The Crown Prince Couple continue to meet asylum seekers in their visit to Torshov

This Wednesday, Crown Prince Haakon together with Crown Princess Mette-Marrit to meet asylum seekers in Oslo.

She had put on comfortable flat-heeled PRADA boots and a Valentino coat, put on a hat, protected her neck with a scarf, and put a cap on her head to face the cold and snow in Oslo. On her program, a visit, with her husband Prince Haakon, of the transit center of Torshov.


The crown princely couple wished to know more about the living conditions of asylum-seekers living in this temporary accommodation of 200 places, one of the five reception centers run by Norsk Folkehjelp (Norwegian People's Aid) . They met with residents, but also volunteers from the Red Cross who organize activities for them, as well as staff members.

This visit followed those of they had two days earlier on the same theme. Mette-Marit and Haakon went to the headquarters of the UDI (Utlendingsdirektoratet), the Directorate of Immigration, in Oslo on Monday (February 13th) to learn about the way in which this administration under the Ministry of Justice his mission. This involves processing applications for visas, residence permits, citizenship and asylum from foreigners. The IDU is also responsible for the operation of reception centers and eviction cases. They then joined the offices of the UNE (Utlendingsnemnda), the Immigration Appeal Board. This state court examines, as the name suggests, appeals filed with the Immigration Branch.
Photo Credit: Paris Match

The Norwegian Crown Prince Couple visited the UDI and UNE

A duo meetings with her husband, this Monday, February 13th 2017, for Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway in Oslo. They conducted two visits on the same theme: that of asylum seekers.

CPrincess Mette-Marit, who had dressed in a Fringed Jacquard Jacket and a Mouseline Pleated Skirt both by French brand Chloé and YVONNE KONE heels, and CP Haakon first went to the headquarters of UDI (Utlendingsdirektoratet). They inquired about the way in which this administration under the Ministry of Justice carries out its mission. This involves processing applications for visas, residence permits, citizenship and asylum from foreigners. The IDU is also responsible for the operation of reception centers and eviction cases. The royal couple then joined the offices of the UNE (Utlendingsnemnda), the Immigration Appeal Board. This state court examines, as the name suggests, appeals filed with the Immigration Branch.

The subject of asylum seekers remains on the agenda of the Crown Prince couple this week. They planned to visit the Torshov Transit Center in Oslo on Wednesday February 15th 2017. They must meet with staff and asylum seekers.
Photo Credits: Kongehuset


Crown Princess Mette-Marit holding a jackhammer on a construction

During the visit of a reintegration enterprise, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway did not hesitate to join the workers, jack hammer in hand.

A blue helmet on the head, a protective mask on the nose and mouth, a fluorescent orange public work jacket and a jackhammer in hand. Difficult to imagine that the person photographed in Oslo on Wednesday January 25th 2017 breaking a cement floor is the future queen consort of Norway. And yet, it was indeed the Crown Princess who had slipped that day into the skin of the workers she had come to meet.

The wife of Crown Prince Haakon had an appointment in connection with the social enterprise Monsterbedriften AS. Specializing in bath works - demolition, decontamination of asbestos, coring, heat treatment, etc. - it employs the reintegration of people who, for various reasons, find it difficult to find a traditional job.

Dressed in a pullover, a black jacket and trousers, sneakers on her feet, Mette-Marit did not just talk to these second chance employees on one of their yards. The daughter-in-law of King Harald V and Queen Sonja wanted to better understand the tasks they are carrying out, using a jackhammer. On the same day, she posed on her account Instagram a snapshot of this visit, indicating in the legend to have rubbed shoulders with "wonderful people".
Photo Credits: Paris Match

The crazy faces of Crown Princess Mette-Maritt during the Volleyball Championships finale

Last Saturday, January 14th 2017, Crown Princess Mette-Marit accompanied her husband Crown Prince Haakon to Ekeberghallen, a Oslo sports hall, for the final of the men's volleyball championship. And the heir to the Norwegian throne attended to give out the winning team.

Sitting in the stands beside her husband, the Crown Princess literally was in the game and had her moments during the match between the Viking team from Bergen, in the south of the country, and that of Tromso, in the north. Taken in pictures several times, the mother of 3 was watching the game with passion, while Haakon remained calm. It must be that the Crown Princess played volleyball in her youth, having also been a coach for this sport.

For this sporting event, which saw the victory of the players of Tromso, the Crown Princess Mette-Marit was dressed in a relax mode. Having opted for a casual outfit, she chose to put on a pair of jeans and a blue zipped sports jacket that she wore on a white sweater. She had put on a pair of sneakers and had worn her hair.

The day before, Mette-Marit had published an open letter on Kongehust(the Royal Court of Norway)'s website on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of her son Marius Borg Hoiby. Her love for the eldest of her three children, born before her meeting with Haakon from Norway, she asked some media to let him live a quiet life, while the young man made the choice to lead a life outside Of the public scene.

The Crown Prince couple spend the day with rescue dogs

Snow and sleet was the weather which welcome this January 11th 2017  Their Royal Highness  Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Maritt of Norway. The heir and his consort visited the town of Ski, a town in the county of Akershus south of Oslo.

The Crown Princely couple had an appointment with rescue dogs, as part of the 60th anniversary of the Norske Redningshunder with motto Understand "Norwegian Rescue Dogs". This humanitarian organization, which has several sections throughout the country, trains rescue dogs (two or three years) and dog handlers, so that they can provide, on a voluntary basis and in Voluntary assistance in Norway. With approximately 1,600 members, Norske Redningshunder participates in approximately 500 person-search operations each year, whether in the wild, especially in the forest, avalanches or under disaster-related ruins.

After a presentation of the organization by its officials in their warm building, Haakon and Mette-Maritt went outside to see how the dogs were trained to obey, report or search for a person. The opportunity to get to know the border collie Nicki or the German shepherd Orax.
Photo Credits: Kongehuset.no

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