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 2011
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January8 January: The King and Queen attend the Sports Gala at Hamar Olympic Amphi. King Harald receives the 2011 Honorary Award for his long standing commitment to sports (Photo: Aleksander Andersen / Scanpix)
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January25 January: King Harald visits Grefsen Kjelsås Volunteer bureau. Here he receives a drawing of himself and Queen Sonja by Somali Sagal (8) (Photo: Lise Åserud / Scanpix)
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February1 February: King Harald presents the 2011 Heart Award to Professor Geir Christensen at the opening of the Heart Campaign 2011 (Photo: Berit Roald / Scanpix)
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February2 February: Queen Sonja attends the opening of the Barents Spetakel festival in Kirkenes. (Photo: Yngve Grønvik, Sør-Varanger Avis)
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February18 February: The Queen visits the head office of the Norwegian Refugee Council (Photo: Terje Bendiksby / Scanpix)
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February23 February: The Royal Family is in attendance when Oslo hosts the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. More than 50.000 attended the opening ceremony in the centre of Oslo (Photo: Thomas Winje Øijord / Scanpix)
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March10 March: Queen Sonja and Crown Princess Mette-Marit have tea with the Adampour family in Oslo. The visit is part of the campaign "Tea Time", where muslim families invite non muslims for tea and conversation (Photo: Lise Åserud, Scanpix)
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March11 March: King Harald attends the premiere of the movie "Kings of Oslo". The King met with the children from the movie as part of the visit (Photo: Thomas Winje Øijord / Scanpix)
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March30 March: King presents the NORsteam diplomas for sailing. (Photo: Asbjørn Thorup, Seilmagasinet)
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April4 April: The King and Queen attend the funeral service of the Norwgian actress Wenche Foss, Oslo Cathedral (Photo: Scanpix)
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April4 April: King Harald presents "the King's Cup" to Tora Berger and Tarjei Bø during the Norwegian biathlon championships at Bardufoss. (Photo: Scanpix).
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April5 - 6 April: The King and Queen host a state visit from President Dalia Grybauskaitė of the Republic of Lithuania (Photo: Cornelius Poppe / Scanpix)
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April12 April: Queen Sonja attends the opening of Oslo Malaria Conference (Photo: Berit Roald / Scanpix)
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April13 April: King Harald and Queen Sonja attends the premiere of the documentary "Vendor 329" - one of the vendors of the street magazine =Oslo. (Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / Scanpix)
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April28 April: The King and Queen attend the Royal wedding between Prince William of Wales and Ms Catherine Middleton (Photo: Dominic Lipinski, Reuters / Scanpix)
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April28 April: King Harald and Queen Sonja attend a private programme on the occasion of the Royal wedding (Photo: Lise Åserud / Scanpix)
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May2 May: The Queen attends the presentation of Sæterhytten (a cottage part of the Bygdø Royal Farm / Bygdøy Open-Air Museum). The restauration was part of the Governments gift for the King and Queen's 70th anniversary in 2007. (Photo: Lise Åserud, Scanpix)
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May5 May:The King presents Gunnar Randers' Research Prize 2011 to Professor Mogens H. Jensen (Photo: Einar Madsen, IFE)
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May9 - 10 May: The King and Queen pay a state visit to the Republic of Slovenia (Photo: Lise Åserud / Scanpix)
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May12 - 13 May: The King and Queen pay a state visit to the Republic of Croatia (Photo: Lise Åserud, Scanpix)
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May17 May: The Royal Familiy greets the Children's Parade in Oslo from the Palace balcony (Photo: Heiko Junge / Scanpix)
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May17 May: The King and Queen visit the Nordstrand area in Oslo (Photo: Glenn Svendsen, Stella pictures)
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May24 May: King Harald presents the Able Prize 2011 to Mathematician John Willard Milnor. The Abel laureate was also granten audience with the King at the Royal Palace earlier in the day (Photo: Abelkomiteen / Scanpix)
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May25 May: The King and Queen attend the opening of the 59th Bergen International Festival (Photo: Paul S. Amundsen / Scanpix)
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May26 May: Queen Sonja attends an Abel celebration for children in Bergen (Photo: Åse Johanne Roti Dahl, På Høyden)
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May27 May: King visits Nor-Shipping 2011 at Norway Trade Fairs (Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / Scanpix)
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May30 May - 1 June: The King and Queen host Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg's State Visit to Norway (Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / Scanpix)
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June7 - 9 June: King Harald and Queen Sonja visit Troms county. (More pictures are available in a separate album) (Photo: Terje Bendiksby / Scanpix)
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June14 June: King Harald presents the King Olav V's Cancer Research Award 2011 to Professor Sverre Heim.
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June16 June: The King attends the reopening of the Aula, University of Oslo (Photo: Lise Åserud / Scanpix)
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June18 June: King visits the flood-stricken municipalities in Gudbrandsdalen and Østerdalen (Photo: Sven Gjeruldsen, Det kongelige hoff)
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June19 June: The King and Queen attend the 200th anniversary of Drammen (Photo: Lise Åserud / Scanpix)
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June23 June:The Queen opens Steilneset, commemorating the witch trials in Vardø (Photo: Heiko Junge / Scanpix)
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July22 July: The Royal Family have many official engagements in the aftermath of the terrorist attacs of 22 July (More pictures are available in a separate album) (Photo: Erlend Aas / Scanpix)
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July16 August: The King attends the opening the Aqua Nor trade show in Trondheim. (Photo: Ned Alley / Scanpix)
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August18 August: The Queen Attends the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra's concert, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Ode to Joy, in the Town Hall Square (Photo: Stian Andersen / Filharmonien)
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August21 August: The Royal Family attend the national memorial ceremony after the acts of terror in Oslo and on Utøya island 22 July (Photo: Cornelius Poppe / Scanpix)
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August26 August: King Harald attends the 1000 years' anniversary of Levanger.
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August27 August: The Queen attends the finals of the Queen Sonja International Music Competition at the Norwegian Opera (Photo: Terje Bendiksby / Scanpix)
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August31 August – 1 September: The King and Queen host the President of the Republic of South Africa, Dr Jacob Zuma and Mrs Tobeka Zuma's State Visit to Norway (Photo: NTB Scanpix)
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September2 September: The King and Queen attend the 200th anniversary of the University of Oslo (Photo: Liv Anette Luane, Det kongelige hoff)
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September3 September: Queen Sonja opens the exhibition "Munch's Laboratory. The Path to the Aula" at the Munch Museum (Photo: Liv Anette Luane, The Royal Court)
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September8 September: King Harald attends the award ceremony of the Anders Jahre Cultural Awards (Photo: Scanpix)
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September7 September: The King attends the 75th anniversary of the Norwegian School of Economics (Photo: Helge Skodvin)
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September15 September: King Harald attends the 750th anniversary of Håkonshallen in Bergen.(Photo: Gorm Kallestad / Scanpix)
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September18 September: Queen Sonja attends an avant-première of the exhibition "Edvard Munch, l'oeil moderne" (Edvard Munch - the Modern Eye) at Centre Pompidou in Paris. (Photo: Thomas Samson, AFP / Scanpix)
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September19 September: The King attends the meeting "Don't forget - Benjamin 10 years later" for youth at Holmlia in Oslo (Photo: Heiko Junge / Scanpix)
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September21 September: The King attends the opening of Iskosset" - a new part of the Ski Museum (Photo: Erlend Aas / Scanpix)
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September30 September: The King and Queen attend the 150th anniversary of the shipping line Wilh. Wilhelmsen at the Opera House (Photo: Kyrre Lien, Scanpix)
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October2 October: The King attends the inauguration of the new Praeses during the Church of Norway Bishops' Conference (Photo: Ned Alley / Scanpix)
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October3 October: The King undertakes the formal opening of the 156th session of the Storting (Photo: Scanpix)
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October10 October: The King and Queen attend the celebration of Fridtjof Nansen's 150th anniversary (Photo: Minjatur / I Nasjonalbibliotekets eie)
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October10 October: The King attends the re-opening of the Fram Museum on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth Fridtjof Nansen (Photo: Roger Fosaas / Stella Pictures)
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October13 - 22 October: The King and Queen visit USA. (More pictures are available in a separate album) (Photo: Scanpix)
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October26 October: King Harald attends the unveiling of the Veteran's Monument in Bardufoss (Photo: Alvin Jensvold)
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November6 November: King Harald attends Memorial Day at Akershus fortress (Photo: Forsvaret)
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November10 November: The King and Queen attend the opening of the exhibition "Under Great Pressure" at Atelje Larsen in Helsingborg. Queen Sonja's own work is part of the exhibition (Photo: Atelje Larsen)
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November22 November: King Harald attends the centennial of D/S Hestmanden in Kristiansand - the last of the ships that sailed in the Nortraship fleet during WW II (Photo: Tor Erik Schrøder / Scanpix)
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November23 November: Queen Sonja attends the 75th anniversary of the Norwegian Archeological Society (Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / Scanpix)
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November28 November: The Queen attends the 20th anniversary of NORCAP - the Norwegian People's Aid's emergency standby roster, at the Nobel Peace Center (Photo: Cornelius Poppe, Scanpix)
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December1 December: Queen Sonja presents the Queen Sonja's School Award 2011 to Malakoff upper secondary school in Moss (Photo: Heiko Junge, Scanpix)
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December6 December: King Harald attends a meeting for the County Governors (Photo: Berit Roald / Scanpix)
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December10 December: The King and Queen grant the Nobel Peace Price Laureates Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Tawakkol Karman and Leymah Gbowee audience at the Royal Palace (Photo: Lise Åserud, Scanpix)
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December10 December: The King and Queen attend the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo Town Hall. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess were also in attendance (Photo: Leonhard Foeger, Reuters)
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December13 December: King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon attend the Royal Guard's Church Parade in Oslo Cathedral (Photo: Heiko Junge / Scanpix)
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December14 December: King Harald attends the centennial celebration of Polar Explorer Roald Amundsen's arrival at the South Pole at the Fram Museum (Photo: Cornelius Poppe / Scanpix)
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December22 December: The King and Queen visit Sunnaas hospital (Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / Scanpix)