Official programme
The King and Queen and the Crown Prince and Crown Princess have an extensive official programme, with a large number of audiences, meetings and activities in Norway and abroad. These albums provide annual photo cavalcades with pictures from their official programme.
To scroll through the set of available albums, click on the links for “Previous” and “Next” on the right below. When you click on an album, the photographs it contains will be shown as thumbnails.
Album
Their Majesties 2012
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January12 January: All new ambassadors must present their credentials to His Majesty at a formal audience. The new ambassador from Morocco, Ms Saadia El Alaoui, were among the first in 2012 (Photo: Lise Åserud / Scanpix).
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January14 - 15 January: King Harald and Queen Sonja attend the 40th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark's Reign (Photo: Krister Sørbø / Scanpix)
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January26 January: The King attends the Nordic Norwegian Ski Championships at Voss.(Photo: Marit Hommedal / Scanpix)
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January26 January: The Queen attends the opening of the exhibition "Painting Canada" at the National Gallery (Photo: Krister Sørbø / Scanpix)
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January29 January: King Harald attends the consecration of Atle Sommerfeldt, the new Bishop of the bishopric of Borg (Photo: Linn Cathrin Olsen / Scanpx)
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February1 February: The King attends a conference on Norwegian energy policy in light of the global energy situation (Photo: Eirik Furu Baardsen, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi)
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February4 - 5 February: King Harald attends the Biathlon World Cup in Holmenkollen (Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / Scanpix)
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February12 February: The King and Queen host a dinner i honour of Her Highness Princess Astrid Mrs Ferner on the occasion of her 80th anniversary. (Photo: Sven Gjeruldsen, the Royal Court)
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February15 February: The King and Queen attend the opening of the exhibition "Royal journeys 1905 - 2005" at the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Oslo. (Photo: Gorm Kallestad, Scanpix)
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March9 - 10 March: King Harald and Princess Astrid, Mrs Ferner attend the Nordic World Cup in Holmenkollen. Here congratulating American Sarah Hendrickson with her gold medal (Photo: Terje Bendiksby / Scanpix)
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March11 March: The Royal Family attend the traditional world cup events in Holmenkollen (Photo: Erlend Aas / Scanpix).
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March18 March: The King attends the memorial ceremony at Evenes Airbase after the plane crash at Kebnekaise (Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / Scanpix)
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March27 March: The King attends the closing session at the Gorud Youth Conference in Oslo (Photo: Christian Lagaard, the Royal Court)
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March29 March: The King and Queen attend the performance =Oslo at the Norwegian Theatre. After the show, Their Majesties met actors and representatives from the street magazine on which the performance is based (Photo: Fredrik Varfjell, Scanpix).
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April13 April: King Harald attends the opening of the 2012 Church Meeting inTønsberg (Photo: Trond Reidar Teigen / Scanpix)
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April16 April: King Harald visits Ammerud Activity Centre and Grorud Taekwondo Club (Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / Scanpix)
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April23 April: The King visits young people at Alnaskolen and Furuset Sports Club (Photo: Elanchelian Nadarajah, Bydel Alna, Oslo kommune)
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April30 April: King Harald vistis Holtålen - one of the municipalites that was hit by flood in 2011. (Photo: Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen, the Royal Court)
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April30 April: The King visits the restored church at Røros (Photo: Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen, the Royal Court)
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May8 May: The King attends the opening of the exhibition INTOPS - Norwegian Soldiers - International Operations at the Defense Museum (Photo: Kyrre Lien / NTB scanpix)
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May8 May: The King lays a wreath at the National Monument at Akershus fortress (Photo: Kyrre Lien / NTB scanpix)
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May8 May: The Queen presents the new book "Kongens Hus" (The King's Houses) during a press meeting at Oscarshall (Photo: Erlend Aas / NTB scanpix)
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May9 - 11 May: The King and Queen go on a state visit to Poland (more pictures are available in a separate album) (Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix)
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May17 May: The Royal Family greets the Children's Parade in Oslo from the Palace Balcony (Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / NTB scanpix)
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May18 - 19 May: King Harald and Queen Sonja attend the celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee (Photo: Anwar Hussein / NTB Scanpix)
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May20 May: The Queen attends the 800th anniversary of Dypvåg Church inTvedestrand (Photo: Marianne Drivdal, Tvedestrandsposten)
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May22 May: King Harald presents the Abel Prize 2012 to the Hungarian mathematician Endre Szemeréd, (Photo: Anette Karlsen / NTB scanpix)
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May23 May: The King and Queen attend the opening of Bergen International Festival. (Photo: Marit Hommedal / NTB scanpix)
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May24 May: Queen Sonja attends the opening of the Festival Art Exhibition 2012 in Bergen Kunsthall (Photo: Marit Hommedal / NTB scanpix)
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May24 May: The King and Queen attend the opening of the exhibition Gavebordet (the Gift Table) in Bergen (Photo: Marit Hommedal / NTB scanpix)
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May25 May: His Majesty attends the funeral service of Norwegian war hero Gunnar Sønsteby in Oslo Cathedral (Photo: Kyrre Lien / NTB scanpix)
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May29 May: The King attends the 250th anniversary of Hadeland Glassworks (Photo: Liv Anette Luane, Det kongelige hoff)
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May31 May: The 75th anniversaries of Their Majesties are celebrated (more pictures are available in a separate album) (Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB scanpix)
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June1 June: The Queen attends "A World in Transition", an international conference on global health. Hillary Clinton was the main speaker in Oslo Town Hall. (Photo: Anette Karlsen / NTB scanpix)
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June1 June: The Queen attends the event marking the founding of Bygdøy and Hengsåsen nature reserves (Photo: Berit Roald / NTB Scanpix)
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June7 June: Their Majesties The King and Queen attend the performance Jeanne d'Arc at Oscarshall summer palace (Photo: Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen, Det kongelige hoff)
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June11 June: King Harald presents the King Olav V's Cancer Research Award 2012 to Professor Claes Göran Tropé (Photo: Erlend Aas / NTB scanpix)
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June14 June: Their Majesties attend the opening of the exhibition "Landskap og rom", presenting works by Queen Sonja as well as works from The Queen's private collection (Photo: Kyrre Lien / NTB scanpix)
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June14 June: Queen Sonja presents the Queen Sonja Nordic Art Award to the Finnish artist Tiina Kivinen (Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB scanpix)
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June15 June: The Queen attends the official opening of ArcusGruppen's new facilities at Gjelleråsen (Photo: Berit Roald, NTB scanpix)
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June15 June: The King and The Crown Prince inspect the Royal Guard at Huseby (Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB scanpix)
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June16 June: The King grants Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi audience. Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon are also in attendance (Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix)
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June16 June: The King and Queen attend the Nobel lecture by Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi at Oslo Town Hall. (Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix)
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June19 - 21 June: Their Majesties visit Vestfold county. (More pictures are available in a separate album) (Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB scanpix)
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June26 June: The Queen attends the official opening of the exhibition "Edvard Munch - The Modern Eye" at Tate Modern in London. (Photo: Keith Hammett, Scanpress)
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July22 July: The King and Queen attend a wreath-laying ceremony in the Government Quarter, in memory of the terrorist attack 22 July 2011. (Photo: Berit Roald, NTB Scanpix)
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July22 July: The King and Queen and Princess Märtha Louise attend the Memorial Service in Oslo Cathedral in memory of the terrorist attacks against the Government Quarter and Utøya island 22 July 2011. (Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB Scanpix)
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August10 August: The Queen opens the coastal paths on the island Vannøy in Karlsøy municipality (Photo: the Royal Court).
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August18 August: The King attends the celebration of Norway’s 50th anniversary in Space at Andøya Rocket Range (Photo: Kolbjorn Dahle, ARS)
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August20 August: The King opens of the new elementary school in Svolvær, Lofoten (Photo: Kjell Ove Storvik)
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August23 August: The King and Queen attend the premiere of the movie "Kon-Tiki" at the Opera House (Photo: Cornelius Poppe / NTB scanpix)
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September1 September: The King attends the 100th anniversary of military aviation in Norway (Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB scanpix)
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September4 September: King Harald presents the Kavli Prize 2012 - here the prize for neuro science to Ann Martin Graybiel, Winfried Denk and Cornelia Isabella Bargmann (Photo: Erlend Aas / NTB scanpix)
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September8 September: The King attends the official opening of the 125th Oslo Contemporary Art Exhibition (Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB Scanpix)
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September21 September: The Queen and Her Highness Princess Märtha Louise attend a seminar and reception on the occasion of the Princess Märtha Louise's Fund's 40th anniversary (Photo: Berit Roald / NTB scanpix)
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September21 September: King Harald attends the opening of the exhibition The Longest Journey, on the Royal Family’s involuntary sojourn abroad during the war years of 1940–45, the Glomdal Museum at Elverum (Photo: NTB / Scanpix)
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September27 September: The Queen officially opens the new Astrup Fearnley Museum at Tjuvholmen in Oslo (Photo: Cornelius Poppe, NTB scanpix)
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September28 September: The King and Queen attend the Funeral Service of Her Highness Princess Ragnhild, Mrs Lorentzen in the Palace Chapel. (Photo: Sven Gjeruldsen, The Royal Court)
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October2 October: King Harald undertakes the formal opening of the 157th session of the Storting. (Photo: Erlend Aas / NTB scanpix)
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October10 - 12 October: The King and Queen host the President of the Republic of Finland, His Excellency Sauli Niinistö and Mrs Jenni Haukio's State Visit to Norway (Photo: Vegard Grøtt / NTB scanpix)
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October30 October: The Queen opens the Munch exhibition The Modern Eye at the Munch Museum in Oslo (Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB scanpix)
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November5 November: King Harald attends Memorial Day at Akershus fortress (Photo: Marius Lauritsen / Forsvaret / NTB scanpix)
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November5 November: The King attends the memorial ceremony in Ny-Ålesund 50 years after the Kings Bay accident at Svalbard. (Photo: Jan-Morten Bjørnbakk / NTB scanpix)
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November20 November: The King and Queen attend the unveiling of a painting depicting King Harald swearing his oath to the constitution, Stortinget (the Parliament) (Photo: Berit Roald, NTB scanpix)
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November26 November: King Harald attends the presentation of the Medal for Heroism, awarded for heroic rescue during the terrorist attacks 22 July 2011 (Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix)
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November26 November: The King attends a memorial concert 70 years after the deportation of the Norwegian Jews to Auschwitz (Photo: Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen, The Royal Court)
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November27 November: The Queen gives the presentation "Impressions of Norway" at an event hosted by Innovation Norway, Nobel Peace Centre (Photo: Private)
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November25 November: The King attends the Norwegian Football Championships, the men's final, at Ullevål Stadium (Photo: Vegard Grøtt, NTB scanpix)
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November29 November: The Queen presents the Queen Sonja’s School Award 2012 to the teachers and children of Fagerlund (Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / NTB scanpix)
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December10 December: The King and Queen grant representatives for the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2012 audience. (Photo: Berit Roald / NTB scanpix)
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December10 December: The King and Queen attend the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize 2012. (Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix)
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December11 December: The King and Queen attend the event marking the conclusion of the Roof over Roof renovation project (Photo: Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen, The Royal Court)
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December11 December: The King attends His Majesty The King's Guard's Curch Parade. (Photo: Thomas Iversen / NTB scanpix)
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December22 December: Their Majesties host the second Christmas Concert at the Royal Palace (Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB scanpix)
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December20 December: Queen Sonja visits the Children's polyclinic at the Oslo University Hospital (Photo: Berit Roald / NTB scanpix)
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December25 December: The King and Queen attend Christmas service in Holmenkollen Chapel (Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix)