Queen Sonja of Norway
Sonja | |
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![]() Queen Sonja of Norway in 2017 | |
Queen consort of Norway | |
Tenure | 17 January 1991 – present |
Benediction | 23 June 1991[1] |
Born | Sonja Haraldsen July 4, 1937 Red Cross Clinic, Oslo, Norway |
Spouse | Harald V of Norway (m. 1968) |
Issue | |
Father | Karl August Haraldsen |
Mother | Dagny Ulrichsen |
Norwegian royal family |
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Queen Sonja of Norway (born Sonja Haraldsen on 4 July 1937) is the Queen consort of Norway as the wife of King Harald V.[2] She became Queen consort on 17 January 1991, when her husband became king.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Coronation discarded by constitutional amendment in 1908. Harald V swore the Royal Oath in the Storting on 21 January 1991 and received the benediction in the Nidaros Cathedral on 23 June 1991. Norwegian paper Aftenposten on the royal benediction
- ↑ "The Official Website of the Royal House of Norway: Her Majesty Queen Sonja".