilige Bugge-lefser, noe som tydelig ble satt pris på.

Les resten av det eksklusive intervjuet med Bjørnsingfestivalens høye beskytter, prinsesse Märtha Louise i helgas papiravis.

www.auraavis.no

Picture of Märtha Louise by Kjell Ove Holsbøvåg

[Alexandria]

Originally Posted by Mandy

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www.auraavis.no

Picture of Märtha Louise by Kjell Ove Holsbøvåg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...olsbvg--1a.jpg

I love the pretty lime green pendant Martha Louise is wearing in this picture.

[norwegianne]

Basically Märtha Louise is saying in the interview that we must preserve the heritage after author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. (That's the very brief version.)

[Mandy]

Originally Posted by norwegianne

Basically Märtha Louise is saying in the interview that we must preserve the heritage after author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. (That's the very brief version.)

Thanks norwegianne.:)

[Mandy]

Princess Märtha writes about King Olav

Princess Märtha Louise has written a children's book about a little crown prince that, like her grandfather, takes the name Olav and becomes king. "Hvorfor de kongelige ikke har krone på hodet" - Why the royals don't wear a crown - will appear in late November.

The book, with illustrations by Sven Nyhus, definitely stirs memories of Norway's beloved King Olav.
According to publishers Cappelen, the book tells the story of a little prince that sails across the sea from Denmark and takes the name Olav because his real name - Alexander Edward Christian Frederik - is too long and Danish for a future king of Norway.

The little prince ventures out into the winter landscape with his nanny and court to find out what they do in Norway, and learns that it isn't easy to make snowmen, sled or ski jump with a crown on your head.

(Aftenposten English Web Desk/NTB)

[Josefine]

I am looking for photos of rhe princess wearing red
I am doing a video with the music lady in red

[Mandy]

September 7, 2004 - Princess Märtha Louise appearing in adventureprincess at the Drammens Teater.
Article in Norwegian.
http://www.dt.no/apps/pbcs.dll/artic...T/109080357/0/

RuneFolkedal Picture

[Mandy]

Originally Posted by Josefine

I am looking for photos of rhe princess wearing red
I am doing a video with the music lady in red

Hi Josefine! I found the following.
From www.uppa.co.uk www.scanpix.no
www.fotomarktplatz.de
www.polfoto.dk
www.australianpicturelibrary.com.au

[Mandy]

News article in Norwegian about Ari Behn (Translation summary please)
http://pub.tv2.no/TV2/underholdning/...icle275368.ece

[Mandy]

June 22, 2004 - Märtha Louise opens Risør Kammermusikkfest. New pictures of Märtha Louise from www.cover.es