September 2007 Calender

September 2007 Calender for the Danish, Dutch and Norwegian Royal Families

September 1: NED - 40th Birthday Celebrations of Willem-Alexander
September 3: NED - Máxima will open "De Kamers"
September 4: NED - Beatrix will open the new campus of Wageningen University
September 4: DEN - Joachim will visit the Moesgaard Museum
September 5: NED - Máxima will open the art exhibition "Me and the Other & the Other and Me"
September 5: NOR - Sonja will attend the opening of the 2007-2008 season of the Oslo Filharmonic Orchestra
September 6: NOR - Harald and Märtha Louise host a Luncheon for the Princess Märtha Louise Fund
September 6: NOR - Harald will attend the Anders Jahre Award Ceremony
September 6: NOR - Mette-Marit will attend the Grieg Gala with the Bergen Filharmonic Orchestra
September 8: NED - Beatrix will attend a concert by the World Orchestra for Peace
September 8: NOR - Harald will attend the opening of the 120th Autumn Exhibition
September 8: DEN - Mary will attend the Circus Benneweis Gala Performance for the Mental Health Fund
September 9: DEN - Mary will attend a golf tournament in Helsingør
September 10: NOR - Märtha Louise will attend the event marking the dissolution of The Norwegian Sports Organization for the Disabled
September 11: NED - Beatrix & Máxima will attend the premiere of the Hans van Manen Festival
September 12-13: DEN - State Visit from Brazil
September 12: NED - Beatrix will open the new venue for the Amsterdam Archives
September 12: NED - Laurentien will make a speech at the World Illiteracy Day
September 13-14: NOR - State Visit from Brazil
September 14: NED - Beatrix will open the new venue of the Rijksdienst Art-Historical Documentation
September 15: NOR - Mette-Marit will attend the feast and gala performance of the OsloHimmel Festival
September 17-21: DEN - Frederik & Mary (with Isabella) will visit New York
September 18: NED - Prinsjesdag
September 18: NOR - Haakon attends the event marking the 10th anniversary of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
September 20: NOR - Mette-Marit will visit Svalbard
September 22: NOR - 36th Birthday of Märtha-Louise
September 22: NED - Willem-Alexander will attend the opening of the exhibition "P. Struycken, the Digital Paradise"
September 23: DEN - Frederik & Mary will award the Kronprinsparrets Kulturpris
September 25: NED - 39th Birthday of Friso
September 26: NED - Willem-Alexander will attend the opening of the "Mosae Forum"
September 30: NOR - 35th Birthday of Ari

Ari presents his New Designs

Ari Behn, the husband of Princess Märtha-Louise of Norway, yesterday presented his newly designed items at the Norwegian Gift - an interior designs fair held in Lillestrom.Copyright: ANP

Wedding of Marianne Solberg Behn & Olav Bjørshol

Yesterday, Ari Behn's parents - Marianne Solberg Behn and Olav Bjørshol - remarried. The wedding was attended by Ari, Princess Märtha-Louise, their two daughters Maud Angelica and Leah Isadora, and Queen Sonja, along with a skew of other guests. Maud Angelica was her grandmother's flower girl, while Ari was his father's best man.



Picture Gallery from VG
Picture Gallery from Side 2
Copyright: Stella Pictures

August 2007 Calender

August 2007 Calender for the Danish, Dutch and Norwegian Royal Families

August 2: DEN - Margrethe will attend a concert at the Gråsten Palace Chapel
August 3: DEN - Photo Session at Gråsten Palace
August 3: NOR - Haakon will attend the funeral of Major General Egge
August 4: DEN - Frederik attends the final of the Homeless World Cup
August 4-5: DEN - Joachim participates in the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix
August 6-31: DEN - Frederik is Regent
August 7: DEN - Margrethe and Henrik hold a press conference at their French Chateau
August 8: DEN - Frederik has a working visit to the Save the Children Fund
August 10: NOR - Harald presides over the Council of State
August 10: DEN - Mary attends the Baum and Pferdgarten Fashion Show at CIFF
August 11: NOR - Märtha-Louise attends the Bislett Summer Games
August 11: DEN - Benedikte will participate in the opening of Denmark's Norse Active Women's Conference
August 11: NED - Constantijn and Laurentien will attend the opening of the 10th Canal Festival
August 13-16: NED - Willem-Alexander is present at the World Water Week Conference in Stockholm
August 16: NOR - Mette-Marit attends the "Designerspirene" Fashion Show
August 18: NOR - Wedding of Marianne Solberg Behn & Olav Bjørshol
August 19: NED - Beatrix attends a Concert by the European Union Youth Orchestra
August 19: NOR - 34th Birthday of Mette-Marit
August 21: NOR - Märtha-Louise visits Norwegian Blindeforbundets Forerhundskole
August 21: NED - Willem-Alexander had a working visit to Grave and Maasbommel
August 23: NOR - Ari presents his new designs at the Norwegian Gift
August 24: NOR - Harald & Sonja attend the opening of Bygdø Royal Farm
August 25: NOR - Haakon and Mette-Marit will hand out grants from the Crown Princely Couple's Humanitarian Fund
August 25: NOR - Haakon and Mette-Marit will attend the lecture "Can the Ocean Solve the AIDS Riddle?" at the Univeristy of Tromsø
August 25: DEN - Benedikte, Richard, Gustav & Carina will attend the 150th Anniversary of the Haderslev Skydeforenings
August 25: NOR - 6th Wedding Anniversary of Haakon & Mette-Marit
August 25: NED - Christening of Emma van Vollenhoven
August 26-28: NOR - Haakon and Mette-Marit hold a County Visit to Nord-Troms
August 27: NOR - Harald and Sonja attend a drill exercise by The King's Guard
August 27: NED - 2nd Wedding Anniversary of Pieter-Christiaan & Anita
August 28: NED - Beatrix attends the Concours Hippique "'t Peerdespul"
August 28: DEN - 8th Birthday of Nikolai
August 29: DEN - Joachim attends the opening of the "By Voyage to 1000 years Maritime Cultural Festival"
August 29: NOR - 39th Wedding Anniversary of Harald & Sonja
August 30: NOR - Harald attends the inaguration of the Armed Forces' new management building
August 30: NOR - Sonja attends the 30th Anniversary of the Sonjatun Health Centre

Day 1 of Sonja's Birthday Celebrations - Stavanger Cathedral & Walkabout

The first event on the agenda for Queen Sonja's 70th birthday celebrations was disembarking the Royal Yatch Norge in Stavanger and walking through the city to the Cathedral.

Picture Gallery from PPE

Copyright: PPE/Nieboer

Guests for Sonja's 70th Birthday Arrive in Norway

Guests have begun arriving in Norway for the birthday celebrations of Queen Sonja, which begin on July 4th.

The Queen's daughter and son-in-law, Princess Märtha-Louise and Ari Behn, have arrived in Norway today.

Added:

Crown Prince Haakon, Queen Sonja's son, and his wife Mette-Marit also arrived in Stavagner today.

And Billed Bladet reports Crown Prince Frederik has also arrived in Norway.

Copyright: Tomas Alf Larsen, Aftonbladet, Billed Bladet

Guest List for Sonja's 70th Revealed!

Kongehuset.no has revealed the guest list for Queen Sonja's 70th birthday celebrations beginning July 4th. The guests are as following:

Guests on July 4th:
Norway
-TRH the Crown Prince and Princess
-Princess Märtha Louise and Mr Ari Behn
-Princess Ragnhild, Mrs Lorentzen, and Mr Erling S. Lorentzen
-Princess Astrid, Mrs Ferner, and Mr Johan Martin Ferner
Denmark
-HM the Queen and HRH the Prince Consort
-HRH the Crown Prince
-HE Countess Ruth of Rosenborg
Sweden
-TM the King and Queen
-HRH the Crown Princess
-HH Princess Desireé, Baroness Silfverschiöld, and Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld
-HH Princess Kristine Bernadotte
The Netherlands
-HM the Queen
-HRH Princess Máxima
Luxembourg
-HSH the Grand Duchess
-HSH the Hereditary Grand Duke
-HSH Prince Felix
Belgium
-TRH the Duke and Duchess of Brabant
Other Royal Guests
-HM Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
-Archduke Christian
-Princess Alexandra and Count Jefferson-Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth
-Lady Elizabeth Shakerley

Guests on the Royal Cruise:
Norway
-TRH the Crown Prince and Princess
-Princess Märtha Louise and Mr Ari Behn
-Princess Astrid, Mrs Ferner, and Mr Johan Martin Ferner
Denmark
-HM the Queen and HRH the Prince Consort
Sweden
-TM the King and Queen
-HRH the Crown Princess
The Netherlands
-HM the Queen
-HRH Princess Máxima
Spain
-HM the Queen
-HRH Infanta Elena and HE the Duke of Lugo
Luxembourg
-HSH the Grand Duchess
-HSH the Hereditary Grand Duke
-HSH Prince Felix
Belgium
-TRH the Duke and Duchess of Brabant
Other Royal Guests
-HM Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
-Archduke Christian
-Princess Alexandra and Count Jefferson-Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth

The guest list is mainly female guests, so Sonja's 70th is going to be a girl's party!