Royal # 4: the stairs

These stairs outside the palace lead down to the main street Karl Johan.

In 2001, the wife of a Norwegian politician, Mrs. Eli Hagen, had just brought her husband to the Royal Palace and when leaving, forgot to use the two roads on the sides, but came straight down the stairs!

I have heard about this incident from several persons, so it must have made quite an impression at the time.

Even here in Moss there was an incident where somebody drove down some local stairs "Just like Eli Hagen did outside the Royal Palace", I was told.