This month, King Harald and Queen Sonja
of Norway celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. The then
Crown Prince of Norway married Sonja Haraldsen on 29 August1968 at
Oslo Cathedral. Their wedding, attended by royalty from around
Europe, came five months after the announcement of their engagement
which was marked by Harald presenting his bride with a diamond and
ruby ring with a very…
Today marks 50 years since then Crown
Prince Harald married Sonja Haraldsen, and she became Crown
Princess of Norway. The day will be celebrated today with a
service in the same church as the wedding took place 50 years ago.
However, you could not have a proper royal…
Crown Prince Haakon attended the International Conference of Offshore in the Northern Sea
27th August 2018
On Monday, His Royal Highness Crown
Prince Haakon of Norway attended the opening ceremony and visited
several of the exhibitors when the International Conference of
Offshore in the Northern Sea (ONS) opened in Stavanger. Before the
opening ceremony, the Crown Prince received…
His Majesty King Harald and Her Majesty
Queen Sonja watched Thursday afternoon His Majesty the King’s Guard
perform in the Palace Square from the Palace Balcony at Royal
Palace in Oslo. Over a thousand people had met up to see the
show lasting for 30 minutes. The heat wave in Norway is now over
and temperatures are back to normal. Earlier this summer
southern Norway was unusually warm. A…
In light rain, His Royal Highness Crown
Prince Haakon opened Tuesday the Nor-Fishing 2018 fair in
Trondheim. “Fortunately, we have a tent,” said a happy Crown Prince
to the press when he arrived. The Nor-Fishing fair has, since 1960,
been an important national and…
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess
Mette-Marit of Norway has not always been Crown Princess of Norway.
For many years of her life, she was just an ordinary Norwegian
girl. The woman who was to become Norway’s Crown Princess, and in
the future, Norway’s Queen was…
Sonja Haraldsen was born on 4 July 1937
as the youngest child of Karl August and Dagny Haraldsen at
the Red Cross Clinic in Oslo. Her elder brothers were Haakon (b.
1921) and Karl (1929-1936), and her elder sister was Gry (b. 1924).
However, her brother Karl died the year before Sonja was born, and
as a result, her parents were very protective of their
youngest child. Also, due to the age gap…
An extraordinary Council of State was
held today in Norway following the political crisis that has
occurred. The meeting was announced just a few hours before it was
held in the Council of State Hall at the Royal Palace in Oslo. His
Majesty King Harald was present, along…
On Thursday, the Norwegian Royal Family
concluded their summer holiday with a week-long cruise with the
royal yacht to the islands of Svalbard. Friday was, therefore, the
first official workday for the royals. King Harald met with his
government to begin the autumn’s…
The summer holiday for the Norwegian
Royal Family is now almost over. Last week King Harald, Queen Sonja
and Princess Astrid attended the funeral of former minister for
foreign affairs Thorvald Stoltenberg. Following the funeral, large
parts of the Norwegian Royal Family went on a week-long holiday on
the Norwegian royal yacht “KS Norge”. At the end of their royal
cruise, Their Majesties The…
