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

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Yesterday, June 24, Queen Sonja opened the Bø Open Air Gallery - Sculpture Park Nordland (Skulpturlandskap Nordland), Bø in Vesterålen.



** vol.no gallery **


** kongehuset.no: Friluftsgalleri viser Skulpturlandskap ** translation **


** nrk.no: Jeg skulle ønske flere fikk oppleve disse skulpturene ** translation **

 

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Yesterday, June 25, Queen Sonja opened Anawana Haloba's sculpture at t6he Sculpture Landscape Nordland, Husøy, Træna.



** hblad.no: Dronningen åpnet skulptur ** translation **


** nfk.no article and gallery: Dronningen åpnet skulptur på Træna ** translation **


** nrk.no: – Bra at vi på Træna får en skulptur for en gangs skyld ** translation **

 

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Queen Sonja opened the National Park Centre at World's End in Tjøme today, June 27:



** kongehuset.no: Åpnet Færder nasjonalparksenter ** translation **


** nrk.no: Verdens fineste nasjonalparksenter ** translation **

 

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Her Majesty The Queen and Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands opened the exhibition entitled “Van Gogh + Munch” today

The Royal House of Norway - Van Gogh + Munch

PPE Agency

They will do it again, this time in the Netherlands:

Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway will open the exhibition Munch : Van Gogh in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, on the afternoon of Wednesday 23 September.

Press release: kongehuset.no - Princess Beatrix and Queen Sonja of Norway to open 'Munch : Van Gogh' exhibition in Amsterdam

 

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Today, Queen Sonja opened Edvard Munch Upper Secondary School in Oslo, August 17, 2015.
kongehuset.no - Åpnet Edvard Munch vgs
Google Translation

 

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Queen Sonja re-opened the pier at Atlungstad Brenneri (distillery) in Stange today, August 30:


** nrk.no: Dronningen feiret brennerijubilant ** translation **


** h-a.no: Møtte folkehav på Atlungstad ** translation **

 

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Today, September 8, Environmental agents Emma Louise Årvik, Elida Haltbrekken Tveitdal and Theo Toft had an audience with King Harald. The King is the patron of this year's telethon to raise money for the Rainforest Foundation. The three environmental agents have visited the village Mpenzele in the middle of the rainforest in the Congo to experience up close how children live there. With funds from the telethon the Rainforest Foundation wants to save the rainforest in five countries.

Photo https://www.facebook.com/Kongehuset...741828.311047710246/10155983168875247/?type=1

 

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Yesterday, Queen Sonja attended the 20th Anniversary of Red Cross United World College, Fjaler, September 21, 2015.
The Royal House of Norway - Impressed the Queen

 

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Queen Sonja presented the Kjell Nupen Memorial Grant in London today, October 8:


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King Harald attended the 250th anniversary celebration of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Bergen yesterday, October 8:



** bt.no: Det er lov å være stolt ** translation **


** kongehuset.no: Festkonsert i Grieghallen ** translation **


** ba.no article and gallery: Jublende fest for Harmonien ** translation **

 

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Queen Sonja presented the Kjell Nupen Memorial Grant in London today, October 8:


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Her Majesty looks elegant and much younger than she really is

 

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Today, King Harald and Queen Sonja hosted a banquet – a meeting of faiths and outlooks on life - for about 90 guests at the Royal Palace, October 20, 2015.
kongehuset.no - Gjestebud på Slottet
Google Translation

 

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Today visited the King and Queen the new arrival center for refugees established in Råde Østfold.
kongehuset.no - Møtte flyktninger i Råde

 

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Today, Queen Sonja visited the MiRA Centre in Oslo, November 9, 2015. MiRA Center is working for better living conditions and equality for minority women in Norway through legal assistance, information, political participation and cultural and social activities.
kongehuset.no - Møtte minoritetskvinner
Google Translation

 

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Yesterday, November 12, Queen Sonja attended the opening of the exhibition "Anna-Eva Bergman. Graphic Universe" at the Museum of Contemporary Art.



** kongehuset.no: Favoritt og forbilde ** translation **

 

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Yesterday, November 23, Queen Sonja presented the Queen Sonja School Award to Gjøvik Upper Secondary School.
kongehuset.no - Dronning Sonjas Skolepris 2015
Google Translation

The day before, King Harald attended the men's Football Cup Final 2015 at Ullevaal Stadium. Trondheim won 2-0 against Sarpsborg 08.
kongehuset.no - Cupfinalen 2015
Google Translation

 

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H.M.King Harald welcomes the Danish Folketing chairman Pia Kjærsgaard in Oslo.

Belga Image - Editorial

 

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H. M. King was present when Norway's new Nødnett today was nationwide. - A huge boost for Norwegian preparedness and civil protection, says director Tor Helge Lyngstøl in DNK.

kongehuset.no - Landsdekkende Nødnett

 

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Her Majesty The Queen attends the Requiem Mass in the RC Church of St Olav for the victims of the terrorist massacre in Paris .

PPE Agency

 

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kongehuset.no - Førjulsbesøk til Sofienberghjemmet

 

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Queen Sonja and Anundsen will be travelling to Svalbard

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Queen Sonja visits Svalbard to see the slide area, talk to the many volunteers and meet affected by the large landslide before Christmas.

Queen Sonja visits Svalbard

 

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King Harald was present when Ann-Helen Fjeldstad Jusnes was consecrated as bishop in South Hålogaland

 

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King Harald has been at the skiing World Cup in Kvaløysletta inTromsø this weekend. He handed out several Cups including one to Norwegian Petter Northug for the victory in the 30 km Skiathlon.
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Yesterday afternoon, January 30, Queen Sonja opened a new gallery and the exhibitions Borchgrevink and Weidemann/Haukeland at the Lillehammer Art Museum:


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** nrk.no **


** kongehuset.no: Stor kunst på Lillehammer ** translation **


** gd.no: Dronningen åpnet kunstmuseet: – Et vinterhjerte ** translation **

 

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King Harald has been at the skiing World Cup in Kvaløysletta inTromsø this weekend. He handed out several Cups including one to Norwegian Petter Northug for the victory in the 30 km Skiathlon.
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And today King Harald came to watch the skiing relays today with a victory for teams from Heming and Lyn. True to tradition, King congratulated the runners after the victory.
Pictures https://www.facebook.com/Kongehuset/posts/10156438787675247

 

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The king looks great. Great support for the skiing event

 

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The Royal House of Norway - To London with Nikolai Astrup

The Norwegian painter Nikolai Astrup is being introduced to a UK audience. Her Majesty The Queen undertook the official opening of the exhibition “Nikolai Astrup: Painting Norway” this evening in London.

The Queen's speech:
The Royal House of Norway - Nikolai Astrup: Painting Norway

Pictures from NRK/other media sites:
http://gfx.nrk.no//tKfz2Qj9WAiyc6bfolcJdQ0FnXQWhpZh6CiYt0HK8k0w

http://gfx.nrk.no//dll-rRHFPatBeg8EdSky9AK4pJYNkRLFMdNi7wUug-pA

http://gfx.nrk.no//Dfq3OmQC-RMEbdzuJanAkQgwo9_8rfCitAjwyMY9dL-g

http://www.ht.no/ntb/article12114200.ece/ocqpov/ALTERNATES/w980-default/high_tad6eaae.jpg

I saw it on Norwegian tv, and if a video becomes available, then I will post it here.

 

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Here are some more pics of the exhibition opening:


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** gettyimages/zimbio: Queen Sonja of Norway Opens Nikolai Astrup: Painting Norway Exhibition **

 

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An icy visit for the king!

Harald visited the Sorrisiva Igloo Hotel in Sorrisiva yesterday, February 8. It's the worlds largest and northernmost ice hotel, melts every spring and is rebuild each winter.


** nrk.no: Iskaldt kongebesøk i Alta **


** ifinnmark.no: Kong Harald fikk både se og smake på iskunst ** translation **