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Crown Prince Haakon has commemorated the murder of Benjamin Hermansen, twenty years after his racial killing shocked Norway. The Crown Prince sent a digital message on the 20th anniversary of his death.
Benjamin Hermansen was killed in the infamous “Holmila-murder” on January 26 in 2001. He was just 15 years old and he was killed because he was black. Two Norwegian neo-Nazis were later convicted of the murder. Benjamin’s death had a deep impact across Norway and is considered to have had a major effect the on the Norwegian anti-racism movement.
Despite strict infection control measures, several hundred candles had been lit by a bust of the killed 15-year-old which has been erected at the place where he was killed. The Crown Prince wanted to participate in person in the commemoration but due to the strict infection control rules he had to take part remotely. In his digital message, Crown Prince Haakon said:
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As King Harald marks his 30
th year on the Norwegian throne, we’re looking back at the three very modern monarchs of Norway since the dissolution of Sweden and Norway in 1905 and the independence of a Norwegian monarchy.
King Haakon VII
The very first modern monarch of Norway was elected in a plebiscite by the newly-independent people of his soon-to-be country in November 1905, though before that, he was just another prince of Denmark.
Born Prince Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel of Denmark in 1872, Prince Carl was the second son of King Frederick VIII and Queen Louise (his older brother ascended to the Danish throne as King Christian X, grandfather of Queen Margrethe) and spent his formative years in the country, ultimately serving in the Royal Danish Navy.
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King Harald marked his Silver Jubilee on 17 January 2016 with a series of events held throughout the year in Norway. As he marks 30 years on the throne, let’s take a look back at his last big jubilee event. Embed from Getty Images
On the morning of 17 January, the Norwegian Royal Family gathered on the balcony at the Royal Palace to thank well-wishers gathered outside.Embed from Getty Images
Queen Margrethe of Denmark, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, and Princess Astrid of Norway are also in attendance at the balcony event.Embed from Getty Images