Queen Sonja of Norway information

Sonja
Sonja
	Queen Sonja in 2012
Queen consort of Norway
Tenure	17 January 1991 – present
Benediction	23 June 1991
Born	Sonja Haraldsen; 4 July 1937 (age 86); Oslo, Norway
Spouse	Harald V of Norway (m. 1968)
Issue	Princess Märtha Louise; Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway;
House	Glücksburg (by marriage)
Father	Karl August Haraldsen
Mother	Dagny Ulrichsen

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. Harald had told his father, King Olav V, that he would remain unmarried if his father did not grant consent to marry Sonja.^[4] Upon their marriage, Sonja became crown princess and later the queen of Norway upon her husband's accession to the throne in 1991, becoming Norway's first queen consort in 52 years. The couple has two children together: Princess Märtha Louise and Crown Prince Haakon.

As queen, Sonja holds patronage of up to fifteen organisations.^[5] Sonja has also served as Vice President of the Norwegian Red Cross from 1987 to 1990. In 2005, she became the first queen to visit Antarctica. In 2017, she was awarded the Trysil-Knut Prize, making her the first woman to receive the award. She is also known for her interest in music, art and culture, having founded the Queen Sonja International Music Competition and the Queen Sonja Print Award. She is also a graphic artist and ceramicist, with many of her works being featured in exhibitions across Norway and other countries.^[3]

^ "Kong Harald tiltrer Regjeringen" [King Harald joins the government]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 9 April 2003. Archived from the original on 19 January 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ "The Royal Family". royalcourt.no. Norwegian Royal Court.
^ ^a ^b "The Official Website of the Royal House of Norway: Her Majesty Queen Sonja".
^ AquinoReporter, Gabriel (15 August 2018). "Before they were royal: The life of Queen Sonja of Norway". Royal Central.
^ "Organisations under the patronage of HM The Queen".

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[1] "Kong Harald tiltrer Regjeringen" [King Harald joins the government]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 9 April 2003. Archived from the original on 19 January 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[3] "The Royal Family". royalcourt.no. Norwegian Royal Court.

[ReferenceA-4] "The Official Website of the Royal House of Norway: Her Majesty Queen Sonja".

[5] AquinoReporter, Gabriel (15 August 2018). "Before they were royal: The life of Queen Sonja of Norway". Royal Central.

[6] "Organisations under the patronage of HM The Queen".

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