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…
Norway's Royal Family attend the funeral of 'Norwegian political giant' Thorvald Stoltenberg
2nd August 2018
His Majesty King Harald alongside Her
Majesty Queen Sonja and Princess Astrid, King Harald’s older
sister, attended the funeral of Thorvald Stoltenberg on Thursday.
Thorvald Stoltenberg was the father of NATO’s general secretary
Jens Stoltenberg and former…
Her Majesty Queen Sonja is to visit
France in September. Her Majesty Queen Sonja will be present during
the opening of the exhibition “Forces de la Nature” at the National
Ceramics Museum in Sèvres on 23 September 2018. The display is a
tribute to Norwegian…
On Thursday, His Majesty King Harald of
Norway has released a statement concerning the Greek forest
fires. The announcement said: Your Excellency, Mr Prokopis
Pavlopoulos, President of the Hellenic Republic I am saddened by
the news about the terrible forest fires that have struck the
Attica region of your country, causing the loss of so many lives
and people missing, many injuries and so much…
This year marks 200 years since Karl
XIV Johan became king of both Norway and Sweden. The French
General, who became Swedish and Norwegian King, was used to
troubled times. After he became a monarch, this did not change. The
Swedish representatives created problems for the…
On Friday, large parts of the Norwegian
Royal Family were gathered to celebrate Crown Prince Haakon who was
45-years-old. They celebrated the big day at the Royal Family’s
country house at Mågerø in Tjøme, where the whole family where
gathered for a private birthday…
According to tradition, King Harald ended
this week with his annual salmon fishing holiday in northern
Norway. For two days, King Harald was by the Altaelva River in
Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost county. Together with a few good
comrades, they fished for Norwegian salmon. On the two days of the
holiday, the King and his friends managed to catch three big
salmons. His Majesty struck all…
