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Eurohistory. The European Royal History Journal, Vol. 19.4, Winter 2016
The fourth and last issue of volume 19 of Eurohistory. The European Royal History Journal arrived in my mailbox at the end of March.Last year was the centennial of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria's...
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Sweden: Date of funeral service for Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld announced
Erska Church, Sollebrunn. Photo: Artifex, Wikimedia Commons.According to the death announcement published in among others Svenska Dagbladet on 22 April 2017, the funeral service for Baron Niclas...
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Royalty Digest Quarterly no. 1, 2017
Royalty Digest Quarterly no. 1, 2017 arrived in early April, which meant that I had plenty of reading material for my Easter break. Just a few days earlier I had received the latest issue of...
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The Norwegian Royal Court. Annual Report 2016
Last year I mentioned that the magazine Her og Nå had decided not to publish a yearbook about the events of the royal family like in previous years. At the time of writing I hadn't come across any...
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Genealogen nr. 1, 2017
Genealogen nr. 1, 2017, medlemsbladet til Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening, kom i min postkasse i dag, og jeg tenkte at jeg skulle skrive en kort presentasjon av innholdet og deretter fortelle litt om...
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UK: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to retire
Photo: 2015 Aaron McCracken / Harrisons. Wikimedia Commons.Yesterday morning I woke up to the news (*) that «The Queen's entire household [had been] called to Buckingham Palace for [an] 'highly...
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King Harald and Queen Sonja 80 years' anniversary: Jubilee book published
King Harald turned 80 years old on 21 February, while Queen Sonja will be 80 on 4 July. Next week the official celebrations will take place with royal guests expected from all corners of Europe. in...
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Official celebrations of the King and Queen of Norway
The official celebrations of the King and Queen of Norway, who both turn 80 this year, take place on Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th of May 2017. The celebrations include among others a gala banquet at...
View ArticleFuneral service for Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld
The funeral service for Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld, who died on 11 April 2017, 82 years old, took place today at Erska Church at Sollebrunn in Alingsås municipality.Attending the service were of...
View ArticlePresident Emmanuel Macron inaugurated: Longest reigns website updated
Emmanuel Macron, who was elected President of France last Sunday, 7 May 2017, was installed as the new president in a ceremony at Élysée Palace in Paris today. At the same time Macron became the new...
View ArticlePrincess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Count Jefferson von...
The Danish Royal Court annunced today that HSH Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and her husband Count Jefferson-Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth have decided to divorce.Princess...
View ArticlePresident of Palau in Norway
King Harald of Norway granted today the President of Palau, Tommy Remengesau, an audience at the Royal Palace in Oslo. According to Royal Court's information department, the news/photo agency NTB...
View ArticlePresident of Palau once more
Last week I wrote about the President of Palau's visit to Norway in connection with a summit on illegal fishing. President Tommy Remengesau was received in audience at the Royal Palace on Tuesday 30...
View ArticlePhoto of King Harald V of Norway and the President of Palau
The Office of the President of Palau has heard my cry for help. As I wrote in late May, King Harald V of Norway granted the President of Palau, Tommy Remengesau, Jr., an audience at the Royal Palace in...
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Ramponert Josef-grav, Alfaset gravlund, Oslo
Graven til Marina Josef, Alfaset gravlund, april 2016. Graven til Marina Josef, Alfaset gravlund, april 2016. Graven til Marina Josef, Alfaset gravlund, juli 2017. Graven til Marina Josef, Alfaset...
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Royalty Digest Quarterly no. 2, 2017
Historical tidbits of the royal houses of Sweden and Denmark dominate the latest issue of Royalty Digest Quarterly (no. 2, 2017). The front cover shows a painting of King Frederik VI of Denmark and...
View ArticleLongest reigns page updated
On 21 June 2017 the King of Saudi Arabia issued a decree relieving his nephew Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, b. 1959, of his duties as among others Crown Prince and replaced him by his...
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Romslektenes hærverk på gravminner i Oslo
Sist søndag kveld skrev jeg en kort bloggartikkel etter besøket mitt på Alfaset gravlund i Oslo tidligere på dagen. Under besøket passerte jeg gravfeltet til romslektene i Norge og oppdaget at graven...
View ArticleSweden: Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill to become parents for the...
The Swedish Royal Court announced today that Princess Madeleine and her husband Christopher O'Neill are expecting their third child in March 2018:HRH Princess Madeleine and Mr Christopher O'Neill are...
View ArticleRoyal birth in Sweden: A son for Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia
The second child of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia was expected to take place in September, but arrived already today. The Marshal of the Realm released the following press statement earlier...
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