#Ingeborg Mette

[lord-of-the-north]

Ola Haraldsson - the main character. The soul of Nordland. Sindre Egron Bjornstad - the best friend of Ola (and something more). The soul of Forlann. Skjold Foss - the “step father” of Ola. The soul of Markedal. Hjarnar Jarte Harpolen - the “caregiver” of Ola. The soul of Gesseborg. Emil Einrun Bjornstad - the “step son” of Sindre, the soul of Einrun. Aud Estemir - the soul of Albern. Ingeborg Mette - the soul of Sviria. Marlon Marwari - the soul of Ostia. Oladele Kwambai - the soul of Abbanis. Mateusz Szklow - the soul of Kassia. Naguja Ankalin - the soul of Inaat.

Here’s what they look like and what their relationship is like. Green - friendship, love. Red - a damn bad relationship. Blue - relationships are complicated or change from bad to good or vice versa. If the connection between the characters is not indicated, then this is a neutral-friendly relationship. They can quarrel, they can enter into alliances, but in general they treat each other well.

[tiaramania]

Here are the tiaras worn as people arrive and we wait for pictures.

Queen Margrethe - Pearl Poire

Crown Princess Mary - Wedding

Princess Marie - Dagmar Floral

Crown Princess Victoria's - Laurel (ugh)

Crown Princess Mette Marit - Diamond Daisy

Princess Ingrid Alexandra - Ingeborg's Pearl

Princess Elisabeth - Wolfers (for the first time!)

Princess Amalia - Sapphire Necklace Tiara (also for the first time!)

Princess Benedikte - SWB Fringe

Princess Carina - her normal diamond tiara

Queen Anne Marie - Khedive

Crown Princess Marie Chantal - Sophia's Diamond

[predeath]

[monarchies-history]

Tiara Predictions for Princess Ingrid Alexandra's Gala

Norway

Princess Ingrid Alexandra - new tiara gifted from grandparents? Or Princess Ingeborg’s Boucheron Circle Tiara

Queen Sonja- Norwegian Emerald Parure Tiara

Crown Princess Mette-Marit- Diamond Daisy Bandeau

Princess Märtha Louise- Norwegian Amethyst Parure Tiara

Maud Angelica Behn- King Olaf Gift Tiara

The Netherlands

Queen Maxima- Württemberg Ornate Pearl Tiara

Princess Amalia, Princess of Orange - Dutch Laurel Wreath Tiara

Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria- Baden Fringe Tiara

Princess Estelle- pretty headband

Belgium

Queen Mathilde- Nine Provinces Tiara

Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant- Queen Elisabeth’s Art Deco Bandeau

Luxembourg

Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie- Grand Duchess Adelaide Tiara

Denmark

Crown Princess Mary- Edwardian Tiara

Greece

Crown Princess Marie-Chantal- Queen Sophie’s Diamond Tiara

Princess Maria-Olympia- Miller Fringe Tiara

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

Are you excited to see the young princesses wear tiaras this week? What tiaras do you think they’ll wear?

I am very excited for a big all royal event - the last one we had was Philip's memorial which was not exactly celebratory. I'm also so excited to see the girls' first big gala event, with gowns, and also to see my chubby-cheeked angel Charles again

As for tiara predictions:

Elisabeth - I don't think she's going to wear a tiara. I think she'll give us some sort of alice band, or even not a delicate up do, but not a tiara. If she does, I'm going with the base of Queen Astrid of Belgium's Nine Provinces Tiara. My dream would be Queen Mathilde's Laurel Wreath Tiara

Catharina Amalia - I'm thinking something small and shiny, like Queen Wilhelmina's Diamond Bandeau Tiara or perhaps Queen Beatrix's Laureal Wreath Tiara. My dream would be the Mellerio Ruby Tiara

Ingrid Alexandra - the birthday girl herself. The three most likely, I think, are Crown Princess Mette Marit's wedding tiara, the Diamond Daisy Tiara; Princess Ingeborg of Sweden's Pearl Circle Tiara, which was given to IA for her birthday; or Princess Märtha Louise's King Olav Gift Tiara, which was the tiara gifted to her on her 18th birthday. My dream is the Diamond Daisy Tiara

[ifreakingloveroyals]

Through the Years → Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (619/∞)

17 January 2016 | Picture taken at the Royal Castle in Oslo shows Carl Christian Dahl, Ian Swanstroem, Dag Swanstroem, Anne Karine Swanstroem, Marianne Haraldsen, Torgeir Kjos Soerensen, Anna-Stina Slattum Ferner, Carl Christian Ferner, Gry Helen Henriksen, Anita Henriksen and Lars T Skaare, Karl Otto Haraldsen, Lene Haraldsen, Ingeborg Ribeiro, Paulo Ribeiro, Cathrine Ferner Johansen, Arild Johansen, Margrét Gudmuindsdottitr Ferner, Alexander Ferner, Benedikte Ferner, Aage Hvinden, Elisabeth Ferner and Anders Leegaard, Ari Behn, princess Märtha Louise, King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, Queen Silvia of Sweden, Queen Sonja of Norway, King Harald of Norway, Queen Margrethe of Denmark, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway, princess Astrid, Erling Lorentzen and Ebba Loevenskiold. on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Norway's King Harald's ascension to the throne. (Photo credit Lise Aserud/AFP via Getty Images)

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Norwegian / old norse names and places

Every now and then I come across a book, movie, TV-series, fanfic, game or whatever, that mention a fictional "Norwegian" or "norse" place or person, and it just sounds so wrong it makes me either cringe or ROFL. Really. I still haven't recovered from the 1995 X-files episode, "Død Kalm", which took us to the port of "Tildeskan" where we met "Henry Trondheim", "Halverson" and "Olafsson".  Hopefully this list will keep others from being that “creative” with names. :)

Common names for places, towns and villages in Norway

These names are very generic and suitable for a place, village or town anywhere (and pretty much any time) in Norway. Mix and match prefixes with suffixes for diversity.  Bonus: All of these can also be used as surnames. Name (meaning) - usage

Nes (headland, cape, ness) - Standalone ​ Bø (fenced-in field on a farm) - Standalone Fjell (mountain) -  Standalone or prefix/suffix: Fjell- / -fjell Haug (small hill / large mound)  -  Standalone or prefix/suffix: Haug- / -haug Vik, Viken, Vika (inlet, the inlet, the inlet) -  Standalone or prefix/suffix: Vik- / -viken / -vika Ås, Åsen (hill, the hill (larger than "Bakken")) - Standalone or prefix/suffix: ​ Dal, Dalen (valley, the valley) - Standalone or prefix/suffix: ​ Berg (small mountain) - Standalone or prefix/suffix: Berg(s)- / -berg Sand (sand) - Standalone or prefix/suffix: Sand- / -sand Strand (beach) -  Standalone or prefix/suffix: Strand- / -strand Li (hill) -  Standalone or prefix/suffix: Li- / -li Gran (spruce) -  Standalone or prefix: Gran- Bratt (steep) - prefix only: Bratt- Myr (bog, mire) - prefix only: Myr- Neset, Nesset (the headland, the cape, the ness) - Standalone or suffix: ​-neset / -nesset Odden (foreland, headland) - Standalone or suffix: ​ -odden Våg (cove, bay) - Standalone or suffix: -våg Lund (grove) - Standalone or suffix: -lund Sund (sound, strait) -  Standalone or suffix:  -sund Skog (forest) prefix/suffix: Skog- / -skog Øy (island) prefix/suffix: Øy- / -øy øya (the island) - suffix only: ​ -øya bakken  (the hill) - suffix only: -bakken  gard / gård / gården (farm / farm / the farm) - suffix only: -gard / -gård / -gården elv, -elva (river, the river) suffix only: -elv / -elva stad (old word for town/place) suffix only: -stad vannet (the lake) - suffix only: -vannet

Common words that can be used as prefix to any of the suffixes above Svart- (black)  Lille- (little/small)  Sol- (sun)  Brei-/Bred- (wide)  Stor- (big) Lang- (long)

Common Norwegian surnames (contemporary)

Heredatory surnames didn't become mandatory in Norway until 1923. Many took the name from the farm or place they lived, or just changed their primary patronyms into hereditary patronyms. Example: Helgessønn/Helgesdatter (son of Helge / daughter of Helge) became Helgesen.

Alm Andersen Anderssen Antonsen Aspelund Bakke Bakken Bang Berg Bjerkan Bråthen Christensen Corneliussen Dahl Dahlberg Danielsen Dyrnes Dørum Eide Ellingsen Erdal Eriksen Falch Fredriksen Foss Fure Fylling Gabrielsen Gran Grønning Halvorsen Hansen Hanssen Hay Hoff Holm Holt Husby Isaksen Iversen Jacobsen Jensen Jenssen Johansen Karlsen Klausen Konradsen Kristensen Kristiansen Larsen Larssen Lie Lien Lund Løvold Magnussen Meyer Mikalsen Mo Moen Myhre Myklebust Mørk Ness Nilsen Olavsen Olsen Paulsen Pettersen Prestegård Rasmussen Riise Rogstad Ruud Simonsen Solbakken Solli Stokke Strøm Sund Svendsen Thorvaldsen Torp Thune Tønnesen Ueland Ulven Urdal Vik Vinje Wahl Wik Wilhelmsen Zakariassen Ødegård Årseth Årvik Ås, Aas Åsen, Aasen

Common Norwegian names -- 1980 - present

Men

Anders André Andreas Are Arne Atle Bjørn Cato Chris Christian, Kristian Christoffer, Kristoffer Daniel David Dennis Elias Emil Espen Erik, Eric Eirik Fredrik Filip Geir Harald Helge Hans Henning Håkon, Haakon Håvard Isak Jan Joachim Johan Johannes John, Jon Johnny Jonas Jonathan Kim Kristian, Christian Kristoffer, Christoffer Lars Lucas, Lukas Mads, Mats Magnus Martin Michael, Mikael Morten Niklas Nils Odin Ole Ove Paul Per Peter, Petter Preben Pål Richard, Rikard Roger Sebastian Simen Simon Sindre Sondre Stian Terje Thomas Thor, Tor Thore, Tore Vegard Werner William Øystein Åge Åsmund

Women

Andrea Ane, Anne Anette, Annette Annika, Anniken Astrid Bente Camilla Carina Cathrine Celine Charlotte Christin, Kristin Christina, Kristina Christine, Kristine Elin, Eline Elise Elisabeth Emilie Eva Frida Grete, Grethe Hanne Hege Heidi Helene Hilde Ida Ine Ingrid Ingvill, Ingvild Isabel, Isabell, Isabelle Iselin Jannicke Janine Jeanette Jennie, Jenny Julia, Julie Karoline (Kine) Katrin, Katrine Kristin, Christin Lea, Leah Lena, Lene Linda Line Linn Linnea Lise, Lisa Liv, Live Mai, May Maja Malin Margrete, Margrethe Mari, Maria, Marie Mariann, Marianne Marte, Marthe Mette Monica Nina Nora Oda Pia Ragnhild Randi Rikke Sara, Sarah Silje Siv Stina, Stine Susann, Susanne Tanja Tina, Tine Tiril Tone Trine Vilde Vera Veronica Wenche Åse Åshild

Common Norwegian names - 1800 - 1980

Men Aksel Albert Anders Andreas Anker Ansgar Arne Arnt Arve Asle Atle Birger Bård Charles Edmund Edvard Egon Erling Even Fred Fredrik Frode Geir Georg Gunnar Gunvald Gustav Harald Helge Hilmar Håkon, Haakon Ivar Ingvar Jens Jesper Jørgen Joakim Karl Karsten, Karstein Kjell Klaus Kolbein Kolbjørn Kristian Kåre Lars Lavrans Leif Lossius Ludvig Magne Magnus Nikolai Nils Odd Oddvar Odin Ola Olai Olaf Olav Ole Omar Oscar, Oskar Peder Per Petter Philip, Phillip Pål Ragnar Rikard Roald Roar (also Hroar) Rolf Rune Sigurd Sigvard, Sigvart Simon Svein Sverre Tarjei Terje Toralf, Thoralf Torbjørn, Thorbjørn Torleif, Thorleif Torstein, Thorstein Torvald, Thorvald Trond Ulf Ulrik Valdemar Wilhelm Willy Åge

Women

Albertine Alice, Alise Alma Anita Anna Annbjørg Asbjørg Astrid Aud Bente Berit Birgit Birgitte Bjørg Bjørgun Bodil Borghild Dagny Dagrun Edel Ella Ellen Elsa Fredrikke Frida Gerd Gjertrud Gunhild Gyda Hanna, Hannah Helga Henny Herdis Hilda Hilde Hjørdis Ingeborg Inger Irene Johanna, Johanne Jorun, Jorunn Josefine Judith Kari Karin Kirsten Kitty Kjersti Laila Lilli, Lilly Lisa, Lise Liv Lovise Mathilde Margaret Marit Martha Molly Nanna Oddrun Oddveig Olga Ragna Ragnhild Rigmor Sara Signe Sissel Solbjørg Solveig Solvår Svanhild Sylvi Sølvi Tora Torhild, Toril, Torill Torun, Torunn Tove Valborg Ylva Åse Åshild

Names usage Double names, like Ragnhild Johanne or Ole Martin are common in Norway. Just keep them as two names and don't use "-", and you'll be safe, even if it ends up a tongue twister. Using only one of two given names is also common practice.

In Norway everyone is on a first name basis. Students call teachers and other kids' parents by their first name, workers call their boss by their first name, we call our Prime Minister by her first name (journalists will use her title when speaking to her though). Some senior citizens still use surnames and titles when speaking of or to  people their own age.

There are some exceptions. For example, a doctor may be referred to as Dr. Lastname when we speak of them, but first name is used when speaking to them. A priest is "the priest" when speaking of him/her and their first name is used when spaking to them. In the millitary only surnames (and ranks) are used. If you meet Harald, the King of Norway, in an official setting you will refer to him as "Kongen" (the king). If you run into him at the gas station, or while hiking, he is "Harald".

If you don't know someone's name it is okay to use their title, or just say "you".

Names for pets (contemporary)

Dogs Laika (f) Bamse (m) (bear) Tinka (f) Loke/Loki (m) + characters from TV/film/books...

Cats Melis (m/f) (powdered sugar) Mango (m/f) (mango) Pus (f) (kitty) Mons (m) (tomcat) Nala (f) Pusur (m) (Garfield) Felix (m)  Simba (m) + characters from TV/film/books...

Horses Pajazz (m) Mulan (f) Balder (m) - cold blood Kompis (m) (pal) Freya (f) - cold blood + characters from TV/film/books...

Rabbits Trampe (m) (Thumper) Trulte (f) + characters from TV/film/books...

Cows (yes, I am serious) Dagros Rosa Mira Luna Sara + characters from TV/film - Disney is popular, as are the Kardashians :)

Road and street names

Storgata (usually the main street) Kongens gate (the king's street) Dronningens gate (the queen's street) Jernbanegata (railroad street) Jernbaneveien (railroad road) Sjøgata (ocean street) Sjøveien, Sjøvegen (ocean road) Skolegata (school street) Torvgata (plaza street) Industrigata (industrial street) Industriveien (industrial road)

Prefixes Blåbær- (blueberry) Bringebær- (raspberry) Bjørke- (birch) Aspe- (asp) Kastanje- (chestnut) Solsikke- (sun flower) Blåklokke- (blue bell) Nype- (rosehip) Kirke- (church) Park- (park)

Suffixes -veien, -vegen (the road)  -stien (the path)

Other Torvet (the plaza) - standalone or suffix: -torvet Havna (the port) - standalone or suffix: -havna Kaia (the port) - standalone or suffix: -kaia

Safe solution: use a first name or surname as prefix.

Old norse

Men’s names Agnarr (Agnar) Alfr (Alf) Ámundi (Amund) Ánarr Árngrimr (Arngrim) Askr (Ask) Auðun (Audun) Baldr (Balder) Beinir ​Bjørn Burr Borkr Dagfinnr (Dagfinn) Davið (David) Drengr Durinn Einarr (Einar) Eirikr (Eirik) Eivindr (Eivind) Erlingr (Erling) Fafnir Flóki Freyr (Frey) Fuldarr Galinn Gautarr (Gaute) Gegnir Geirr (Geir) Glóinn Grímarr (Grimar) Hafli Hakon Hallsteinn (Hallstein) Haraldr (Harald) Haukr (Hauk) Heðinn (Hedin, Hedinn) Helgi (Helge) Hrafn, Hrafni (Ravn) Hrafnkell (Ravnkjell) Iarl (Jarl) Ingolfr (Ingolf) Iuar (Ivar) Jafnhárr Jón Jóngeirr Kál Kiaran Klaus Knútr (Knut) Kolgrimr (Kolgrim) Kolr (Kol) Leifr (Leif) Loki Lyngvi Magnus Mikjáll (Mikal, Mikkel) Mór Morði Nesbjørn Nokkvi Oddr (Odd) Oddbjørn Oðin (Odin) Olafr (Olaf) Ormr (Orm) Otr Ouden Pálni Pedr Ragnarr (Ragnar) Ragnvaldr (Ragnvald) Randr (Rand) Róaldr (Roald) Rólfr (Rolf) Salvi Sigarr (Sigar) Sigbjørn Sigurðr (Sigurd) Skarpe Snorri (Snorre) Steinn (Stein) Sveinn (Svein) Teitr Þor (Thor/Tor) Þórbjørn (Thorbjørn/Torbjørn) Þorsteinn (Thorstein/Torstein) Tryggr (Trygg) Týr Ulfár Ulfheðinn (Ulvhedin) Ulfr (Ulf) Vakr Vani Veigr Viðarr (Vidar) Yngvarr (Yngvar) Æsi

Women's names

Anna Arnfriðr (Arnfrid) Ása Bera Bergdís (Bergdis) Biørg (Bjørg) Cecilia Cecilie Christina Dagný (Dagny) Dagrún (Dagrun) Dís Dísa Edda Elin Ellisif (Ellisiv) Freyja (Freya) Friða (Frida) Frigg Gerðr (Gerd) Gertrud Grima Gyða (Gyda) Hadda Hallbéra Hallkatla Herdís (Herdis) Hildigunnr (Hildegunn) Huld Hvít Ida Iðunn (Idun, Idunn) Ingríðr (Ingrid) Johanna Jórunn (Jorun, Jorunn) Juliana Katla Katrine Kristín (Kristin) Leikný (Leikny) Lif (Liv) Magnhildr (Magnhild) Mjøll Myrgiol Nál Nanna Nótt Oda Oddný (Oddny) Ólaug (Olaug) Rafnhildr (Ragnhild) Rán Rannveíg Ríkví (Rikvi, Rikke) Rúna (Runa) Roskva Sága (Saga) Sif (Siv) Sigriðr (Sigrid) Skaði (Skadi) Skuld Svana Sýn Solveig Tekla Tóra (Tora) Trana Ulfhildr (Ulfhild) Una Urðr (Urd) Valborg Vigdís (Viigdis) Vírún Yngvildr (Ingvill, Ingvild) Yrsa

Bynames Bynames, or nicknames, could be neutral, praising or condescending. Usually bynames described a person's

body, bodyparts, bodily features

age

kinship and descent

territorial origin

knowledge, belief, spirituality

clothing, armour

occupation, social position

nature

Examples: Eirik Blodøks (Eirik Blood-Axe), Gammel-Anna (old Anna), Halte-Ása (limping Ása). I suggest that you stick with English for bynames, or use (relatively) modern language if you are writing in Norwegian. 

Surnames

Surnames weren't really a thing until 1923 when they became mandatory. Before 1923 patronyms (son/daughter of) were used, and the name of the farm you lived on was often added as an address. 

For instance: Helgi Eiriksøn (Helgi, son of Eirik), who lived at the farm called Vollr (grass field), would be called Helgi Eiriksøn Vollr. If he moved to the farm called Haugr his name would change to Helgi Eiriksøn Haugr.

Patronyms

Men: Use father's first name and add -sen /-son /-sønn Women: Use father's first name and add -dotter / -dottir / -datter

Farm names

Farm names were usually relevant and derived from either the location, a nearby landmark, nature or from occupation.  I suggest you stick with the modern forms for farm names.

Old Norse (meaning) - modern Bekkr (stream) - Bekk, Bekken Dalr (valley) - Dal, Dahl Horn (horn) - Horn Vollr (field) - Vold, Volden Lundr (grove) - Lund

The list of common names for places/villages/towns is still valid, although the spelling is modern. Just keep it simple and make "clever" combos based on meaning. 

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‘The Ritual avec Maria Palm, Elise Lou, Mette Ingeborg And Others By Signe Vilstrup For Treats Magazine  Spring 2012

[tiaramania]

Princess Ingrid Alexandra's Inheritance

In anticipation of Trond Norén Isaksen's new book, Ingrid Alexandras Arv, I thought it would be fun to make a list of all of the Norwegian royal tiaras that will one day belong to Princess Ingrid Alexandra.

The number of working members of the Norwegian Royal Family is pretty small and is in the process of becoming even smaller. Princess Märtha Louise no longer carries out royal duties, Princess Astrid in 91 years old, and it’s unclear how much of an official role, if any, Prince Sverre Magnus will have. This means that most of the jewelry that is currently spread between several people will someday come to Princess Ingrid Alexandra.

The collection starts with Queen Maud, the first queen of a modern, independent Norway and also a British princess. She only had one child so all of her jewelry (after a little detour in the UK) went to her daughter-in-law, Crown Princess Märtha, who was a Swedish princess herself and brought a good amount of jewelry with her. Crown Princess Märtha passed away in 1954 and her three children decided to wait until the then Prince Harald was married in 1968 to divide it all up. When they split the jewelry up it was with the understanding that some of it would stay with Princess Ragnhild and Princess Astrid's descendants and some of it would go back to the mainline when they passed sort of like a lifetime loan.

I really hope that Princess Ingrid Alexandra decides to put the jewelry into a trust or foundation similar to the Swedish and Dutch royal families. Their system worked out well for the three siblings but you can't assume that it will always go this smoothly. Creating a foundation would not only keep the jewelry together for future generations but hopefully facilitate more jewelry sharing.

Princess Ingrid Alexandra

Princess Ingeborg's Pearl Circle Tiara - This tiara was meant to be one of the pieces that stay with Princess Ragnhild's descendants but she asked her children to give it to Princess Ingrid Alexandra for her 18th birthday which was very generous.

The Inheritance

Duchess of Leuchtenberg's Emerald Tiara - now with Queen Sonja

Queen Josephine's Diamond Tiara - now with Queen Sonja

Queen Alexandra's Maltese Cross Tiara - now with Queen Sonja

Queen Alexandra's Turquoise Tiara - now with Princess Astrid

Queen Maud's Diamond Tiara - was with Princess Ragnhild

Queen Maud's Pearl Tiara (replica) - now with Queen Sonja

Queen Maud's Vifte Tiara - now with Crown Princess Mette Marit

Crown Princess Märtha's Vasa Tiara - now with Princess Astrid

Crown Princess Märtha's Emerald & Pearl Bracelet Tiara (replica) - now with Queen Sonja

Queen Sonja's Modern Gold Tiara - now with Queen Sonja

Queen Sonja's Amethyst Necklace Tiara - now with Crown Princess Mette Marit

Crown Princess Mette Marit's Diamond Daisy Tiara - now with Crown Princess Mette Marit

There are also some tiaras that will not be inherited by Princess Ingrid Alexandra. Three of Princess Astrid's tiaras will stay with her children and Princess Märtha Louise's tiara will stay with hers. I have long wondered if Queen Sonja will leave her Modern Gold Tiara to Princess Märtha Louise because the style suits her and I expect her to leave some jewelry to her daughter. Now I'm less sure because Princess Märtha Louise and her daughters will have little need for a second tiara.

There's also the possibility that one of these tiaras will be left to Prince Sverre Magnus but I think it's more likely that they will buy his future wife a tiara that is convertible to other jewelry so that it is more useful for someone who will rarely wear one. She could also borrow tiaras from her sister-in-law whenever needed.

Princess Astrid

Queen Sophia's Diamond Bracelet Tiara - This is the only one I wish would be left to the mainline.

Duchess Pauline of Nassau's Gold Bandeau Tiara

Queen Maud's Aigrette Tiara

Princess Märtha Louise

Princess Märtha Louise's King Olav Gift Tiara

Lost

Queen Maud's Pearl Necklace Tiara

Queen Sophia's Pink Topaz Tiara - stolen in 1995

All of this means that when she is queen, Princess Ingrid Alexandra will have thirteen tiaras to choose from. I didn't expect the number to be that high but the Norwegian royals don't do much jewelry sharing which always makes a collection appear smaller than it is. I hope that in the future they become more flexible about sharing jewels and I also want them to be more open to sharing them with the public. The Norwegian royal family does not generally participate in books, documentaries, or exhibitions about their jewelry but they did share a photo and information about Princess Ingeborg's Pearl Circle Tiara when it was given to Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Princess Astrid has spoken to Isaksen about her jewelry when he wrote her biography so I am hopeful that that is changing.

[tiaramania]

This is from the post about Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway's 18th birthday gifts which included a pair of earrings given to her by King Harald and Queen Sonja that belonged to Crown Princess Märtha.

cii-thirtyfourth:

Re the earrings: I guess they could be the pearl earrings Mette-Marit recently has worn (with a red gown, I don't remember what occasion it was). They belonged to Martha then were passed to Ragnhild, both had worn them several times with the pearl circle tiara.

Yeah, I think Crown Princess Märtha's Pearl Earrings that were debuted by Crown Princess Mette Marit at the parliament dinner in October are probably the earrings mentioned but with so little information it's hard to tell. They were a wedding present to Crown Princess Märtha in 1929 and were originally set with sapphires but she had them changed to pearls at some point. Princess Astrid wore them during the time she acted as first lady and then they went to Princess Ragnhild after the siblings split up the jewelry in 1968. The Royal Watcher has a good post about them here.

Princess Ragnhild passed away in 2012 and some of her jewelry was meant to go back to the royal family but until this last year we haven't seen any of it worn by the NRF. Princess Ingeborg's Pearl Circle Tiara was one of the pieces that was supposed to stay with her descendants but her children gave it to Princess Ingrid Alexandra at her request so it's not really part of that group. This year, King Harald gave three pieces of the returned jewelry to Ingrid Alexandra. She's already worn Crown Princess Martha's Diamond Bracelet but there's also a mysterious necklace and pair of earrings.

Then in October, Crown Princess Mette Marit debuted the pearl earrings and I got really excited because I thought that the whole family was starting to wear the returned jewelry and we would be seeing more of it. I don't want the earrings mentioned in the gift list to be the pearl earrings because to me that means that the only jewelry we are going to see for awhile are these three pieces and the rest in going to stay in the vault. I really want to see Queen Maud's Diamond Tiara worn again. I would prefer it to be on Mette Marit but at this point I'll take any of them wearing it.

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[tiaramania]

Damn Elisabeth's tiara 😍😍😍 On one hand it's a huge first tiara but on the other she can wear it for the rest of her life (unlike the weird ones Victoria and Madeline got). I can't wait to find out how/why E got it. I'm not a fan of IA's tiara itself but somehow she wears it so well and it suits her. It's quite cute that CA wore her mother's wedding tiara. Overall, it was a good day for tiara lovers.

Yes, Princess Elisabeth's tiara was soooo much better then Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Madeleine's 18th birthday ones! I've got posts about it here and here. I think the difference is that in Sweden they knew the princesses were going to have tons of other tiaras to wear so that first tiara didn't matter so much but in Belgium there really weren't a lot of other options.

Princess Ingeborg's Pearl Circle Tiara is one that I was trying to hold my judgement on because the only pictures were not great quality and it was often hidden in Princess Ragnhild's hair. I definitely like it even more now that we have seen it better. The Norwegian court is usually very private about jewelry so I was very appreciative that they gave us information, a picture of the tiara by itself, and some better quality photos of it being worn by earlier members of the family. They also posted some quotes from Princess Astrid that were lovely.

"It is a beautiful tiara made of interlocking diamond circles set in platinum. The button-style diamond and pearl elements are later additions. Grandfather purchased the tiara for Grandmother when they were attending the Paris Exposition in 1900."

"Grandfather bought this for my grandmother because it was lighter to wear on important occasions."

"Grandmother let Mother borrow her tiara when Mother and Father travelled to the USA."

"Grandmother used the tiara often throughout her life. The last time she wore it was at my brother ‘s celebration of his 21st birthday in 1958." (The age of majority in Norway was 21 at the time so this is the same event that was just held for Princess Ingrid Alexandra.)

"It means a great deal to me that the tiara has now been given to Princess Ingrid Alexandra."

"Princess Ragnhild wanted Ingrid Alexandra to have Grandmother’s tiara."

I loved Princess Catharina Amalia's tiara and other jewelry too. I've got posts about it here and here. Like you said it was a good day for tiara lovers. NRK has added captions to the livestream of the gala dinner so I was watching it again with Google translate on so I could understand what they were saying and it was just such a special night. Here's the long one with the royals entering at about 1:13 and here's the shorter one from after they finished eating. Also I got a laugh out of King Felipe being seated between Crown Princess Mette Marit and Queen Maxima. I'm just imaging him taking one look at the seating chart and packing his pockets with tissues because he knew those two are going to be crying the whole time!

[tiaramania]

Hello !

Sorry to bother you . I know you have been written about this wonderful tiara . But I can’t find it in your blog .

Could you link it to Tiara-Mania blog so I could read about it again.

Yes, it's Queen Maud's Diamond Tiara and I have a post about it here. It's one of the pieces that was on lifetime loan to Princess Ragnhild and should be back with the mainline of the family. Ragnhild passed away in 2012 and for a long time we didn't see any of her jewelry but then this year we've seen several pieces reappear. Princess Ingrid Alexandra has worn Princess Ingeborg's Pearl Circle Tiara (which was not a lifetime loan but Ragnhild's children gave it to IA) and Crown Princess Martha's Diamond Bracelet. Then last week Crown Princess Mette Marit debuted Crown Princess Martha's Pearl Earrings so I have high hopes that it won't be too much longer before we see this tiara again.

[tiaramania]

Princess Ingrid Alexandra Confirmation Gifts

I have another non-tiara post which I seem to be doing more lately but I couldn’t stop myself from making a list of Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway’s confirmation gifts.  She received a wide array of items but I’ll just be covering the jewelry here because the amount of jewelry gifts made me excited for the future and I’m now 100% sure that she’ll be receiving an 18th birthday tiara.

King Harald and Queen Sonja - the brooches that were part of her bunad which I believe are called sølje and were made by Hilde Nødtvedt

Princess Astrid - Queen Maud’s Order of Victoria and Albert which Princess Astrid has worn as a bracelet (This is the most exciting gift to me because it means Princess Astrid has started to pass down her historical jewels to the mainline of the family which she has always said she will do even though she doesn’t have to.)

King Felipe of Spain - multi-colored sapphire bracelet by Quirós

Erling Lorentzen (Princess Ragnhild’s husband) - bracelet

Norwegian Supreme Court - garnet, diamond, and gold necklace by Heyerdahl

Angelina Massey - ring

Ingeborg Lorentzen Ribeiro and Paulo Ribeiro - silver hair-clips by Sylvsmidja for Noma Norge (thanks to @sirbingley)

Bishop Gunnar Stålsett and Unn Stålsett - anchor, cross, and heart pendant necklace and a UN Sustainable Development Goals pin similar to the ones worn by Crown Princess Victoria and Crown Princess Mary

Eco-Agents (part of the Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature) - tree necklace

Danish Embassy - daisy pendant necklace by Georg Jensen

This is pieced together from various lists but none of them included gifts from her parents, Crown Princess Victoria, or Princess Martha Louise.  I wonder if the large, possibly aquamarine, cocktail ring she was wearing the evening of her confirmation was also a gift.  

The pearl earrings she wore are the shorter version of the earrings frequently worn by Crown Princess Mette Marit but are probably just a loan.