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Their Majesties The King and Queen and Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and Crown Princess were in attendance today at the ceremony at Oslo City Hall in which Her Excellency President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and peace activists Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen received the Nobel Peace Prize.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon concluded his four-day visit in Nepal with a meeting with the staff of the local UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) offices. The Crown Prince expressed admiration for their efforts and the extent of their achievements.

Today His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon held a lecture at Kathmandu University on the current status of the UN Millennium Development Goals. The day’s programme began with a visit to Bheri Technical School, where former combatants receive vocational training.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon has commenced his visit to Nepal. The Crown Prince is travelling in his capacity as Goodwill Ambassador for UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) and is accompanied by the Administrator of UNDP, Ms Helen Clark.

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit officially opened the new Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Miami on Sunday, 20 November. The church is named Sjømannskirken H.K.H. Kronprinsesse Mette-Marits kirke, Scandinavian Church and Center.

Today Her Majesty Queen Sonja will be attending the official opening of the exhibition “Under Pressure”. His Majesty King Harald, Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon will also be in attendance at the vernissage, where the Queen’s own pieces feature among the works on display.

The focus was on advanced technology and cooperation when His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon met with Apple, as well as with Space Systems/Loral and Telenor today.

On Tuesday, His Royal Highness The Crown Prince gave the opening speech at the kick-off of Transatlantic Science Week at the University of California, Berkeley, his alma mater.

Today, His Royal Highness The Crown Prince opened Innovation Norway’s “Innovation House” in Palo Alto, California. The house offers temporary office space to Norwegian companies seeking to establish operations in the Silicon Valley.

Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja concluded their official visit to the US today with a visit to the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in New York.

Today the Opera House in Oslo and the Geopark in Stavanger were added to the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Her Majesty The Queen presented models and architectural drawings of the two facilities as a gift to the museum.

Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja have arrived in New York. Today they joined the other Nordic heads of state at the official opening of the art exhibition “Luminous Modernism”.

Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja concluded their visit to the Midwest today, and travelled on to New York. En route they viewed the exhibition “Cold Recall – Reflections of a Polar Explorer”.

Today Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the city of Duluth on the shores of Lake Superior, the westernmost of the five Great Lakes of North America.

I dag var Deres Majesteter Kong Harald og Dronning Sonja til stede ved studentgudstjeneste i kapellet ved Augsburg College og gjester ved en mottakelse hos Minnesotas guvernør. Kvelden avsluttes med en offisiell middag i Minneapolis.

Today, Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja continued their official visit to the US in the Midwestern state of Minnesota, where they received a warm welcome at St. Olaf College in Northfield and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja began their official visit to the US today. Their ten-day itinerary will take them to Iowa and Minnesota, and finally to New York.

On Monday, King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit attended the commemoration of Fridtjof Nansen’s 150th birthday. A variety of cultural events and lectures were held in honour of the researcher, polar explorer, diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

On Sunday Her Majesty The Queen attended the preview to the exhibition "Edvard Munch, l'oeil moderne" at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The exhibition, which opens tomorrow, presents a wide range of forms of expression used by Edvard Munch in his work.

Their Majesties The King and Queen accompanied South African President His Excellency Jacob Zuma and Mrs Tobeka Zuma on a number of visits today. The business sector, health and culture were the focus of the programme for the second day of the State Visit.

Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and Crown Princess are both attending the One Young World Summit in Zurich. Some 1 200 young leaders were present in the auditorium when Crown Prince Haakon officially opened the conference this evening.

His Excellency Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, and First Lady of South Africa Mrs Tobeka Zuma began their State Visit to Norway today. Their Majesties The King and Queen received the president and his wife at a formal ceremony this morning.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon and Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim represented Norway today at the ceremony marking South Sudan’s independence.

Her Majesty The Queen officially opened the Steilneset memorial on Midsummer’s Eve. The memorial is part of the National Tourist Routes project, and was one of the last, major installations designed by the groundbreaking French-American artist Louise Bourgeois.

Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess was present today when Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim delivered Norway’s address to the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS.

The UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS opened today in New York. Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess was in attendance together with several of her colleagues from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the Norwegian delegation.

His Royal Highness The Crown Prince was among the speakers at the opening ceremony of the 18th International Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference in Baku today. The Crown Prince is head of the Norwegian delegation to the conference in Azerbaijan.

Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess will be attending the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS on 7-9 June.

On Wednesday, Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja and His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg travelled to Trondheim for the final day of the State Visit from Luxembourg.

His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg began the second day of the state visit at a breakfast with business leaders. Afterwards, Their Majesties The King and Queen, and the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess travelled to Bygdøynes, where the Fram Museum is celebrating the Nansen-Amundsen anniversary.

Their Royal Highnesses Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg began their State Visit to Norway today. Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja are serving as hosts for the guests, who were welcomed to Norway in a formal ceremony on the Palace Square.

On Tuesday, His Royal Highness The Crown Prince officially opened Statoil’s new Peregrino oil field outside of Rio de Janeiro. The opening took place on board the Maersk Peregrino about 85 kilometres off the coast of Brazil.

His Majesty King Harald will present the prestigious Abel Prize to John Willard Milnor today, for his “pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry and algebra”. Earlier today the King granted the Abel Laureate an audience at the Royal Palace.

The Royal Family will take its customary place on the Palace Balcony starting at 10:30 am to greet the Oslo children’s parade.

Their Majesties The King and Queen spent the second day of the state visit to Croatia in the seaside town of Šibenik. Their programme revolved around joint interests and projects in the maritime sector.

Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja are conducting a State Visit in Croatia on 12-13 May. The official welcoming ceremony was held outside of the Presidential Palace on Thursday morning.

On Tuesday morning, His Majesty The King opened the business seminar “The Slovenian-Norwegian Forum of Competence”. Afterwards King Harald and Queen Sonja visited several projects that Norway has helped to implement.

Today Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja began their State Visit to Slovenia. They were welcomed by President Danilo Türk and Mrs Barbara Miklič Türk at Brdo Castle outside of Ljubljana.

The world’s largest port festival is taking place this weekend in Hamburg. This year Norway is the festival’s partner country and today His Royal Highness The Crown Prince visited the long-running event.

On 2 May work began on upgrading the roof over the main wing of the Royal Palace. The project is expected to take about 16 months, from May 2011 to the end of 2012.

On April 16 Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit attended the Global Youth Summit on HIV held in the capital of Mali, Bamako, where she gave a speech to over 100 young leaders from all over the world.

On the last day of their official visit to Ghana, Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and Crown Princess focused on projects involving conflict prevention and on peacekeeping efforts.

On Wednesday Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and Crown Princess and Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim visited the village of Ekumpoano on the coast of Ghana, some two hours’ drive from the capital Accra.

On Tuesday Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and Crown Princess began an official visit to Ghana. Ghana is one of the most successful African states and serves as a pioneer in many ways in the region.

Her Excellency Dalia Grybauskaitė, the President of the Republic of Lithuania, commenced a two-day State Visit in Norway on 5 April 2011. Their Majesties The King and Queen welcomed the President in a formal ceremony on the Palace Square.

The Royal Family was present when Oslo, the winter capital of the world, welcomed sports enthusiasts from around the globe to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 on Wednesday evening. Over 50 000 people turned out to watch the opening ceremony.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon attended the opening of the International Student Festival in Trondheim on Friday. A total of 500 students from 104 countries are participating in this year’s festival, whose theme is global heath.

On Wednesday evening Her Majesty The Queen attended the opening of Barents Spektakel 2011 annual arts festival in Kirkenes. Under the slogan “Mind the Map!” the festival raises the question: where is the centre and where is the periphery?

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit is currently on a two-day visit to Geneva to attend meetings with several humanitarian organisations. The primary focus of the meetings will be on HIV/AIDS.

Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and Crown Princess are attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, which opens on Wednesday and concludes on Sunday, 30 January 2011.