On 29 August 1968, Crown Prince Harald of Norway finally married Sonja Haraldsen. The road to the wedding had been difficult and long. They had first met in June 1959, but their relationship was kept a secret, and Harald later declared to his father that he would remain unmarried unless he were allowed to marry [read more]
From a commoner to a Queen consort, let’s take a look at the life of the Queen of Norway. Sonja Haraldsen was born on 4 July 1937 to Karl and Dagny Haraldsen in Oslo. She grew up with an older brother and an older sister, Haakon and Gry, in the Vinderen neighbourhood in Oslo. Another [read more]
Princess Astrid of Norway was born on 12 February 1932 as the second daughter of King Olav V (then Crown Prince) and his wife, Crown Princess Märtha of Norway (born of Sweden). She was baptised with the names Astrid Maud Ingeborg for her aunt Queen Astrid of Belgium (born of Sweden) and her two grandmothers [read more]
Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway will turn 18 years old on 21 January 2022, and the Norwegian royal court has released two new photos of the future Queen in her own right, in the new office set up for her. The new office won’t be used extensively at first, as the Princess will continue to [read more]
On 25 August 2001, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway married Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby in Oslo Cathedral. They had met in 1999 through mutual friends but the match was not without controversy. Mette-Marit already had a four-year-old son named Marius from a previous relationship and she had reportedly used drugs and was a heavy partier. Haakon [read more]
AF Studios have revealed the teaser trailer for the period drama “Margrete – Queen of the North”, the first biopic about Queen Margaret I of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. She was the founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian kingdoms together for over a century. The producers, SF Studios’ Birgitte Skov and Lars Bredo Rahbek, told [read more]
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