Crown Princess Mette-Marit on "Literature journey": 2013, 2015 - 2019

[fairy tale]

Crown Princess Mette-Marit will undertake a journey with the Royal Carriage from Bodo to Værnes on October 15-16, 2013. The Crown Princess calls the journey "Litteraturtoget" ("Literature train" or "Literature journey" - maybe someone finds a better English expression).
The goal is to create meetings with people about the value of literature and reading along for the ride. This way, Crown Princess Mette-Marit also wants to share some of her favorite literature with the public.

There will be stops at stations Bodø, Fauske, Rognan, Mosjøen, Snåsa, Steinkjer and Stjørdal.
The final program at each station is not set yet.
kongehuset.no - En litterær togreise
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This sounds very interesting. It's known that CP Mette-Marit loves literature and to read books, she shares poems on twitter etc. I think it's a great idea to go around the country to meet people and talk about literature, a bit like a rolling book club

 

[blauerengel]

Sounds like a good programm, I hope it goes well! I remember that CP Mette-Marit often talks or tweets about her favourite books. She seems like an avid reader, I am curious what kind of books she will present and how the "literature train" is perceived by the Norwegian public!
Talking about the "rolling book club" - maybe some people will be interested to know that in the rural areas of Austria we have buses filled with many books that travel from village to village to make sure that even people far away from cities with public libraries have easy access to literature. The books (or CDs and DVDs) can be lent like in any library,the buses are visiting regularly. It´s a very simple but sucessful idea, I do not know if something similar exists in other countries.

 

[fortimo]

Sounds like a good programm, I hope it goes well! I remember that CP Mette-Marit often talks or tweets about her favourite books. She seems like an avid reader, I am curious what kind of books she will present and how the "literature train" is perceived by the Norwegian public!
Talking about the "rolling book club" - maybe some people will be interested to know that in the rural areas of Austria we have buses filled with many books that travel from village to village to make sure that even people far away from cities with public libraries have easy access to literature. The books (or CDs and DVDs) can be lent like in any library,the buses are visiting regularly. It´s a very simple but sucessful idea, I do not know if something similar exists in other countries.

I saw a documentfilm about Lapland and there is also a rolling library. I think it is a very good idea, where people live very far away from eachother and also from cities.
I am also curious, what MM's favorite books are...

 

[fortimo]

An article about her visit to Fauske municipality, the main focus will be on childrenbooks:
Får kronprinsessa på besøk - Fauske kommune
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[fortimo]

She will travel with the royal train, if I understood correctly.
Norwegian Royal Train - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"...The set contains a main sleeping compartment with dressing room and adjoining bathroom, two guest compartments, guest bathroom, kitchen, guard compartments and a combined dining and conference room..."
I am surprised, that so many rooms are in this train, it seems not so big in the picture.

I didn't find any other photos about the Norwegian Royal Train, but I found this article with pictures about the British Royal Train, so we can imagine that the norwegian train can be similar to the british.
http://royaltyonline.blogspot.hu/2010/09/prince-charles-gives-public-rare.html

 

[fortimo]

I assume also this program is cancelled...

 

[fairy tale]

Yes, that's a pity. But I'm sure she will do it next year!

 

[fairy tale]

new dates: March 31st - April 2nd, 2014

The literature journey from Bodo to Stjørdal will take place from March 31st- April 2nd, 2014.
Snart klart for kongelig besøk - NRK Sápmi
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Great that she didn't take much time to set a new date. I'm looking forward to it

 

[fairy tale]

Maybe someone can change the title of the thread with the right (new) dates?

Today, CP Mette-Marit had a meeting about the Literature journey. She tweeted a picture (she's not in the picture as she took it herself): https://twitter.com/CrownPrincessMM/status/444159219005403137 ("Thank you for fine contributions to #literature train @bokdama @Kvalshaug & @estermoe I can not wait!")

 

[fairy tale]

the correct dates are now April 1st - 2nd, 2014

Press release: kongehuset.no - Kronprinsessen på litterær togreise
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detailed press program (in Norwegian) http://www.kongehuset.no/binfil/download2.php?tid=120185

2 and a half weeks to go

 

[fairy tale]

kongehuset.no - Tar Litteraturtoget
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[fairy tale]

During some free time during the visit to Vietnam, CP Mette-Marit used the time to prepare for this project and she visited a bookstore in Hanoi.

with video Kronprinsessens litteraturtog - Nyheter, tv og radio fra hele verden - NRK.no
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[fairy tale]

Press release http://www.kongehuset.no/artikkel.html?tid=120160
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Press program http://www.kongehuset.no/binfil/download2.php?tid=120479
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and the program http://www.kongehuset.no/binfil/download2.php?tid=120185
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1. April
Bodø, 8am - Theme: Purpose of journey, literary significance
Fauske, 9.20 - Theme: Children's literature
Rognan, 10.35 - Theme: Young People - To discover themselves
Mo i Rana, 13.55 - Theme: Love
Mosjøen, 17.35 - Southern Sami language and literature + Conversation with the Crown Princess and 3 "twitter litterati"

2. April
Snåsa, 10.10 - Theme: literature as taboo-breaker. It is difficult to talk about
Steinkjer, 11.40 - Theme: "My Books" - about favorite books
Stjørdal, 14.20 - Theme: Shakespeare - "Language Master"

 

[fairy tale]

preparations
https://twitter.com/CrownPrincessMM/status/449108644089835520

 

[fairy tale]

In this article is a picture of the Literature train
https://www.nsb.no/om-nsb/siste-fra-nsb/h.k.h.kronprinsessen-pa-litteraer-togreise

 

[fairy tale]

Photo of CP Mette-Marit with one of her favourite books
Instagram

 

[wartenberg7]

This is a wonderful piece of youth literature - A. Lindgren was such an artist, full of intuition and wisdom!

 

[fortimo]

More about her love of reading books, some her favorites in this article:
Kronprinsessen forteller om sin livsreise med bøker | ABC Nyheter
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The "booktrain" from inside in this article and more about her interesting in reading books:
http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Kr...n-tendens-til-a-bli-undervurdert-7522194.html
http://translate.google.hu/translat...n-tendens-til-a-bli-undervurdert-7522194.html

 

[polyesco]

Some pictures from today
http://gfx.nrk.no//JTzhb_ErGLMQN4VxdaREVA50IvkFRs8N9dVQHJhE5jQw
http://gfx.nrk.no//ymxhgR2wUppaVA9nP1-e8gyvrge3n4LoAxqqnf5juSeg
http://www.ht.no/ntb/article9433721.ece/ALTERNATES/w980-default/high_szaf91c6.jpg

 

[dazzling]

Is this going to be a yearly event (She had this event also last year 2013)? Who chooses the cities and is MM a big reader? I would suppose she was if she is on such journeys.

 

[polyesco]

Is this going to be a yearly event (She had this event also last year 2013)? Who chooses the cities and is MM a big reader? I would suppose she was if she is on such journeys.

I believe last year it was cancelled due to her health
From the pictures MM has twitted, I guess she does like to read

 

[fortimo]

Some articles with pictures, videos:

Prinzessin Mette-Marit will Norweger zu Bücherwürmern machen - Royal - People - Unterhaltung - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
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Mette-Marit von Norwegen: Mit 600 Büchern im "Literaturzug" | BUNTE.de
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Mette Marit i snøværet på Rognan | AN
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http://www.seher.no/royal/slik-skaper-mette-marit-leseglede-blant-folket-70401
http://translate.google.hu/translat...aper-mette-marit-leseglede-blant-folket-70401

http://www.seher.no/royal/da-jeg-var-liten-levde-jeg-i-et-helt-eget-univers-70400
http://translate.google.hu/translat...-liten-levde-jeg-i-et-helt-eget-univers-70400

http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Sorover-gjennom-kronprinsessens-bokverden-7522963.html
http://translate.google.hu/translat...jennom-kronprinsessens-bokverden-7522963.html

http://www.klartale.no/kultur/-glad-i-tog-og-boker/
http://translate.google.hu/translat.../www.klartale.no/kultur/-glad-i-tog-og-boker/

http://www.thelocal.no/20140401/princess-takes-special-book-train-down-norway-coast

And this Twitter-side shows more pictures, informations about this journey:
https://twitter.com/search?q=#Litteraturtoget&src=hash
https://twitter.com/search?q=#Litteraturtoget&src=hash&mode=photos

Pictures:
http://www.picturedesk.com/bild-dis...searchID=b068bb94-34db-476c-aa81-9a0a6ec38073

 

[fortimo]

And more articles:
På sporet av den gode bok - Aftenposten
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– Lever meg helt inn i bøkene - Nordland
Google Fordító

 

[fortimo]

More articles from today with pictures, videos:

Mette-Marit vil også være bokormenes kronprinsesse
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Maja (9) ga blomster til Mette-Marit | Bladet
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Mette-Marit hylles for åpenheten - Kongehuset - VG
Google Fordító

– Ingen av mine venner visste at min far var alkoholiker - TV2.no
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http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Kr...-hadde-noe-a-skjule-7524503.html#.Uzw-Qfl_v5k
http://translate.google.hu/translat...-hadde-noe-a-skjule-7524503.html#.Uzw-Qfl_v5k

http://www.nrk.no/nordland/_--nasjonalbiblioteket-er-en-skatt-1.11644618
http://translate.google.hu/translat..._--nasjonalbiblioteket-er-en-skatt-1.11644618

http://blogg.tv2.no/kongebloggen/2014/04/02/mette-marits-viktige-reise/
http://translate.google.hu/translat...loggen/2014/04/02/mette-marits-viktige-reise/

http://www.kjendis.no/2014/04/02/kjendis/mette-marit/kronprinsessen/kongehuset/alkohol/32621332/
http://translate.google.hu/translat...t/kronprinsessen/kongehuset/alkohol/32621332/

http://www.nrk.no/kultur/kronprinsessen-gikk-og-leste-1.11644046
http://translate.google.hu/translat...ultur/kronprinsessen-gikk-og-leste-1.11644046

How romantic... Twitterflirt between Haakon and Mette-Marit. )
http://www.seher.no/royal/haakon-og-mette-marit-i-twitterflørt-70454
http://translate.google.hu/translat...akon-og-mette-marit-i-twitterfl%C3%B8rt-70454

Pictures:
http://www.picturedesk.com/bild-dis...searchID=a2f8b5d9-9c7f-4ff3-979f-292de732bf5a

 

[polyesco]

they shared a picture of the kids reading with their grandparents
http://24.media.tumblr.com/88fbd66f455780fdb110af8f171704e7/tumblr_n3eo8bYZ2m1r6jme9o1_500.jpg

 

[fortimo]

Yes, this is on the webpage of the royalhouse, here the article with pictures and video:
kongehuset.no - Litteraturtoget på skinnene
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kongehuset.no - Om tabu og Shakespeare
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Pictures on Instagram:
http://instagram.com/litteraturtoget

 

[wartenberg7]

they shared a picture of the kids reading with their grandparents
http://24.media.tumblr.com/88fbd66f455780fdb110af8f171704e7/tumblr_n3eo8bYZ2m1r6jme9o1_500.jpg

The bed they´re sitting on looks very princess-like

 

[fortimo]

Mette-Marit talked about her father and their relationship:
Mette-Marit von Norwegen : Sie spricht über ihren Skandal-Vater! | BUNTE.de
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http://www.thelocal.no/20140403/mette-marit-opens-up-on-fathers-alcoholism

http://drugnews.nu/2014/04/03/mette-marit-min-far-var-alkoholist/
http://translate.google.hu/translat...ette-marit-min-far-var-alkoholist/&edit-text=

 

[carlota]

Mette-Marit talked about her father and their relationship:
Mette-Marit von Norwegen : Sie spricht über ihren Skandal-Vater! | BUNTE.de
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Mette-Marit opens up on father's alcoholism - The Local

Mette Marit: min far var alkoholist | Drugnews
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interesting intervention by MM, very unexpected that she opened up so much. here's some translated sections of her speech on her strained relationship with her dad, and how reading changed her.

"One of the most difficult issues in my life is my relationship with my father and relationship with death, like something inside me was shattered and a hole opened in my chest. It was winter, we were in a cabin and when I left to go skiing, it was as if the wind blowing through me ".
"When my father died, there were many things I could not say, many did not understand and that reproached me. Knausgård wrote about his father, but I felt that it did on mine." "From small I felt there was always something I had to hide, because none of my friends knew my father was an alcoholic. Believe the joy I've had to be able to disappear into the world of books he was strengthened by that. Literature is important to understand the most important things in our lives, making us more vulnerable, which makes us take with shame.

 

[fortimo]

A video:

Kronprinsesse på Snåsa (3 min.) | NA