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My new book is out today - "Norges krone"
I am glad to report that my new book, Norges krone - Kroninger, signinger og maktkamper fra sagatid til nåtid, is on sale from today. The title translates roughly as "The Crown of Norway: Coronations,...
View ArticlePrince Nicolas of Sweden christened
At noon today, Prince Nicolas of Sweden, the son of Princess Madeleine and Chris O'Neill, was christened in the chapel of Drottningholm Palace outside Stockholm. This intimate chapel was also the venue...
View ArticlePrincess Sofia is pregnant
The court of Stockholm has just announced that Princess Sofia, who married Prince Carl Philip four months ago, is pregnant. The couple's first child will be born in April 2016. In accordance with King...
View ArticleSeraphim Order for Princess Sofia
On Friday night, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden attended an award ceremony and banquet at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, where Princess Sofia wore the Order of the...
View ArticleMy latest articles: Princess Esmeralda on her father & Edward VII and Norway
The November issue of Majesty (Vol. 36, No. 11) went on sale in Britain on Thursday and this month I have contributed two articles. There is the second part of my interview with the writer and climate...
View ArticleMy latest article: Kings consort
In a recent interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro, the Prince Consort of Denmark once again stated that in his opinion he ought to be King Consort rather than Prince Consort as the wives of...
View ArticleMy latest article: Mountbatten in Sweden and Princess Esmeralda on her mother
Today the December issue of Majesty (Vol. 36, No. 12) goes on sale in Britain and this month I have contributed two articles. One of them deals with Lord Mountbatten and Sweden. Much has been written...
View ArticleOn this date: Prince Mikasa turns 100!
While many royals have reached their nineties, few members of reigning royal families have lived to celebrate their 100th birthday, but today the Emperor of Japan's uncle Takahito, Prince Mikasa...
View ArticleCelebrations for King Harald's and Queen Sonja's silver jubilee
In a month, 25 years will have passed since King Olav V died and Harald V ascended the throne, and the silver jubilee of the King's accession will naturally be marked in several ways. The jubilee will...
View ArticleMy latest article: Norwegian silver jubilee and Waterloo bicentenary
It is still 2015, but the January 2016 issue of Majesty (Vol. 37, No. 1), which contains two articles by me, is now on sale. On 17 January, the King and Queen will celebrate their silver jubilee and in...
View ArticlePrince Consort Henrik to retire
In her New Year's Speech, delivered live from Fredensborg Palace at 6 p.m., Queen Margrethe II announced that her husband, Prince Consort Henrik, has decided to retire. "In the fture, the Prince...
View ArticleAt the road’s end: Princess Ashraf of Iran (1919-2016)
On Thursday, the funeral of a now mostly forgotten but once highly visible royal took place in Monaco. Princess Ashraf of Iran, who died on 7 January, was the twin sister of the last Shah, is thought...
View ArticleCelebrations of King and Queen's silver jubilee kick off
We have now entered 17 January, the 25th anniversary of King Olav V's death and Harald V's accession to the Norwegian throne. The celebrations began on Friday, when the King and Queen received official...
View ArticleKing Harald's silver jubilee celebrated today
Thousands of people came out on a freezing cold day in Oslo today to help celebrate the silver jubilee of King Harald's accession to the throne on 17 January 1991, thereby fulfilling the King and...
View ArticleMy latest articles: Coronations and solemn blessings
My new book on the role of coronations in Norwegian history, Norges krone - Kroninger, signinger og maktkamper fra sagatid til nåtid, is of course of some relevance to the King's Silver Jubilee, and in...
View ArticleMy latest articles: Georg and Anne of Denmark & the Mexican empire
I have forgotten to mention that the February issue of Majesty has been on sale since 21 January, this time containing two articles by me. The first one deals with Prince Georg and Princess Anne of...
View ArticleRegent appoints female Chief Justice
In the weekly Council of State at the Royal Palace on Friday, the Crown Prince Regent appointed Toril Marie Øie Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. She will take up the post on 1 March, succeeding Tore...
View ArticleAt the road's end: Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (1932-2016), art...
The Swedish royal court today announced that Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, the husband of King Carl Gustaf's second oldest sister, Princess Birgitta, died in a hospital in Munich today. Prince...
View ArticleA son for Crown Princess Victoria
At a press conference at the Caroline Hospital in Solna, Prince Daniel of Sweden has just announced that Crown Princess Victoria has given birth to a son at 8.28 p.m. The baby is 52 centimetres long...
View ArticleHRH Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden, Duke of Scania
In a State Council at the Royal Palace in Stockholm today, King Carl XVI Gustaf informed the government that the son Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to last night will be named Oscar Carl Olof and...
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