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Happy Constitution Day!
Today the Royal Family celebrateted Constitution Day 17 May. This year’s festivities was again somewhat different from the usual May 17th programme. But The Royal Family was present on the Palace Balcony from 11:30 am to attend the celebration in the Palace Square and to join the people of Norway in singing the national anthem at 12:00 noon.
The Royal Family conducted a driving tour in Asker and in Oslo, and then boarded the Royal Yacht Norway to watch the boat parade that took place in the Oslo Fjord
Constitution Day
Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB
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Happy Constitution Day!
At 11:30 am the Royal Family came out on the Palace Balcony, and at 12:00 noon the Norwegian national anthem sounded across the Palace Square. This was one of many high points today before the festivities concluded on board the Royal Yacht.
Greeting to the National Maritime Conference
The 12th National Maritime Conference in Rostock, Germany was opened this morning. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon sent a digital greeting to the participants, speaking from an island in the inner Oslo Fjord.
Will continue as UNDP ambassador
His Royal Highness The Crown Prince signed an agreement to continue as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for another two-year period.
