Photo report working visit King Willem-Alexander

King Willem-Alexander paid a working visit to the Fryske Akademy on 16 October 2024. In the presence of Commissioner of the King Arno Brok and Provincial Deputy Eke Folkerts, the king held talks with managing-director Dr Nelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm and five members of our scientific staff. Dr Anne Merkuur (linguist), Dr Han Nijdam (historian), Dr Jelske Dijkstra (Mercator project manager), Dr Hindrik Sijens (lexicographer) and PhD student Martijn Kingma told the king about their research in the field of frisistics.

Photographer Marieke Balk was also there and made a beautiful photo report, in front of and behind the scenes: the tension, the media circus, the fans who had been waiting outside for hours in advance, the conversation with the employees, the passion for the Frisian case and multilingualism...

You can find the picture gallery here.