King Harald and Queen Sonja Current Events, Part 2: February 2015 - December 2020


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:previous: Thanks Iceflower! :flowers:

About Nasjonalforeningen for folkehelsen (The National Association of Public Health): Is a voluntary humanitarian organization founded in 1910 (which has The King as its patron), with hundreds of local branches around the country, whose purpose is to combat cardiovascular diseases and dementia. The effort is mainly funded by fundraising and gifts.

About the organization's two annual Research awards, handed out by HM today: Is awarded to a researcher or research-group in Norway who has achieved significant results in their field and helped to increase the knowledge-base. Hjerteforskningsprisen (The Heart-research-prize), which was awarded for the first time in 1999, was given to professor, Torbjørn Omland, while Demensforskningsprisen (The Dementia-research-prize), which was first awarded in 2016, was given to professor emeritus, Knut Engedal.
Each prize consists of an amount of 200,000 NOK (which must be used for research-related work) and a graphic-drawing.


Some more photos from Scanpix, if they don't show, click on them more than once. - The King was welcomed by The Mayor of Oslo, Marianne Borgen; and the association's leadership:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/td92b15f
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/td92b15c
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/td92b167
 
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:previous: Thanks Iceflower! :flowers:

And HM got to hear about several ''exciting projects,'' with the themes ranging from the bottom of the sea to the satellites above us.

About Kongsberg Gruppen: Is an international technology group that supplies high-technology systems and solutions to customers in the global defence, maritime, oil and gas, fisheries and aerospace sectors.

Read more in English here: From their own Website (link) - Wikipedia article (link).
 
Thank you for keeping us updated, iceflower, Royal Norway, and eya.


ROYAL NORWAY said:
About Nasjonalforeningen for folkehelsen (The National Association of Public Health): Is a voluntary humanitarian organization founded in 1910 (which has The King as its patron), with hundreds of local branches around the country, whose purpose is to combat cardiovascular diseases and dementia. The effort is mainly funded by fundraising and gifts.

About the organization's two annual Research awards, handed out by HM today: Is awarded to a researcher or research-group in Norway who has achieved significant results in their field and helped to increase the knowledge-base. Hjerteforskningsprisen (The Heart-research-prize), which was awarded for the first time in 1999, was given to professor, Torbjørn Omland, while Demensforskningsprisen (The Dementia-research-prize), which was first awarded in 2016, was given to professor emeritus, Knut Engedal.
Each prize consists of an amount of 200,000 NOK (which must be used for research-related work) and a graphic-drawing.
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ROYAL NORWAY said:
And HM got to hear about several ''exciting projects,'' with the themes ranging from the bottom of the sea to the satellites above us.

About Kongsberg Gruppen: Is an international technology group that supplies high-technology systems and solutions to customers in the global defence, maritime, oil and gas, fisheries and aerospace sectors.

Read more in English here: From their own Website (link) - Wikipedia article (link).
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Thank you for this information. It's splendid to see that an organization can successfully maintain hundreds of branches in a small country based only on voluntary contributions. And if I'm not mistaken, isn't Norway is a leading power in the sectors dealt with by Kongsberg Gruppen?

While these kinds of visits are probably considered less "exciting" than many of the projects taken by the Crown Prince, they are equally if not more important as the monarchy's show of support to Norwegian society.
 
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Thank you for this information. It's splendid to see that an organization can successfully maintain hundreds of branches in a small country based only on voluntary contributions. And if I'm not mistaken, isn't Norway a leading power in the sectors dealt with by Kongsberg Gruppen?
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First: You're very welcome! ?

Second: Yes! And especially in the fisheries, maritime and oil and gas sectors.

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Thanks Iceflower & Eya! :flowers:

Well, as one can see from the photos in your above posts, our almost 82-year-old monarch and consort were in great spirits on Saturday. - Spending the whole day in Lillehammer, where they went on a walkabout, followed by an official lunch, then attended two events with entertainment and former ''Olympic-heroes'' in the Olympic park, before being present during ''Fakkelprisutdelingen'' (The Torch prize-ceremony) in Håkons Hall.
The Torch Prizes (a voluntary project started and led by Lillehammer enthusiasts, which is financed through contributions from Lillehammer municipality and public/private companies) are awarded to people, companies or organizations in business, culture and sports for ''good Lillehammer reputation-building'' - and were handed out in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 and now in 2019.

BTW, here are some pictures from the latter engagement, plus four from earlier in the day. - If they don't show, click on them more than once:

The King with the leader of The Torch Prizes, Erik Alver; and The Queen with The Mayor of Lillehammer, Espen Granberg Johnsen:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/td9dc929

The King together with the above-mentioned Erik Alver (from the left); County governor in Innlandet-County, Knut Storberget (BTW, Innlandet is not a county before January 1st, 2020, but he has already started in the job); former cross-country skier, who won two gold medals during the Lillehammer Olympic, Bjørn Dæhlie; and the former freestyle skier, who also won gold during the Lillehammer Olympic (although ''only'' one), Stine Lise Hattestad Bratsberg:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/td9dc93a

A waving King. - The person in the background on the first photo is The President of The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports, Tom Tvedt:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/td9d2cea
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/td9d4c2c

Meeting the former member (now honorary member) of the IOC and head of the Lillehammer Olympic Organising Committee, Gerhard Heiberg:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/td9d70c3

Meeting the former speed skater, who won three gold medals during the Lillehammer Olympic, Johann Olav Koss:
https://scanpix.no/spWebApp/preview/editorial/td9dc924
 
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King Harald and Queen Sonja (with King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia) at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria, today, February 26:


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King Harald and Queen Sonja in Seefeld today, February 27, congratulating Norway's Martin Johnsrud Sundby who won the Men's 15 km cross-country (classic):


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King Harald and Queen Sonja with the runners-up from Norway Heidi Weng, Ingvild Flugstad Östberg, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen and Therese Johaug in Seefeld today, February 28:


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Thanks Iceflower! :flowers:

Well, let's first write a bit about The Regent-Couple's time at The Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld from February 25th to March 1st, where Norway took 13 gold medals, 5 Silver medals and 7 bronze medals. Because Their Majesties were in great spirits, hugging and chatting with the athletes and everything. The youthful and amazingly fit 81-year-old Queen even took herself a two-hour skiing-trip with a pair of skis borrowed from the Norwegian Cross-country skiing star Therese Johaug (who took 3 golds).
They also had a dinner with some "starstruck" athletes who were ''very nervous'' about sitting at the same table as the extremely popular and charismatic monarch. (BTW, I think they were quite nervous about sitting with The Queen too.)

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And then to today's International Women's Day ''Empowerment breakfast" with minority women attended by The Queen, who has described herself as a ''feminist'' - and who is credited with bringing awareness to immigrant/refugee women in Norway through her visits to organizations working for them and her speaking about their rights in interviews, etc.

The event was organized by ''The MiRA Resource Centre for Immigrant and Refugee Women,'' which has The Queen as its patron.

Read about it in this English Wikipedia article (link) and see two pictures of The Queen's previous visits on their Norwegian website (link).

The event took place at Melahuset (The Mela-house) in Oslo. - Read about it in English at the bottom of this site (link).

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One can see photos from both this events in Iceflowers posts on page 16 .

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Was there anything else? Yes, The King had an audience with The Prime Minister today; followed by a Council of State at The Royal Palace, where The Crown Prince was also in attendance. (No photos of it.)
 
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This evening, March 14, Queen Sonja attended a celebration marking the centenary of the Friends of the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Oslo:


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Here are some more photos and a short interview:


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When being asked about his daughter's new boyfriend, he answered he hadn't met him yet but that he found it nice that she had a new boyfriend.
 
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On May 16 King Harald received Li Zhanshu, Chinese chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), at the Royal Palace:


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And yet, the shaman said in the interview on television that he had already met the King and Queen ... This guy is full of lies (the shaman .. not the King ..).
 
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