Norwegian birthday parties usually include lots of speeches, rather like elongated toasts. Here, Jens Stoltenberg, the Norwegian prime-minister and the host for the baquet, spoke warmly of King Harald's work as Norway's reigning monarch and how deeply he cares for all aspects of Norwegian society.
King Harald ended a long and chilly day of birthday celebrations with a royal banquet inside the historic Akershus Fortress that's perched above Oslo's inner harbour. The government hosted the party for 160 guests in the fortress and castle's Christian IV salon.After several hours of toasting and dining on slices of akevitt-marinated moose meat and such seafood delicacies as lobster and, appropriately enough, king crab, the guest of honour stood to make some remarks of his own.
Turning 70, he said, really wasn't anything to brag about. "If you live long enough, it happens by itself," he said, to laughter from the guests.
Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Princess Märtha Louise
Crown Princess Mette-Marit, her brother-in-law Ari Behn and husband Crown Prince Haakon.
Source: Aftenposten/Scanpix
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