Märtha louise
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Queen Sonja of Norway
Queen of Norway since 1991
Sonja (born Sonja Haraldsen; 4 July 1937) is Queen of Norway as the wife of King Harald V.[3]
Sonja and the then Crown Prince Harald had dated for nine years prior to their marriage in 1968. They had kept their relationship a secret due to the controversy of Sonja's status as a commoner. Harald had told his father, King Olav V, that he would remain unmarried if his father did not grant consent to marry Sonja.[4] Upon their marriage, Sonja became crown princess and later the queen of Norway upon her husband's accession to the throne in 1991, becoming Norway's first queen consort in 52 years. The couple has two children together: Princess Märtha Louise and Crown Prince Haakon.
As queen, Sonja holds patronage of up to fifteen organisations.[5] Sonja has also served as Vice President of the Norwegian Red Cross from 1987 to 1990. In 2005, she became the first queen to visit Antarctica. In 2017, she was awarded the Trysil-Knut Prize, making her the first woman to receive the award. She is also know
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Sonja (1937—)
Queen of Norway. Name variations: Sonja Haraldsen. Born Sonja Haraldsen on July 4, 1937, in Oslo, Norway; daughter of Dagny (Ulrichsen) Haraldsen and Carl August Haraldsen (a clothing shop proprietor); studied dressmaking and tailoring at the Oslo Vocational School, 1954–55; attended the Swiss Ecole Professionelle des Jeunes Filles, a women's college in Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Oslo, B.A., 1971; studied English at Cambridge University, England; married Prince Harald of Norway, later Harald V, king of Norway (r. 1991—), on August 29, 1968; children: Martha Oldenburg (b. 1971); crown prince Haakon Oldenburg (b. 1973).
Sonja, queen of Norway, is now well regarded for her intelligence, elegance, and many works of goodwill. It was not always so. Born Sonja Haraldsen in Oslo in 1937, the daughter of Dagny Ulrichsen Haraldsen and Carl August Haraldsen, she worked as a sales clerk in her father's clothing shop. Sonja met Prince Harald (later Harald V) at an officers' ball and a romance developed. The prince's father King Olav V did not approve of the m
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Her Majesty Queen Sonja
Miss Sonja Haraldsen grew up in the district of Vinderen in Oslo and first met Crown Prince Harald in 1959. It was not until nine years later, however, that she and the Crown Prince were given permission to marry. In March 1968 it was announced that King Olav had given his consent for the Crown Prince to marry a commoner.
The engagement between Miss Haraldsen and Crown Prince Harald triggered a debate regarding the future of the monarchy in Norway. There was far less resistance to the idea of the Crown Prince choosing a commoner to be his wife than many had feared. The Norwegian people immediately accepted Crown Princess Sonja as a member of the Royal Family. The wedding was held in Oslo Cathedral on 29 August 1968, and Miss Sonja Haraldsen became the Crown Princess of Norway.
Children and Grandchildren
King Harald and Queen Sonja have two children and six grandchildren. Princess Märtha Louise was born on September 22 in 1971, and Crown Prince Haakon on July 20 in 1973.
Their Majesties embraced their roles as grandparents in 2001 when Crown Princess
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