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Spain's King Juan Carlos visited the Norwegians Defense's new frigate,
the spanish buildt KNM "Fridtjof Nansen" on Wednesday. Link to pics



King Harald and Spain's King Juan Carlos were on board the new Norwegian frigate KNM "Fritjof Nansen" which was berthed in Oslo.
All public communication in Oslo were one hour late, while the boys were onboard enjoying their brandies and cigars, having all the fun.



Queen Sofia of Spain in front of the National Gallery's version of Munch's "Skriket" - The Scream.

This version of "The Scream" are for the moment not stolen.

Oslo decked out for royal visit Source

The king and queen of Spain landed in Oslo Monday for a state visit that most observers agree is long overdue. The delay is widely tied to their son's former romance with a top Norwegian model.

Norway's Crown Prince Haakon (far right) was on hand at the airport to welcome King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia to Norway.
Oslo's main boulevard, Karl Johans Gate, was adorned with red and gold banners from the Parliament to the Royal Palace. Spain's red and gold flag waved alongside the Norwegian flag along the waterfront, in front of City Hall and elsewhere around town.

It's no coincidence that the visit comes just after Norway's Navy took delivery of the first of several frigates built at a Spanish shipyard. One of the vessels, the pride of the Norwegian Navy, sailed into Oslo's harbor last Thursday and is tied up just below the stately old Akershus Festning, waiting for another royal visit after Norway's own King Harald went on board over the weekend.

Now King Juan Carlos will inspect the vessel as well, along with King Harald. Their wives, Queen Sofia and Queen Sonja respectively, will visit the newly re-opened Ibsen Museum and Ullevål University Hospital.

The Spanish royals will also pay courtesy calls on the president of the Norwegian Parliament, Thorbjørn Jagland, and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg before heading for Bergen on Thursday. From there, they'll fly out to the North Sea and visit the Troll A oil platform.

The Norwegian royal couple made a state visit to Spain in 1995, and it's taken their Spanish counterparts 11 years to return the visit that normally is expected within five years. The official reason was a lack of time on the part of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, but unofficially it's been said that the royal staffs at both the Norwegian and Spanish palaces wanted to wait until Spanish Crown Prince Felipe's well-known romance with Norwegian model Eva Sannum had cooled down.

Neither side wanted the romance to divert attention from the royals themselves. Now Felipe is married to a former Spanish broadcast journalist, and they have a daughter. Eva Sannum is working as a text writer at an Oslo ad agency. The red carpets could be rolled out in Oslo for Juan Carlos and Sofia.