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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.
On Aug. 29, 1968, King Harald married Sonja Haraldsen after knowing each other for nine years. Queen Sonja was raised in Oslo and studied French, English and art history at the University of...
Queen Sonja, born Sonja Haraldsen on 4 July 1937. Married then Crown Prince Harald in Oslo Cathedral on 29 August 1968. Became queen of Norway on 17 January 1991. Crown Prince Haakon Magnus, born on 20 July 1973. Son of King Harald V and Queen Sonja. Heir to the throne of Norway.
Queen Sonja accompanied King Harald when he swore his oath to uphold the Constitution in the Storting on 21 January 1991. This marked the first time in 69 years that a Norwegian Queen had been present in the Storting.
He married Sonja Haraldsen in 1968, their relationship having initially been controversial due to her status as a commoner. They have two children, their elder child Märtha Louise and their younger child Haakon, who became heir apparent due to male-preference primogeniture.
How much do you know about Norway’s Queen Sonja? From her love of hiking to her interest in art, find out more about the wife of King Harald and the mother of Norway’s next King. Since the late 1950s, she has been in the orbit of the man who would later become king of Norway.
The wedding of Harald, Crown Prince of Norway, and Sonja Haraldsen took place on Thursday, 29 August 1968, at Oslo Cathedral. The wedding was the culmination of a nine-year courtship as King Olav V , Harald's father, was reluctant to permit his son and heir to marry a commoner.
Then Crown Prince Harald and Miss Sonja Haraldsen were married in Oslo Cathedral on 29 August 1968, nine years after they had first met.
The marriage of Harald and Sonja has been one of much happiness and sincere love for one another. They celebrated 25 years on the throne in January 2016, and both celebrated their 80th birthdays...
King Harald of Norway Poses for Easter Family Photo Following Medical Scare. The monarch smiled beside his wife, Queen Sonja, in a new photo released one month to the day that the crisis began