Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Princess Mette-Marit Current Events 3: December 2015 - - Page 11

ROYAL NORWAY · #**201** 12-14-2017, 09:54 AM

Royal Central article with a video from Lørenskog nursing home yesterday:
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit participate in traditional St. Lucia celebration – Royal Central

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His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway participated today in the traditional celebration of St. Lucia in Norway. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess chose to celebrate the day together with the elderly residents at the nursing home in Lørenskog, located just outside the capital Oslo.

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess arrived at the nursing home at 11 o’clock and were welcomed by the County Governor of Akershus Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Mayor of Lørenskog Ragnhild Bergheim and Deputy-Police-chief Arne Jørgen Olafsen. After arrival, the royals received a tour of the nursing home where they greeted many of the people living there. Among other things, they could see the common areas and look at the choir that the elderly here have created.

The CP couple visited Kompass & Co for a cooking class with focus on using "everything" today. - Not any articles or many pictures yet, but here are two photos from NTB Scanpix:

https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc729899
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc72993b

**iceflower** · #**202** 12-14-2017, 11:21 AM

Looks like they had a lot of fun...

Three more photos have been shared by the Palace:

** Pic ** kongehuset.no: Verpehøns og appelsinskall ** translation **

And here's a nice gallery: rex gallery

ROYAL NORWAY · #**203** 12-14-2017, 11:34 AM

TV2 video:
Her får Mette-Marit smakssjokk: – Den skulle nok ikke spises med en gang

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Mette-Marit gets a taste shock: - It shouldn't be eaten right away:

Crown Princess Mette-Marit got a big surprise when she was going to taste a fresh Curry paste made by youngsters at Frydenberg School in Oslo.

The CP couple visited the school on Thursday and attended a workshop with youngsters:

Nettavisen article with quotes translated by me:
https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/ka...423398501.html

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An eager crown princess took a taste of the fresh green Curry paste and quickly found out that it might be a bit stronger than she had expected.

''Oh, it was very strong!'' Said the crown princess after taking a bite, and then she had to spit it out.

"It tasted very good, but it was very strong. I probably did not quite know what I ate'', she said after the taste buds had gotten calm again.

"It was supposed to be in the casserole and not eaten right away," she said.

The CP couple is strongly engaged in social entrepreneurship. Kompass & Co, which earlier this year started its own catering company based on surplus food while giving young people a job opportunity, is a project that hits the Crown Prince couple right in the heart (sounds a bit odd, but that's the only way a dyslexic like me can translate it).

MM also said she was happy to see projects that provide a real offer for youngsters who struggle to find themselves.

And here's a stupid DF article:
Norwegian royals get a masterclass in sustainable cooking | Daily Mail Online

**An Ard Ri** · #**204** 12-18-2017, 06:17 AM

Here's another video of TRH The Crown Prince and Princess from the visit to the Kompass & Co for a cooking class last week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZixvKQuu2k

eya · #**205** 01-06-2018, 02:57 PM

CP Haakon and CP Mette Marit attend the Sport Gala Awards at the Olympic Amphitheater on January 6 in Hamar

https://www.gettyimages.com/search/e...ssettype=image

http://www.kongehuset.no/nyhet.html?...0229&sek=26939

Article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...laen-2018.html

ROYAL NORWAY · #**206** 01-06-2018, 06:11 PM

Thanks eya!

More information from the Royal House article you posted - with a summary from me:

Among the many who received prices were:

Terje Våg: Årets ildsjel/the year's enthusiast-soul (handed the price from the CP couple. He helps everyone (as it's described in the review of the candidates). Whether it is like a coach, organizer, caretaker, driver or team leader does not matter. He has a burning commitment for many sports, but athletics is closest to his heart. For 40 years, he has worked as a coach and leader. Årets ildsjel is chosen through woting and jury rating.

The track and field athlete Karsten Warholm: This year's male performer, The name of the year (voted by Norwegians), The athlete's prize (voted by athletes). Yes, 3 prices for this lucky guy.

Handball player Bjarte Myrhol: This year's role model.

Cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen: This year's female performer.

Norwegian football manager Egil «Drillo» Olsen: This year's Honorary award.
He is best known as the manager of the Norway's male national football team from 1990 to 1998 and again from 2009 to 2013.

The ceremony was sent live on NRK1 from 19:55 to 21:05 and again from 21:30 to 22:35.

More photos:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc7b5f91
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc7b5f86
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc7b5f6e
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc7b5f7a

**iceflower** · #**207** 01-09-2018, 05:55 AM

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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit attend the NHO (Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise) annual conference entitled ""The Value of Work" today, January 9.

Haakon attended a morning session, later they attended a session together, as well as the NHO annual dinner in the evening:

** video ** kongehuset.no: Kronprinsparet på NHOs årskonferanse ** translation ** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** Pic 4 **

ROYAL NORWAY · #**208** 01-09-2018, 04:29 PM

Some photos from the dinner:

https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc7d8c85
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc7d8c51
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/tc7d8d77

eya · #**209** 04-21-2018, 06:13 PM

CP Haakon and CP Mette Marit on Monday 16 April attended a meeting with their foundation in Skaugum.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mPZx_nYcsG...72853760_n.jpg

And Yesterday attended the announcement of the appointments of the Crown Prince's Fund

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0Ouf7jLWgE...92e.large.jpeg

The Crown Prince couple is in Telemark today to mark the fact that Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage has come to the top of the World Heritage List of Unesco.

http://www.kongehuset.no/tale.html?t...=26947&scope=0

https://www.instagram.com/p/BiT209LF...norskekongehus

**iceflower** · #**210** 05-03-2018, 06:46 AM

Not the best weather for their visit today..

Here are some additional photos:

** profimedia gallery **

** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** Pic 4 ** Pic 5 ** varden.no gallery ** Pic 6 ** Pic 7 ** Pic 8 ** Pic 9 ** Pic 10 ** Pic 11 **

** dailymail: Rain, rain, go away! Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit is caught in a downpour as she opens a heritage site..**

**iceflower** · #**211** 05-08-2018, 09:04 AM

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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit visited the municipality of Risør today, May 8, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Konvoibyen, a seaman's house with 28 apartments for war sailors. Today also marks Liberation and Veterans' Day in Norway:

** Pic ** profimedia gallery ** kongehuset.no: – En trygg havn **

** nrk.no article + gallery: Kongehuset og Sørlandet ** newsinenglish article **

** rbnett: Kronprinsparet hedret krigsseilerne i Konvoibyen ** translation **

eya · #**212** 05-09-2018, 10:51 AM

CP Haakon and CP Mette Marit visit today the Aquarium and participate in beach cleaning in Risør

Ryddedugnad i Risør - kongehuset.no
https://www.instagram.com/p/BijyutYl...norskekongehus

https://www.profimedia.cz/similar/371057910

Tatiana Maria · #**213** 05-09-2018, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by iceflower

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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit visited the municipality of Risør today, May 8, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Konvoibyen, a seaman's house with 28 apartments for war sailors. Today also marks Liberation and Veterans' Day in Norway:

[...] newsinenglish article **

Riveting article. I can comprehend why the "wartime sailors" were not openly recognized back in those days, but it seems unjustifiable to deny them compensation and medical help and, per the Foreign Minister, to view them all as "nervous wrecks, prone to drunkenness and homelessness" in the postwar period. I'm glad to read that King Olav V apologized for their treatment in 1968.

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They’re called krigsseilere in Norwegian, literally “wartime sailors” who were working on board Norwegian merchant ships sailing outside Norway when their homeland was invaded by Nazi Germany on April 9, 1940. The Germans ordered them to return to Norway or other German-controlled ports in Europe, but the vast majority stayed away, ultimately became part of the controversial “Nortraship” fleet formed by wealthy Norwegian shipowners, and served the allies and Norway’s own government in exile in London.

Nortraship became controversial because the seafarers themselves were paid poorly, worked under extremely difficult and dangerous conditions as they tried to dodge torpedoes from German submarines trying to halt the convoys, and then failed to receive the compensation they deserved when the war ended.

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Five survivors of the convoy fleets, all aged 92 to 97 years, fought for years to finally win state support for the establishment of a register to preserve documentation of the seafarers’ contributions. They noted, in an an open plea to Norwegian politicians in newspaper Aftenposten in 2015, how more than 4,000 of their “comrades and colleagues” were killed at sea between 1939 and 1940, while serving on board Norway’s merchant fleet and in the portions of the Norwegian Navy that eluded German control. Many of the roughly 35,000 who survived returned to land with both physical and psychological scars from the horrors they experienced when vessels were blown up at sea and the convoy wasn’t allowed to stop and assist. Few received any medical or psychiatric help, and in many cases, their symptoms didn’t flare up until years later, in the form of post-traumatic disorders that weren’t recognized or acknowledged.

**iceflower** · #**214** 05-14-2018, 06:06 AM

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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marited visit the Sagene district in Oslo today, May 14:

** kongehuset.no: Bydelsbesøk på Sagene ** translation **

** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** Pic 4 ** Pic 5 ** Pic 6 ** Pic 7 ** Pic 8 ** Pic 9 ** Pic 10 ** profimedia gallery **

Alisa · #**215** 05-15-2018, 12:51 PM

Thank you for the photos.

Can you tell me about rabbits? Are they named after Princes Martha Louise?

Barbara21 · #**216** 05-15-2018, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Alisa

Can you tell me about rabbits? Are they named after Princes Martha Louise?

I have the same question.

**iceflower** · #**217** 05-16-2018, 05:11 AM

Which rabbits do you mean? Maybe I've read it, but forgot about it..

Yesterday evening, May 15, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit hosted a Business for Peace dinner at Skaugum:

** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 **

fortimo · #**218** 05-16-2018, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by iceflower

Which rabbits do you mean? Maybe I've read it, but forgot about it..

Yesterday evening, May 15, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit hosted a Business for Peace dinner at Skaugum:

** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 **

On the first picture is there Jamie Oliver? This man is very similar to him.

fortimo · #**219** 05-16-2018, 02:22 PM

I was right, he is in Oslo on this event.

Business for Peace Summit- 2018 Programme - Business for Peace Foundation

**iceflower** · #**220** 05-23-2018, 08:19 AM

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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit visited the 7th grade at Linderud school in Oslo today, May 23:

** Linderud school fb gallery **

** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** Pic 4 ** Pic 5 ** Pic 6 ** Pic 7 **