{"id":1473,"date":"2012-10-16T12:31:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T12:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2014-08-22T18:34:48","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:34:48","slug":"kongefamilien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/kongefamilien\/","title":{"rendered":"Kongefamilien"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having taken a look at some Norwegian words for familiemedlemmer<\/strong> (family members), the Norwegian \u201dFirst Family\u201d stands in line. I suppose you\u2019ve already seen the no. 1 of kongefamilien<\/strong> (the Royal Family) \u2013 kongen selv<\/strong> (the King himself). On every Norwegian 10 or 20 Kroner coin, the profile of kong Harald<\/strong> is looking towards the edge. (No, he isn\u2019t completely bald, if you look closer, you\u2019ll see that he\u2019s only got a m\u00e5ne<\/strong> (bald spot, literally \u2019moon\u2019). On a wholly different note, you should notice how the word konge<\/strong>, \u2019king\u2019, looses its final \u2019-e\u2019 when used as a title in front of a name.)<\/p>\n

Harald is known as a peaceful monarch, who thoughtfully delivers his annual, televised nytt\u00e5rstale<\/strong> (New Year Speech), and takes his time to answer letters sent to him by skolebarn<\/strong> (school children). I should probably add that Norway\u2019s a constitutional monarchy; the king has no real power, but serves as a public symbol of the nation (much like the English Queen Elizabeth).<\/p>\n

The king lives together with Dronning Sonja<\/strong> (Queen Sonja, pronounce \u2019Sonya\u2019) at Slottet<\/strong> \u2013 \u2019The Castle\u2019 in central Oslo. They are both very popular among Norwegians, and spend a lot of time travelling<\/a> at home and abroad as representatives of Norway. They\u2019ve got two children: prinsesse M\u00e4rtha Louise<\/strong> [MARE-tah loo-EES] (born in 1971) and kronprins Haakon<\/strong> [HAWK-on] (born in 1973). Even though Haakon is the youngest one, he\u2019s the kronprins<\/strong> (crown prince) who\u2019s one day going to take over the throne. (Yes, that\u2019s just because he\u2019s a man\u2026 Full likestilling<\/strong>, equality between the sexes, hasn\u2019t reached the Norwegian monarchy yet.)<\/p>\n

Haakon became verdensber\u00f8mt<\/strong> (world famous) in 2001, when he married Mette-Marit<\/strong>, an alenemor<\/strong> (single-mom) from Kristiansand. A few years ago, such a relationship would have been unheard of in a royal family. Mette-Marit had a son from a former relationship, Marius, and together with Haakon she has got the daughter Ingrid Alexandra and the son Sverre Magnus. They live at the royal residence at Skaugum.<\/p>\n

Harald and Sonja once again showed how modern and accepting foreldre<\/strong> (parents) they were in 2002, when they gave their blessings to M\u00e4rtha Louise\u2019s marriage to Ari Behn, a dandy-like forfatter<\/strong> (author) who had his breakthrough with a collection of short-stories called Trist som faen<\/em> (Sad as h@ll<\/em>). They\u2019ve since got three daughters: Maud Angelica, Leah Isadora, Emma Tallulah. M\u00e4rtha Louise\u2019s interests have been the subject of controversies, especially after she went public about her belief in engler<\/strong> (angels).<\/p>\n

Each 17. mai<\/strong>, the Norwegian Royal Family gathers on Slottsbalkongen<\/strong> (the Castle Balcony) to greet the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having taken a look at some Norwegian words for familiemedlemmer (family members), the Norwegian \u201dFirst Family\u201d stands in line. I suppose you\u2019ve already seen the no. 1 of kongefamilien (the Royal Family) \u2013 kongen selv (the King himself). On every Norwegian 10 or 20 Kroner coin, the profile of kong Harald is looking towards the…<\/p>\n

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