The King looks quite unwell and now can hardly walk or stand, it is not usual that everyone is sitting during the welcome ceremony. Even the not so polite press has commented on it
Nettavisens kongehusekspert setter spørsmålstegn ved kongens helse etter det islandske statsbesøket.
www.nettavisen.no
The welcome ceremony was shown live on NRK and was the top news on all newspapers during the day which an state visit from Iceland usually is not, so I hope the court realisere that they need to use Ingrid a litle more to give an image that is not old or sick.
The president is lovely and charming like has been the tradition with the icelandic presidents. She gave Ingrid a wool semester she could use if she would visit iceland and a scarf which she said she got known for during her election campaign.
Prinsesse Ingrid Alexandra er med på sitt hittil største oppdrag for monarkiet. Tre generasjoner fra det norske kongehuset tok imot til statsbesøk fra Island tirsdag.
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The social media of kongehuset is not impressive, yes they managed a video but they could have shown some behind the scenes and from the lunch
The miltary shows photos from Akerhus
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NRk shows the gala live, scroll down to a face photo of Ingrid
NRK.no er Norges største tilbud på nett: nyheter fra Norge og verden, lokalnyheter, radio- og tv-program, podcast, vær, helse-, kultur-, underholdning-, humor- og debattstoff.
www.nrk.no
Typically norwegian, the sportsstars looks imacculate compared to what the politicans usually does on the stortingsdinner, though it is lovely to see Johannes Klæbo and the Bø-brothers, no icelandic connection precisly
Islands president er på statsbesøk i Norge. Tirsdag kveld er det duket for festmiddag på Slottet.
www.dagbladet.no
Sonja wears the emeralds and her Peter Dundas yellow dress, Mette-Marit the amethysts and a new dress, and Ingrid has emptied her jewelbox with her birthday gifts, the tiara, collet necklace, pearl earrings, birthday bracelet and the Victoria and Albert bracelet, a not to fortunate hairdo and her mothers Ole Yde dress from Victorias wedding.
The President og Iceland had to stop her speech because a person at the banquet felt bad and had to be removed, the palace said the person is well again
Part of the Kings speech, big focus on women and that one cant take rights that are won for granted.:
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This year we mark the 50th anniversary of the UN’s first International Year of Women. In October of that year, in 1975, Icelandic women went on a general strike. They demonstrated against the lack of equality in the workplace. The impatience of Icelandic women laid the foundation for the world’s first democratically elected female head of state to come to power in Iceland in 1980 – namely Vigdis Finnbogadóttir. Her election victory became an inspiration to the rest of the world.
You have a proud legacy to build on, President. A strong and proud people deserve a strong and wise leader – like yourself. I wish you all the best in your continued service to your country.
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Iceland holds a special place in the hearts of Norwegians. Over the years, there have been many state and official visits between our countries. One of them was historic: In 2004, when this young lady (Princess Ingrid Alexandra) was only five months old, she was with her parents on her very first official visit abroad – to Iceland.
Because of all the good memories she has from this visit, it was only natural that this would be the first state visit she would participate in....
The strong ties between our two countries are thus secured for the future…
Let us conclude by going back again to 1975, to the UN Year of Women – when the Icelandic women’s general strike opened the way and new opportunities for so many women, and helped to improve society for all.
Why is this important today?
Because it reminds us that battles won once are not necessarily won forever. We must stand up for what is worth fighting for, every single day.
We must continue to remind new generations of the battles that have been fought to create as good a society as possible – for as many people as possible. And we must be ready to defend these values again and again.
Happy Posting! 
) Björn Skùlason, arrived to Grand hotel inn Oslo this afternoon in a car from the palace (A6) where they were papped by royal historian Trond Noren Isaksen by accident.
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