Dag Trygsland Hoelseth

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7 March 2026

Norway: The king and queen will return home from vacation today

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The Norwegian Royal Court announced today that the king and queen will return home from their vacation today. Their Majesties hae spent the...
4 March 2026

Norway: King Harald discharged from hospital, continues vacation

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The Norwegian Royal Court announced last Thursday, 26 February 2026 , that King Harald had been discharged from hospital. He had responded w...
25 February 2026

Norway: King Harald admitted to hospital

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King Harald, who is on vacation at Tenerife with the queen, was yesterday admitted to hospital for an infection and dehydration. His condit...
5 February 2026

Sweden: Princess Désirée's funeral service to take place on 19 February 2026

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The Swedish Royal Court announced today that the funeral service for Princess Désirée, who died on 21 January 2026 , will take place in the...
21 January 2026

Sweden: Princess Désirée has passed away

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The Swedish Royal court has issued the following statement concerning the death of Princess Désirée, sister of King Carl Gustaf. 21 January...
20 January 2026

Norsk Slektshistorisk Tidsskrift, bind XLVII, hefte 3

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Endelig har Norsk Slektshistorisk Tidsskrift  (NST) kommet ut med en ny utgave ( NST bind XLVII (47) hefte 3 ), det første siden august 2024...
23 November 2025

Genealogen nr. 2, 2025

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Foto: Tormod Kjørstad, Kongsberg Historielag. Originalen er fra 1913. Årets siste utgave av Genealogen , medlemsbladet til Norsk Slektshisto...
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Dag T. Hoelseth
This blog is written by Dag T. Hoelseth, a Norwegian historian specialising in royal history.
I have a Cand.philol. degree in history from the University of Oslo and graduated in 1997 with the dissertation Det nasjonale kongedømme. Det norske monarkiet 1905-1910, which dealt with the royal election in Norway 1905 and how the new dynasty "became Norwegian".
I am the author of Historisk utredning om Kongehuset, dets apanasjer og disponible statseiendommer, which was published on behalf of the Palace Committee in 2001. The report focused among others on the history of the Norwegian civil list from 1905 to the 1970s as well as the properties the king of Norway has to his disposal.
I have made contributions to several antologies and also written articles for various publications. More often I have operated "behind the scene", consulting newspapers etc. with background information.
Among my other interests are genealogy, Norwegian-American emigration history, US presidential history, traveling, football and ice hockey.
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