Is there a link to watch the government dinner on the 16th? The cultural performances would be interesting to view.
Let's go through the television coverage so that you and others here on the forums know what to expect:
1. As I've written before, the Norwegian monarchy is now, without doubt, the monarchy that allows the cameras in most frequently.
2. And Norway is now also the country where the broadcasters televise most big royal events.
And yes, the Danes are pretty good at it too; however, the Danish broadcasters were not allowed in to cover the confirmation-services of Christian and Isabella, and they are never allowed to cover the annual New Year's banquet at Amalienborg (except for the arrivals).
And when it comes to QMII's annual birthday appearance on the balcony, which the media are free to cover, then the Danish broadcasters don't even bother to televise it (except for her milestone ones). So thank god for the Danish magazine BILLED-BLADET, which always sends it live on their website.
In Norway, OTOH, all such things are televised!
But this time, however, the Norwegian royal court and the government have strangely arranged Ingrid's two birthday-dinners to take place on the same days as two other major events here:
1. The annual Bislett Games on June 16 (a track and field meeting at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo), which will get many here to tune in to television to watch the runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
2. The annual outdoor VG-lista-concert from the square in front of Oslo City Hall on June 17 (referred to in Norway as the biggest concert in Scandinavia).
And due to rights and stuff, the state broadcaster NRK is obliged to broadcast both events live on their main TV-channel NRK1 (which is Norway's largest). But I have been told in an email from an NRK-person who works with royal matters that they will try to show as much as possible of Ingrid's two birthday-dinners.
However, the TV coverage will differ a bit from the coverage of previous royal milestones (including some of Ingrid's birthday events that took place in January), which have mainly been broadcast on NRK1.
And this is how their TV-Guide looks like right now, which has changed a bit during the last few days:
June 16:
NRK1 will send an extended version of their regular news programme Dagsrevyen from 19:00 to 20:00, where they will show live-clips from the black-tie government dinner.
And then after over two hours with Bislett Games, they will send highlights from the dinner at around 22:20.
These programs will be available for everyone to watch in the hours after they have ended (also for those outside Norway).
And yes, the dinner could have been broadcast on NRK's second channel NRK2, but since they already will have to broadcast some of the Bislett Games coverage on that channel while Dagsrevyen is sent on NRK1, that would have been a bit tricky.
June 17:
Due to the VG-lista-concert, which lasts from 20:00 to 22:30, NRK1 will only be able to send from the gala dinner between 19:40 and 20:00 and from 22:30 to 23:15. But NRK2 will have broad coverage from 19:00 to 21:30.
These programs will be available for everyone to watch in the hours after they have ended (also for those outside Norway).
(Be aware that the times that I've written down are Norwegian times, i.e. Central European Summer Time.)
There will most likely be full coverage on the commercial TV2 News Channel as well, but they never announce such things on their TV-Guide, so a bit difficult to say when they will start broadcasting (but most likely around 19:00).
And pretty sure that NRK/TV2 will provide live-links (which work outside Norway), such as they did during the Regent-Couple's 80th Birthday Celebrations in 2017, the Regent-Couple's Golden Wedding Anniversary in 2018, the confirmations of Ingrid and Sverre Magnus in 2019 and 2020 and during Ingrid's birthday-events in January 2022. And if they do, I will of course post them here (unless others do it before me).
But live-links or not, the NRK programmes will (as I wrote above) be available for everyone to watch on NRK's TV-website in the hours after they have ended (also for those outside Norway).
Normally I would also have expected a live-link from the tabloid VG, which will be the best one since it doesn't include commentary, but since they will be very busy with that VG-lista concert (which bears their name), I'm not sure they will provide one.
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I wonder how much overlap exists between the selection of representatives of organizations who will be guests at the government dinner on the 16th and those who will be guests at the palace dinner on the 17th. Has a guestlist for the government dinner been released yet?
No, not for us ordinary folks, but the media have seen it. And you can read some of the names in this NRK article (
link).
And here is a google-translation (
link), which is quite good now, hence why I don't bother to write a summary.
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Interesting that the chairperson of the Islamic Council is listed under "Official Norway" and not "Norwegian Organizations". Do religions other than the Church of Norway have official standing in Norway?
No, not really, but after the Church of Norway ceased to be a state Church in 2012, article 16 in the constitution says that ''all religious and belief communities should be supported on equal terms.''
And the Islamic Council did receive annual money from the state until 2017, when they lost it due to some controversies.
BTW, I see that the leader of the Council for Religious and Life Stance Communities, Trond Enger, is also listed under the "Official Norway" category.
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And to those who may be wondering why Myanmar's ambassador to Norway will be present at the gala dinner at the palace (I mean it's not a country we have close relations with at the moment). Well, that's because she's the longest-serving current ambassador to Norway, and that's why she's always invited to such things.
thank you ROYAL NORWAY, it's always great to see your sharing for NRF's big event. Thanks for the explanation regarding the attendance of Myanmar's ambassador, that's exactly what I would like to ask. ?
You're very welcome! 
