Sonja from Norway
Sonja , Queen of Norway (* 4. July 1937 as Sonja Haraldsen in Oslo ) is the wife of King Harald V of Norway . She works as an art collector and artist.
Life
Childhood and youth
Sonja Haraldsen was born as the daughter of the Norwegian entrepreneur Karl August Haraldsen (1889–1959) and his wife Dagny Ulrichsen (1898–1994). She grew up in Oslo and graduated from school there in 1954. Then she completed an apprenticeship as a tailor. She completed her professional training at a school in Lausanne . She then studied French, English and art history at the University of Oslo .
marriage and family
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SM King Harald V. *
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In 1959 she met the then Crown Prince Harald of Norway. It took nine years before the Crown Prince got his father's approval to marry the bourgeois Sonja Haraldsen. Harald threatened to remain single forever. Since he was the only male heir to the throne, the succession would have been seriously jeopardized. After consultations with the government, the engagement was finally celebrated in March 1968. There was little popular resistance to a bourgeois crown princess.
On August 29, 1968, the couple married in Oslo Cathedral . They have two children together:
- Princess Märtha Louise (* 1971)
- Crown Prince Haakon (* 1973)
She also had two miscarriages (1970 and 1972).
The queen is now a grandmother five times. Their son Haakon and his wife Mette-Marit have two children together, Ingrid Alexandra von Norway (* 2004) and Sverre Magnus (* 2005). Sonja's daughter Märtha Louise has three children, Maud Angelica Behn (* 2003), Leah Isadora Behn (* 2005) and Emma Tallulah Behn (* 2008). The Queen is the godmother of her grandchildren Leah Isadora Behn and Sverre.
tasks
After the death of her father-in-law, widowed for decades, on January 17, 1991, Sonja became the first Norwegian queen in 53 years. She assists her husband, King Harald V, in fulfilling his representative duties. Queen Sonja is involved in various humanitarian organizations and was Vice President of the Norwegian Red Cross from 1987 to 1990 .
She has been an art enthusiast and collector since her early teens. Sonja is known for her modern and convention-free taste. Her private art collection was successfully exhibited in Oslo in 2002. She was also involved in the total renovation and the art-historical reconstruction of the royal palace of Oslo . As a sporting activity, the Queen goes skiing.
Queen Sonja is also the first queen ever to set foot on Antarctica (in 2005). It is particularly valued by the Norwegians because of its closeness to the people and its closeness to nature.
Web links
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- ↑ http://www.geocities.com/henrivanoene/gennorway.html ( Memento from February 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/kongelige/Jeg-er-Leah-6357930.html
- ↑ http://www.kongehuset.no/artikkel.html?tid=27666&sek=27353
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
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| Maud of Great Britain | Queen of Norway since 1991 |
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| SURNAME | Sonja from Norway |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haraldsen, Sonja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian noblewoman, wife of the Norwegian King Harald V. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo |