Iceland’s President Halla Tómasdóttir and her husband, Björn Skúlason, are making a state visit to Norway from April 7 to 9 to celebrate and strengthen diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties, as well as their close cooperation in defense, business, and culture. On April 8, 2025, King Harald and Queen Sonja hosted a state banquet at the Royal Palace in Oslo in honor of President Tómasdóttir and her husband, Björn Skúlason.
Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, and Princess Astrid attended the banquet. Queen Sonja wore the Norwegian Emerald Parure, while Crown Princess Mette-Marit chose the Norwegian Amethyst Tiara and Necklace. Princess Astrid appeared in her Ruby Aigrette Tiara.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra wore Princess Ingeborg’s Boucheron Pearl Circle Tiara, Crown Princess Märtha’s Pearl Earrings, a Diamond Rivière from Queen Maud, Queen Maud’s Order of Victoria and Albert Bracelet, and Crown Princess Märtha’s Art Deco Diamond Bracelet.
A second state banquet debut this time in Norway how exciting!!!!
ReplyDeleteI got really excited when I read that Princess Ingrid Alexandra would take part in this week's Icelandic state visit and she definitely stole the show tonight.
All for the men look very handsome. Princess Astrid and President Tómasdóttir's attire is simple but elegant.
Queen Sonja: Her Majesty looks lovely this evening. Though the style of the dress is not my favorite, I love the color it stands out.
CP Mette Marit: Happy to see the Crown Princess cpuld join in tonight's festivities after a few health scares in the past weeks. I love the color and flower details on her sleeves, definitely giving spring vibes.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra: Her whole look tonight screams fairytale princess. One can assume that the princess loves exploring her mother's closet when it comes to events like this. This would be the 3rd time she reuses one of her mother's gowns and I'm glad she did. We previously saw this gown on CP Mette Marit back in 2010 for the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria. The Boucheron Pearl circle tiara is simply stunning and it matches perfectly with Crown Princess Martha's pearl earrings. My only critique would be the hair style. I wish her bangs would be styled away from her face so we could get a better look at her jewelry.
A few rewears but they sure are pretty. The Icelandic FL, beautiful collar on her dark dress. My only quibble is P Ingrid hair, I would of preferred it held back a bit more. I know I know she likes it that way, it her hair she can do what she wants with it,and it is the style, but imo her hair would not look quite as straggly. Fine hair tends to do that when it get long. Regardless she is beautiful
ReplyDeleteI agree with you re Ingrid Alexandra’s hair; we all know the “straggly” look is in style now, but I’d have loved to see her in a regal updo that doesn’t hide her lovely, radiant face ♥️.
DeleteNice to have another young heir to a throne taking up public duties. As to the dresses, I’ve never been a huge fan of Queen Sonia’s dress. It’s just too yellow. Nor would I give full marks to the dress worn by Princess Ingrid Alexandra— too fussy and flouncy. On the other hand, the Icelandic President looks great, apart from her white shoes, as does the faithful Princess Astrid. Princess Mette-Marit looks great
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you. Sonia's dress is dated, and Ingrid Alexandra needs her own clothes. I am all for rewearing and sharing with her mother on occasion, but she doesn't really have her own wardrobe. She is playing a bigger role now and should have clothes that are suited to her age and style. This rewear of her mother's gown looks dated as well, but I will say that her tiara pairs well with it.
DeleteYou don’t get time off from military service for a dress fitting! Princess Ingrid Alexandra looks wonderful in the light blue gown, certainly not outdated or frumpy as some claim. Who has found their own style at 21? Her heirloom jewels are marvellous.
DeleteStrangely enough no one complained over Queen Elisabeths strong colours.
Delete@ Anonymous 11:16
DeleteYou are exactly right.
Entirely agreed.
I like that the royals are rewearing gowns, and once they have finished their cycle they can retire to a place in the museum, so they can be admired up close to see the exquisite details.
ReplyDeleteIngrid Alexandra has no good hairstyle for this dress!
ReplyDeleteI agree !!
DeleteThis dress can impossibly look good on anyone.
DeleteI agree too and I have to say, looking at photos from other sites she didn't really seem to be enjoying the occasion. It was almost as if she said, "Okay! If I have to go I'll go but I really don't want to." The stragely hair is not just a "style" of the moment. I don't she really cared how it looked. I think she plop the tiara on, threw on the dress, and said, "Let's go." You can see it in her posture. I don't know. Maybe she is a bit of the tomboy at heart and just doesn't have a taste for fashion and dressing up. I can understand that but, as the future monarch, she's going to have to try a little harder - or discover a suitable style that's also comfortable for her. I want to show her some grace and let her find her way but imo, this wasn't a good start.
DeleteAnon 23.18 Well said!
DeleteAnonymous 23:18, I don't see what you see.
Delete23:18 bs. Don't know what you have seen, but from someone who has seen live films and a lot of photos she enjoyed it a lot. Stop thinking on your own. Trying to make a negative narrative it's not a good look.
DeleteIngrid is gorgeous, absolutely gorgous in moms old Ole Yde dress from the crown princess wedding in Sweden in 2010. Love the sleeves on MM new Dundas dress. Lovely colour for her too. The neckline on the Islandic president's dress is great, and the Queen and Princess Astrid looks great.
ReplyDeleteSorry to say it I'm a bit dissapointed. I was so excited when it was revealed that Princess Ingrid Alexandra will attend but her mother's dress don't suit her frame and look kind of frumpy. Her hair look limp and unstyled. Queen Sonia again in her yellow dress, never been fan of that dress. Mette Marit's dress too pale color and it washes her out.
ReplyDeleteKaarin
Agree
DeleteSo am I, do many dresses but not per se beautiful, jewels are always a treat but that's about it.
DeleteLuna
Everyone looks stunning in their own way in the group picture. I love the floral design on Princess M-M's sleeves, just enough and Queen Sonja's hair is styled to perfection. Icelandic President's dress is stunning. And a mother and daughter who share rewears - how sweet and relatable .
ReplyDeleteIf you’ve not already done so, find a podcast interview of the Icelandic President speaking; she’s a wonderful example of a strong leader who leads with compassion. Here she looks marvellous. While it’s true that IngridAlexander’s tiara would have sat better with some pulled back hair, let’s be kind. She’s still young and needs to be allowed to be young! - including preferring a younger person’s hairstyle. I think she looks marvellous. - Mary
ReplyDeleteYou are so right! The people here are so stuck on their ideas of what SHOULD be done or what SHOULD be worn on any given occasion that they fail to factor in the age of the person they are talking about, not to mention that we all have a right to our own style. Ingrid Alexandra is only 21 years old. How sad it would be for her to be styled to look 40 at such a young age. We were all her age once and wore clothes and hairstyles that were trendy at the time. It should be no different for her because she is a royal.
DeleteThanks Anon 13:40. The “shoulds” in the comments can get pretty overwhelming, eh! I think they forget they’re critiquing fashion and start wanting the human wearing the fashion to be perfect. But these royals are just people, albeit famous people with access to a lot of money and special roles. But humans, with feelings, preferences, burdens, cultures. For me the hardest “should” to accept is when so and so “should” cut their hair, which for me forgets how personal hair is, and how a woman hopefully has the freedom to choose what she enjoys for the hair she knows best. I feel particularly protective over negative comments towards young royals, who are just kids, no doubt on social media, and can stumble across what is written here. We should be careful to never write what might injure a person, especially a young one. - Mary
DeleteNo one is stuck on an idea, just stating an opinion, no one is being unkind, it is just an opinion, people make choices but we do not have to like it.
DeleteAs for the rewear it makes sense, the young princess has just been discharged from the military training and now will start preparing for her role. Granddad is getting on in years, her mother has a chronic illness, the dear beautiful princess will now have time to develop into her position with the guidance of her family. I am sure her wardrobe will soon reflect this. Also not all royals want to spend huge sums on dresses that are only worn occasionally.
Being stuck in one's own mindset and being unwilling to adjust to contemporary lifestyles and trends are the death of progress and evolution.
DeleteUnwanted odd and old- fashioned suggestions sold as "opinions" are the worst part of this underwhelming scenario imv.
Young people deserve to be young and have a right to gradually find the style that best suits them.
Once I read a quote from
DeleteH.De Balzac sounding like this:
" Envy/ jealousy is an admission of inferiority".
(A word by word translation from French).
I am increasingly sure that some
" opinions" are all about that, envy and bitterness.
That's s what I detect in some " opinions".
A total lack of self- confidence and a stubborn mindset.
No space for compassion , empathy, support, solidarity.
No open mind.
No thirst for knowledge and for discovering new perspectives.
No understanding of young people' s needs in the contemporary world.
Only stagnation and desolation.
This is what I call the "wasteland" of some human souls.
To me, this equals to a self - imposed rejection of the beauty of life itself, something like going adrift and sink.
Life is a gift.
The reasons for wasting it all like that relentlessly bashing other women, the more so if they are young and beautiful, is truly beyond me.
Sad.
Ingrid Alexandra is a gorgeous young lady!
ReplyDeleteI think the Norwegian royals are setting very good examples by rewearing ball gowns. One reason may be that they do not wish to outshine the president of Iceland. Ingrid looks lovely in her mother‘s floaty, romantic dress. I love the white shoes peeking from underneath the president‘s dress…….also those gold sandals appearing under Princess Astrid‘s dramatic pink gown.
ReplyDelete🌞 Virginia
Of course Ingrid Alexandra shall use her mothers clothes, what a wasted money to use a dress just once o twice!
ReplyDeleteThat is very rare. These dresses make appearances for 20 or more years. There is nothing wrong with shopping your mother's closet. You are a lucky girl indeed to have a mother that has clothes that are stylish enough for her daughter to want to wear. Not all my friends were that lucky, but I was. It doesn't mean that girls would want to wear (or should have to wear) something that was outdated or too old for for their age. Mary (and before her, Diana) remakes her dresses to keep them looking more modern. It helps when you start with a more classic silhouette. This blue dress with the layers of chiffon is not an easy dress to modernize. The bones aren't there. Kate has modernized one dress, to my memory, and of course Beatrice modified one of QEII's dresses for her wedding. There are also occasions that royals attend, private events, where the press is not there to publish what they are wearing. Just because we don't see a gown doesn't mean it hasn't been worn. I will end with saying not all things should be worn again because they were a mistake in the first place. We openly discuss the clothes that we don't think flatter the wearer.
DeleteToutes ces dames sont parfaites même si Ingrid Alexandra me déçoit un petit peu car le diadème ainsi que les boucles d'oreilles auraient mérité d'être portés avec des cheveux coiffés en chignon !
ReplyDeleteJ’apprécie la robe de la princesse Mette Marit.
ReplyDeleteDommage pour sa fille la princesse Ingrid. Elle aurait pu effectuer un choix de vêtement plus moderne et élégant.
Aussi, opter pour une coiffure similaire à celle de sa mère aurait été une meilleure idée, de mon point de vue.
Néanmoins, elle est très jolie. Et le meilleur reste certainement à venir. Elle en est à ses débuts et comme on le dit trivialement, les débuts sont souvent difficiles.
La présidente d’Islande est une femme charmante.
-Astrid.
Queen Sonja's dress might be dated in the sense of it being a definite re-wear, but I don't see why it is a problem. She is perfectly put together, the gown is exquisite in itself and very elegant and beautiful on her, hair is beutifully done. Halla Tómasdóttir looks also very nice, the neckline is a very attractive feature on this dark gown. That is all what is positive for me, Ingrid Alexandra is, this time, a huge disappointment for me from top to toe. Hairstyle is overdone, and her gown is also overdone - I don't mind baby blue , but together with this huge amount of fluff everywhere it is just too much, no matter what age the wearer is. Mette-Marit's gown is also overwhelming - shiny, too tight about the breast but somewhat contourless at the same time, this is not something that brings out the best in her. The puffy sleeves don't make the overall impression better (only broader). The dress the Icelandic President wears could have been perfect on her.
ReplyDeleteThe group picture is fantastic. I very much like Mrs. Tómasdóttir's outfit. So elegant. I expected most of the other ladies (those of the Norwegian Royal Family) to appear in rewears, and that is just what happened. Queen Sonja loves her 198'`s/1990's gowns. While they might look outdated and odd to modern viewer's eyes, they are considered vintage pieces by now. As long as she still fits into the dressses - why not. It surely helps with the budget. It seems to be a trend for younger royals to now raid the closets of their respective mothers. Has happened in The Netherlands, in Denmark, and here in Norway, just to give a few examples. I am all for it, but the clothes have to really fit and also match the occasion, the accessories, etc. The blue gown looks not as good on Princess Ingrid-Alexandra as it once did on her mother. Bummer. The tiara is always a stunner, as are her other jewels worn, though I would have preferred a different hairstyle here. No complaints about the gorgeous Amethysts on CP Mette-Marit, of course. Her dress is overall great, too. I know she seems to like these sort of wide sleeves, but in this case with the stiff fabric and the embroidery/appliqués on them it's a look that doesn't convince me fully. Princess Astrid truly her usual self, I really admire her for her steadfastness.
ReplyDeleteI do have an after-sigh (after I already submitted that I don't like Ingrid-Alexandra's gown at all, neither that of Mette-Marit. As for the fact that Ingrid-Alexandra wears her mother's clothes: why not? what does it have to do with her role as Crown Princess? Do Crown Princesses have to spend more money for clothes in our time and climate (change), really? Though I don't like the dress, it is least more age appropriate than it has ever been on Mette-Marit. - Special praise for Princess Astrid, who faithfully represents and displays royal elegance (re-wear or not) for such occasions.
ReplyDeleteWow 🤦♂️
DeleteYou know you can give a compliment without throwing a taunt at someone else. it is not a zero-sum game. The dress looked good on MM then and it looks good on the CP.
DeleteThe meanness of fellow human beings never stops to astonish me. Just be careful so karma isn't making a house call.
ReplyDeleteWell said!
DeleteI like the word vinetage to describe the dresses. I do like P Ingrid blue gown, and on relooking I think perhaps when they altered the length, it was pulled up at the waist, so it makes the flounces look thicker. Nothing wrong with a frilly dress, they don’t all have to be slip dresses with no pazazz.
ReplyDeleteThe only stand out is the President
ReplyDeletePss IA dress looks like rags sewn together to form a dress. I can’t say her chosen hairstyle is very flattering. I feel the tiara is a little too old for such a young and vibrant young lady.
QS has worn this dress a few times,and sadly it doesn’t become any nicer on each wear. The yellow satin is very stark,and a complete contrast to the gorgeous emerald parure.
CP MM this seems to be a favourite style for. It’s not unflattering but rather stale. Again it’s her chosen parure is the saving grace.
Lowri.
So nice...
DeleteTo me the best dressed ladies are CP Mette Marit and the Icelandic president.
ReplyDeletePrincess Ingrid Alexandra looks lovely even in a dress that once belonged to her mother. Her hair and make-up are beautiful. Queen Sonja's yellow dress although still beautiful, has been worn so many times now that it is time to replace it by something else. Before taken a look at the pictures, I already knew that Queen Sonja would show up in her yellow gown. Princess Astrid is really too old now to wear short sleeves. A long or 3/4 sleeve would be much better for her
How you can say Ingeid Alexandra doesn't look great is beyond me. https://media.tatler.com/photos/67f650b33e3a8fa230ad2a18/master/w_960,c_limit/Ingrid_090425_shutterstock_editorial_15245481j.jpg
ReplyDeleteStylish dress and necklace the president of Iceland put on. The other ladies should take note.
ReplyDeleteThe president is not wearing a necklace. It’s the collar of her Jenny Packham gown. / Oona
DeleteThe blue gown looks superb, I love the fact, mother and daughter can share gowns, perfect!
ReplyDeleteThe Queen is also wearing a rewear, another pretty gown. Her jewels look stunning. CP MM looks beautiful in her pale pink embellished gown.
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