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Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess opened the Norwegian Festival of Literature in Lillehammer this evening. The festival, which is the largest contemporary literature festival in the Nordic region, is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

His Majesty continued his visit to the US on Saturday at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma, Washington. The King received an honorary doctorate from the university, which has close ties to Norway.

His Majesty The King has begun a week-long official visit to the US. The King arrived in Seattle on Wednesday evening, and will be visiting the states of Washington and Alaska.

Today, His Majesty The King presented the Abel Prize for 2015 to John Forbes Nash, Jr. and Louis Nirenberg for their contributions in the field of partial differential equations and geometric analysis.

The Royal Family has taken its traditional place on the Palace Balcony to greet the Children's Parade, as the Parade in Oslo now approaches the Palace Square. 

This evening, Her Majesty Queen Sonja will officially open the exhibition “Miscellaneous Notes on Nordic Birds” at the Queen Joséphine Gallery. Danish Svend-Allan Sørensen is this year’s featured artist.

Her Majesty The Queen and Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands opened the exhibition entitled “Van Gogh + Munch” today. The Dutch and Norwegian artists share a number of common traits.

Liberation Day and the end of the Second World War in Norway were marked throughout the country today. Members of the Royal Family took part in a number of events.

Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess opened the Nordic pavilion at the Venice Biennale today, where she presented the project “Rapture” by multimedia artist Camille Norment.

The WWF annual conference is being held in Svolvær this week. Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess gave the opening remarks, in which she emphasised the importance of making green choices in everyday life.

Condolences from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of Nepal, His Excellency Mr. Ram Baran Yadav.

Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and Crown Princess are on board the research vessel Lance, which is frozen into the Arctic Ocean outside Svalbard. The sea ice in the Arctic is melting faster than ever. Scientists on board the vessel are working to find out what is causing this and why.

Late last night Norwegian time, Her Majesty The Queen opened the exhibition entitled "Prize Prints" at Scandinavia House in New York. The exhibition features works in connection with the Queen Sonja Print Award.

Condolences from His Majesty King Harald to His Excellency Mr. Tony Tan Keng Yam,
President of the Republic of Singapore

Their Majesties The King and Queen accompanied His Excellency President Andris Bērziņš on board the MS Baronen this morning. The vessel was later boarded by Norwegian special forces soldiers.

Today, Their Majesties The King and Queen extended an official welcome to His Excellency President Andris Bērziņš of Latvia to Norway in a ceremony on the Palace Square.

Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald to the new President of the Hellenic Republic, His Excellency Mr Prokopis Pavlopoulos.

Their Majesties The King and Queen spent the final day of their State Visit in Perth on the west coast of Australia. The main focus of today’s programme was on maritime cooperation and petroleum activities.

On Wednesday, His Royal Highness The Crown Prince attended the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Special Operations Executive and the 70th anniversary of the Special Forces Club in London.

Today, Her Majesty The Queen presented artwork inspired by Norwegian nature to an Australian audience, and His Majesty The King visited a training centre for the Royal Australian Navy. The day began with a meeting with representatives of Indigenous Australians.

Today, His Majesty The King undertook the formal opening of a seminar on the Antarctic at the Australian National Maritime Museum. King Harald and Queen Sonja are spending the second day of their State Visit in Australia’s largest city, Sydney.

Today, Their Majesties The King and Queen launched the first official visit of a Norwegian head of state to Australia. The King and Queen will visit Canberra and Sydney, before concluding their visit in Perth on Friday.

Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald to the President of Croatia, Her Excellency Ms. Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic.

For the past three days, His Majesty The King has been visiting Queen Maud Land – a Norwegian dependency in the Antarctic. The King is paying a visit to the Troll research station, which is celebrating 10 years of year-round operations.

On Wednesday evening, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon unveiled the countdown clock for the Youth Olympics, which will kick off in Lillehammer in exactly one year – 365 days.

His Royal Highness The Crown Prince concluded his field visit to Timor-Leste today. Before his departure, the Crown Prince spoke to 200 students who had come to hear him lecture about UNDP and the UN Millennium Development Goals. 

This evening Her Majesty The Queen opened the world’s northernmost art museum, Kunsthall Svalbard, in Longyearbyen. The new museum is a branch of the Northern Norway Art Museum.

Today, His Royal Highness The Crown Prince viewed UNDP projects first-hand, including one that brings clean drinking water to hundreds of families and another in which salt production provides women farmers with a good living.

This year marks the deadline set for achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals. In the coming days His Royal Highness The Crown Prince will be visiting several worthwhile projects throughout Timor-Leste.

Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald to His Excellency President Sergio Mattarella.

Today is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex. His Royal Highness The Crown Prince and Prime Minister Erna Solberg represented Norway at the commemoration ceremony in Poland.

Johan Martin Ferner passed away quietly at Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, today, 24 January 2015 at 05.25 AM.

Condolences from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to His Majesty King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is being held this week in the Alpine city of Davos, Switzerland. Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and The Crown Princess are attending the meeting to follow up their efforts for young leaders.

The Royal Family have received a wide array of Christmas and New Year's greetings, and these were greatly appreciated.

The traditional skrei fishing season has arrived, and today His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon took part in a fishing trip off the island Senja in North Norway on board the fishing vessel Senjaland.

Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald to the President of Mozambique.

Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald to the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

Condolences from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to His Excellency President François Hollande.

Congratulations from His Majesty King Harald to The President of Romania, HE Mr. Klaus Werner Iohannis.

Condolences from His Majesty King Harald of Norway to the President of Pakistan after the Peshawar school attack.

On Wednesday, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai. Their Majesties The King and Queen and Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and Crown Princess were in attendance in Oslo City Hall, where the Nobel Laureates received a warm standing ovation.

Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess, Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus celebrated the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates today, along with 7 000 children on the City Hall Square in Oslo.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon spoke at the Telenor Youth Summit, encouraging young people from Europe and Asia to use digital communication to promote positive social development.

Today was the last day of the State Visit of Their Majesties The King and Queen to Myanmar. The King and Queen concluded their five-day visit at the former royal palace in Mandalay.

Their Majesties The King and Queen have travelled on to Bagan, the site of many historical temples in the Mandalay region. Preservation of cultural heritage was the main focus of the third day of King Harald and Queen Sonja’s State Visit to Myanmar.

Today His Majesty The King spoke about the transition towards democracy at the University of Yangon. The speech marked the start of the second day of King Harald and Queen Sonja’s State Visit to Myanmar.

Their Majesties The King and Queen started their State Visit to The Republic of the Union of Myanmar today. The most important objective of this visit is to indicate Norway’s support for the ongoing reform process.

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit emphasised the role of young people in climate efforts during the Climate Roundtable hosted by Statkraft in the town of Jevnaker on Tuesday.

Today, His Royal Highness The Crown Prince is conducting an official visit to Serbia. The Crown Prince has a busy programme in the capital city of Belgrade, which he is visiting for the first time.