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Following her confirmation yesterday that Princess Lilian will not attend the royal wedding in two weeks, Court Marshal Elisabeth Palmstier...

In Aftonbladet today Elisabeth Palmstierna, Marshal of the Duchess of Halland’s Court, confirms what has been implicit for a while, namely t...

It has been known for a while now that the author Ingar Sletten Kolloen, who was made an associate professor at the University College of Li...

Spring and early summer are the high season for state visits and Oslo showed itself from its best side on what was perhaps the first real su...

Horst Köhler has announced his resignation as President of Germany with immediate effect. It is the first time in the 61 years of the German...

Because of her close relationship to several royal houses, Princess Margaretha of Denmark came to attend more royal events than most people...

In connection with the banns of marriage for Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling, held in the Palace Church in Stockholm today, the ...

Stiftsgården, the royal residence in Trondheim, is not only one of Norway’s best examples of rococo architecture, but also the largest woode...

The Palace of Mainau some days ago announced that Count Christian Bernadotte af Wisborg and Christine Stoltmann married at the South German ...

Today I have attended two events commemorating Prince Christian August of Augustenburg/Crown Prince Carl August of Sweden on the 200th anniv...

Earlier today the Parliament of Norway voted down the proposal made by the Socialist Left Party to abolish the monarchy and replace it with ...

If the gate in the wall at Götgatan 16 at Söder is open, one will be able to see Louis De Geer’s Mansion, one of Stockholm’s hidden treasure...

Rising over the heights of Söder, Katarina Church is one of Stockholm’s most visible landmarks. It can be seen from most of the city – acros...

Two nonagenarian members of Europe’s once-great imperial dynasties have died this month: A spokesman for the Romanov dynasty today announced...

Tomorrow is the last chance to see Rosenborg Palace’s magnificent exhibition “Faith, Power, Love”, which deals with the dynastic alliances b...

The Prince of Wales will be coming to Oslo on Wednesday in connection with the Oslo Forest Climate Conference 2010. He will stay at the Roya...

There is some sort of tradition among leading British politicians of writing biography and history in their spare time – the new Foreign Sec...

Nidaros Cathedral, built 1180s-1321 (several later restorations), erected on the spot where St Olav is believed to have been buried and cons...

Today is the National Day of Norway, which celebrates the events of 1814 when independence was won and the Constitution which is still in fo...

When King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia in 1815 returned to his capital Berlin at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, planning began for a ne...