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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.
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Harald Fairhair, regarded as the first Norwegian king,...
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Her Excellency the President of the United Republic of...
- HH Princess Astrid
Her Highness Princess Astrid. Her Highness Princess Astrid,...
- HH Prince Sverre Magnus
His Highness Prince Sverre Magnus. Born on 3 December 2005....
- His Majesty The King
His Majesty The King. King Harald V, born on 21 February...
- H.R.H. The Crown Prince
H.R.H. The Crown Prince. Son of King Harald V and Queen...
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- King Harald V and Queen Sonja
- Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit
- Princess Ingrid Alexandra
- Prince Sverre Magnus
- Marius Borg Høiby
- Princess Märtha Louise
- Maud Angelica Behn
- Leah Isadora Behn
- Emma Tallulah Behn
- Princess Astrid
Born Feb. 21, 1937, King Harald V is Norway's current reigning monarch and the only son of King Olav V and Crown Princess Märtha, formerly of Sweden. Harald ascended the throne in 1991 upon his father's death and, according to the Royal House of Norway, was the first king to be born in Norway in 567 years. The youngest of three children, King Haral...
Crown Prince Haakon, the son of King Harald and Queen Sonja, is the next in line for the Norwegian throne. Born on July 20, 1973, Prince Haakon served in the Navy and received degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and the London School of Economics. Over the years, he has had a taste of his future reign by stepping in for his father ...
Princess Ingrid Alexandrais the elder of Haakon and Mette-Marit's two children and the second in line for the Norwegian throne. According to the royal family's website, Princess Ingrid Alexandra is "very interested in environmental protection and climate change," and her first official royal engagement was held on World Environment Day in 2009. She...
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit's youngest child is Prince Sverre Magnus. Third in line for the throne, Sverre Magnus has attended fewer royal engagements but is often seen at family events such as his sister's 18th birthday ballin 2022. He is currently enrolled at Elvebakken Upper Secondary School, and he enjoys skiing and bikin...
Marius Borg Høiby is Crown Princess Mette-Marit's son from her previous relationship with Morten Borg. Marius was only 2 when his mother married Crown Prince Haakon. Photos of the royal went viral in 2015 after the then-18-year-old attended a soccer game with his family. In 2017, Høiby stepped downfrom public life as he began studying toward a busi...
Princess Märtha Louiseis the elder sister of Crown Prince Haakon. Born on Sept. 22, 1971, Märtha Louise was named after her paternal grandmother and second-great-grandmother. She graduated from the University of Oslo and subsequently became a certified physiotherapist. She has been outspoken about her interest in alternative medicine. In November 2...
Maud Angelica Behn is Princess Märtha Louise and Behn's oldest child. Born on April 29, 2003, Maud Angelica is currently fifth in the line of succession. At 16 years old, Maud Angelica gave a poignant speech at her father's funeral in 2019. She also placed a painting of Behn on top of his coffin, which she had intended to give him as a Christmas gi...
Leah Isadora Behn is Princess Märtha Louise and Behn's second child, born on April 8, 2005. She is sixth in line for the throne. In honor of her daughter's 15th birthday in 2020 — the first since Behn's death — Märtha Louise posted an Instagramtribute. "Happy 15th Birthday, my wonderful Leah. You are an amazing young woman with so many talents; you...
Born on Sept. 29, 2008, Emma Tallulah Behnis the youngest of Princess Märtha Louise and Behn's daughters and seventh in the line of succession. The teenager has a love for horsesand often participates in competitions. In October 2021, Emma Tallulah won two classes at the Kingsland Oslo Horse Show. "Thank you to Toril Hemmingby who trains Emma to pe...
Born on Feb. 12, 1932, Princess Astrid is King Harald's older sister. The 91-year-old royal's name is a tribute to her maternal aunt, Astrid of Sweden, later Queen of the Belgians. Astrid married sailor and Olympic medalist Johan Martin Ferner on Jan. 12, 1961. They had five children: Cathrine, Benedikte, Alexander, Elisabeth and Carl-Christian; th...
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The Norwegian royal family— King Haakon VII, Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olav in 1913. Members of the Norwegian royal family are people related to King Harald V of Norway or former Norwegian monarchs. The current family who holds the throne are members of the House of Glücksburg [1] who ascended to the Norwegian throne after the election of ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Current Activities. Welcomed the King and Queen of Denmark. Their Majesties King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark arrived in Norway on a state visit today and were greeted in an official welcoming ceremony at Honnørbryggen in Oslo. 14.05.2024. State visit from Moldova.
Although Norway has officially been a hereditary kingdom throughout that time, there have been several instances of elective succession: most recently, the people of Norway electorally confirmed the accession of Haakon VII to the position of king through a 1905 plebiscite.
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.
