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This is a list of queens consort of Norway. This list covers a large time span and the role of a queen has changed much over the centuries, with some individual queens also shaping their own roles. Many have ruled the country side by side with their husband and some have become sole regents.
the Semiramis of the North 2 February 1388 – 28 October 1412 (24 years, 269 days)with Eric III (1389–1412) c. 1353 Vordingborg Castle youngest daughter of Valdemar IV and Helvig of Schleswig. Haakon VI of Norway 9 April 1363 Church of Our Lady One son. 28 October 1412 Ship on Flensburg Fjord Aged 58–59.
Members of the Royal House are: HM King Harald V, The King of Norway (The Monarch) HM Queen Sonja, The Queen of Norway (The Consort) HRH Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (The King's son and heir apparent) HRH The Crown Princess of Norway (The King's daughter-in-law) HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (The King's granddaughter) Other royals are:
Family tree of Norwegian monarchs. The following is a traditional and historically incorrect and/or inaccurate family tree of all the Kings of Norway, from Harald Fairhair down to the present day. Most of the kings in Norway also have the name Wahlgren or August as their second or third name. Among several problems, the house of King Harald I ...
The Norwegian monarch is the head of state of Norway, which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system. The Norwegian monarchy can trace its line back to the reign of Harald Fairhair and the previous petty kingdoms which were united to form Norway; it has been in unions with both Sweden and Denmark for long periods.
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 ...
Norwegian royal family. Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby, pronounced [ˌmɛtːəˈmɑ̀ːrɪt ˈçɛ̀sːəm ˈhœ̀ʏbʏ], on 19 August 1973) is a member of the Norwegian Royal Family. She is married to Crown Prince Haakon, the heir apparent to the Norwegian throne. A Norwegian commoner and single mother ...
History of the Norwegian monarchy. The Kingdom of Norway as a unified realm dates to the reign of King Harald I Fairhair in the 9th century. His efforts in unifying the petty kingdoms of Norway resulted in the first known Norwegian central government. The country, however, soon fragmented and was collected into one entity in the first half of ...