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  Queen Sonja of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Queen Sonja of Norway (née Sonja Haraldsen, born July 4, 1937 in Oslo) is the queen consort of Norway, wife of King Harald V of Norway.
A commoner, the daughter of Karl August Haraldsen and his wife, née Dagny Ulrichsen, she became engaged to then Crown Prince Harald in March 1968.
King Harald V and Queen Sonja have four grandchildren: HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (born 3 December 2005), Maud Angelica Behn and Leah Isadora Behn.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queen_Sonja_of_Norway   (295 words)

  
 HM Queen Sonja   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Sonja Haraldsen was born in Oslo on 4 July 1937.
In 1972 Crown Princess Sonja participated in the establishment of a fund in her daughter's name, HRH Princess Martha Louise's Fund, which is devoted to helping disabled Norwegian children.
Queen Sonja holds the rank of colonel in the Army and the Air Force, and is a commodore in the Navy.
www.reisenett.no /facts/government/queen_sonja.html   (975 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Sonja
His marriage to a commoner, Sonja Haraldsen, caused considerable public controversy.
NEXT OF KINSKI; With 80s screen legend Nastassja Kinski for a mother and eccentric actor Klaus for a grandfather, teenage beauty Sonja is keen to add her name to a family acting dynasty.
Jiri Kratochvil: Unsterbliche Geschichte oder Das Leben der Sonja Trotzkij-Sammler oder Karneval.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Sonja   (416 words)

  
 Sonja   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Queen Sonja, born in 1937, and the daughter of Dagny and Karl August Haraldsen, became the first Queen of Norway for 53 years in 1991 when King Harald came to the throne upon the death of his father.
Sonja Haraldsen met Crown Prince Harald in 1959, but it was not until nine years later that she was allowed to marry him.
Their engagement sparked off a huge debate on the future of the Norwegian monarchy, but Crown Princess Sonja was accepted by the nation at once as Norway's new first lady.
www.dr.dk /aroyalfamily/person_sonja.htm   (133 words)

  
 Queen Sonja has had her regrets
Norway's Queen Sonja admits that from time to time she regrets the decision she took in 1968 when she made the transition from commoner to queen.
Queen Sonja has taken crown princess Mette-Marit under her wing, and wants her to have the benefit of her experience.
Queen Sonja thought that she had put the worst memories of her past behind her, but found them all rushing to the surface when her son crown prince Haakon also made a controversial choice of bride.
www.aftenposten.no /english/local/article415201.ece?service=print   (437 words)

  
 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg851 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
He married Sonja HARALDSEN Queen of Norway on 29 Aug 1968 in Oslo Cathedral, Oslo, Norway.
Sonja HARALDSEN Queen of Norway [Parents] was born 1937.
Sonja HARALDSEN Queen of Norway was born 1937.
www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg851.htm   (441 words)

  
 Harald and Sonja - The Royal Wedding</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The fact that The King conducted Miss <b>Haraldsen</b> to the altar was interpreted as a sign of her acceptance by him and the Royal Family. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Obviously the sad circumstance that the father of Miss <b>Haraldsen</b> had died provided that this would happen, but the solution could also have been another one, even because it was thought it would be Miss <b>Haraldsen’s</b> brother to conduct her to the altar. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Behind the King and Miss <b>Haraldsen’s</b> mother took place most of the royal guests, including the King and Queen of Denmark, the King of the Belgians and the Grand-Duke and Grand-Duchess of Luxembourg.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.angelfire.com /nh/1968norway/wedding.html</font>   (1618 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://personales.ya.com/fororeal/enfrnor.htm">NORWAY ROYAL FAMILY</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The vast majority of the population accepted <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b> immediately with great enthusiasm, which indicates the status enjoyed by the Royal Family and by <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b> as an individual. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The Crown Prince is the son of King Harald and Queen <b>Sonja</b> and was born on 20 July 1973. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Crown Prince Haakon's mother, Queen <b>Sonja</b>, comes from an <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a> family and was married to Crown Prince Harald in <a href="/topics/1968" title="1968" class=fl>1968</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>personales.ya.com /fororeal/enfrnor.htm</font>   (1152 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f16/1905-2005-september-biography-sonja-6708.html#post457607">1905-2005, September biography: Sonja - The Royal Forums</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> But <b>Sonja’s</b> mother promised that her older brother and sister would bring back bubble gum for <b>Sonja</b> when they could return, so little <b>Sonja</b> was looking forward to the end of the war. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Haraldsen</b> family celebrated Easter in the Norwegian mountains while summers were spent in their cabin at Tjøme, so <b>Sonja</b> developed an early fondness for nature that she has become known for in recent years. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Sonja</b> also managed to get some studying done between her royal duties and has obtained a degree in French, English and Art History from the University of <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.theroyalforums.com /forums/f16/1905-2005-september-biography-sonja-6708.html#post457607</font>   (1785 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Odin Archive - Her Majesty Queen Sonja</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Queen <b>Sonja</b> is the daughter of Dagny and Karl <b>Haraldsen</b>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In 1972 Crown Princess <b>Sonja</b> participated in the establishment of a fund in her daughter¹s name, HRH Princess Märtha Louise¹s Fund, which is devoted to helping disabled Norwegian children. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Queen <b>Sonja</b> accompanied him at this historic event which took place in the national assembly­ the Storting.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>odin.dep.no /odin/engelsk/norway/system/032091-991083/index-dok000-b-n-a.html</font>   (820 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>23RD GENERATION</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> was born in <a href="/topics/1937" title="1937" class=fl>1937</a> in Norway - son of <a href="/topics/Olav-V-of-Norway" title="Olav V of Norway" class=fl>Olav V</a>. He was married to <b>Sonja</b> <b>HARALDSEN</b> in <a href="/topics/1968" title="1968" class=fl>1968</a> in <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Martha Louise of NORWAY Princess was born in 1971 in Norway - dtr of Prince Harald. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Haakon Magnus of NORWAY Prince was born in 1973 in Norway - son of Prince Harald.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d8297.htm</font>   (65 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://nygaard.howards.net/files/3/2128.htm">Ancestors and Family of Harald V of Norway Glücksburg</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> His courtship of a commoner, <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b>, caused some controversy, but the couple were married in <a href="/topics/1968" title="1968" class=fl>1968</a> with the blessing of King Olaf and of Norway's constitutional authorities. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Harald married <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b>, daughter of Carl August <b>Haraldsen</b> and Dagny Ulrichsen, in <a href="/topics/1968" title="1968" class=fl>1968</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> (<b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b> was born on 4 Jul <a href="/topics/1937" title="1937" class=fl>1937</a>.)</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>nygaard.howards.net /files/3/2128.htm</font>   (170 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.cyberclip.com/Katrine/NorwayInfo/Articles/Harald1.html">Norway Info - Articles - King Harald V of Norway</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The vast majority of the population accepted <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b> immediately with great enthu-siasm, which indicates the status enjoyed by the Royal Family and by <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b> as an individual. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> King Harald and Queen <b>Sonja</b> are both involved in various forms of outdoor recrea-tion and are nature lovers. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Whereas Crown Princess <b>Sonja</b> took part in the planning of cultural activi-ties, Crown Prince Harald was honorary chairman of the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee and a member of the LOOC's general assembly.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.cyberclip.com /Katrine/NorwayInfo/Articles/Harald1.html</font>   (1830 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>NRK - Wedding</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b>, a commoner, became Crown Princess <b>Sonja</b> when she married Crown Prince Harald in <a href="/topics/1968" title="1968" class=fl>1968</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Later she took her upper secondary school diploma as an external candidate and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>, where she studied French, English and art history. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Newlyweds: Crown Princess <b>Sonja</b> and Crown Prince Harald at Momarkedet in 1969</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.nrk.no /nyheter/innenriks/kongehuset/kronprinsbryllupet/wedding/1236034.html</font>   (483 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.thepeerage.com/p10110.htm">thePeerage.com - Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia, Prince of the Asturias and ...</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> He married <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b>, daughter of Carl August <b>Haraldsen</b> and Dagny Ulrichsen, on <a href="/topics/August-29" title="August 29" class=fl>29 August</a> <a href="/topics/1968" title="1968" class=fl>1968</a> in <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a> Cathedral, <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>, Norway. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>     Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b> was born on <a href="/topics/July-4" title="July 4" class=fl>4 July</a> <a href="/topics/1937" title="1937" class=fl>1937</a> in <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>, Norway. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> As a result of her marriage, <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b> was styled as Queen <b>Sonja</b> of Norway on <a href="/topics/January-17" title="January 17" class=fl>17 January</a> <a href="/topics/1991" title="1991" class=fl>1991</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.thepeerage.com /p10110.htm</font>   (1888 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.norway.org/facts/monarchy/monarchy/monarchy.htm">The Monarchy (Norway - the official site in the United States)</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> HM Queen <b>Sonja</b> was born <a href="/topics/July-4" title="July 4" class=fl>4 July</a> <a href="/topics/1937" title="1937" class=fl>1937</a> in <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>, daughter of Karl and Dagny (née Ulrichsen) <b>Haraldsen</b>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> On <a href="/topics/August-29" title="August 29" class=fl>29 August</a> <a href="/topics/1968" title="1968" class=fl>1968</a>, Miss <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b> married Crown Prince Harald in the <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a> Cathedral, and became the Crown Princess of Norway. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> She was the first-born child and daughter of Crown Prince Harald and Crown Princess <b>Sonja</b>, (subsequently King Harald and Queen <b>Sonja</b>).</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.norway.org /facts/monarchy/monarchy/monarchy.htm</font>   (1105 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.geocities.com/dagtho/sonja.html">Ancestry of HM The Queen of Norway</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Karl August <b>Haraldsen</b> was brought to Betanien Hospital, Akersbakken 35, <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>, where he was declared dead. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Dagny <b>Haraldsen</b> died on 15 October 1994, nearly 96 years old, cf. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Besides Karl August and his wife, his only sister Hanna Alice <b>Haraldsen</b> (1887-1971), his youngest brother Halvor <b>Haraldsen</b> (1893-1970) and Halvor's wife Inger Elisabeth «Lisbeth» <b>Haraldsen</b> (1904-1994) are also interned in the grave.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.geocities.com /dagtho/sonja.html</font>   (1129 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article183403.ece?service=print">Royals tour Queen Sonja's art exhibition</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Queen <b>Sonja</b> (center) showed her royal guests around her private art collection. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> But King Harald, Queen <b>Sonja</b>, Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Märtha Louise were out in force to welcome their guests outside the waterfront museum before all trooped in for speeches, a guided tour and lunch at the adjoining restaurant called "Bølgen og Moi." </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The museum also was the site of a pre-nuptial visit by European royalty back in <a href="/topics/1968" title="1968" class=fl>1968</a>, jsut before the then-Crown Prince Harald married <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b>.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.aftenposten.no /english/local/article183403.ece?service=print</font>   (319 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.ishipress.com/royalfam/pafg180.htm">Royal Family of Europe - pafg180 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald V</a> of NORWAY [Parents] was born on 21 Feb <a href="/topics/1937" title="1937" class=fl>1937</a> in <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>, Norway. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> He married Queen <b>Sonja</b> <b>HARALDSEN</b> on 29 Aug <a href="/topics/1968" title="1968" class=fl>1968</a> in <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>, Norway. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Queen <b>Sonja</b> <b>HARALDSEN</b> [Parents].Sonja married <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald V</a> of NORWAY on 29 Aug <a href="/topics/1968" title="1968" class=fl>1968</a> in <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>, Norway.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg180.htm</font>   (1459 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>His majesty King Harald - Her Majesty Queen Sonja</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> She is also known to have a keen interest in art and culture. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> King Harald and Queen <b>Sonja</b> are both involved in various forms of outdoor recreation and are nature lovers. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Whereas Crown Princess <b>Sonja</b> took part in the planning of cultural activities, Crown Prince Harald was honorary chairman of the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee and a member of LOOC's general assembly.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.kirken.org /1995/95100109.htm</font>   (651 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/harald5norway1937album.htm">Worldroots.com</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> and spouse <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b>, Queen of Norway, *<a href="/topics/1937" title="1937" class=fl> 1937</a> </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald V</a>, King of Norway with spouse <b>Sonja</b> </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> King <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald V</a> and Queen <b>Sonja</b> of Norway state visit to Brasilia</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>worldroots.com /brigitte/royal/harald5norway1937album.htm</font>   (183 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Odin Archive - His Majesty King Harald</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> King Olav's announcement in <a href="/topics/1968" title="1968" class=fl>1968</a> that Crown Prince Harald wished to marry <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b>, a Norwegian woman without royal ancestry, triggered a heated political debate on the future of the monarchy. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Together and separately, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess visited most of Norway and made a great many journeys abroad, including visits to Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, India, China, Tanzania, Latin America and the USA as well as to most of the countries of Europe. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Whereas Queen <b>Sonja</b> took part in the planning of cultural activities, King Harald was honorary chairman of the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee and a member of the LOOC's general assembly.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>odin.dep.no /odin/engelsk/om_odin/spm/032005-990398/index-dok000-b-n-a.html</font>   (1750 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Royalty Danjel</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> On the first official picture made of her as a queen, Queen <b>Sonja</b> is wearing the very valuable emerald parure, made by the french jeweller Bapst. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> HM Queen <b>Sonja</b> of Norway, born <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b> </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> HM Queen <b>Sonja</b> of Norway, born <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b> at the wedding of Crownprince Haakon and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>groups.msn.com /RoyaltyDanjel/norempressjosephinew.msnw</font>   (331 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/intl/ap/aug01/ap-norway-royal-we082501.asp?format=print">JS Online: Royal Wedding Enthrals Norwegians</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Nearly a quarter of <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo's</a> population is estimated to have turned out for the wedding celebrations. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Although she did not say whether she had used illegal drugs in her younger days, she made it clear that she does not approve of drug abuse. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Norway's modern monarchy is relatively new, created upon independence from Sweden in 1905, and Olav wanted his son to marry a princess to help establish the royal house.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.jsonline.com /news/intl/ap/aug01/ap-norway-royal-we082501.asp?format=print</font>   (644 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Harald</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> After nine years of love on probation King Harald finally received permission to marry a commoner, <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> To his father, King Olav, this was not merely a matter for the family, but also of state, which might affect the future of the Norwegian monarchy. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Harald and <b>Sonja</b> have two children, Crown Prince Haakon, who married a commoner (Mette-Marit Høiby) in 2001, and Princess Märtha Louise, who is married to writer Ari Behn.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.dr.dk /aroyalfamily/person_harald.htm</font>   (186 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>[No title]</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Born <a href="/topics/July-4" title="July 4" class=fl>4 July</a> <a href="/topics/1937" title="1937" class=fl>1937</a> in <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>, daughter of Karl and Dagny (née Ulrichsen) <b>Haraldsen</b>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Entered cathedral as Miss <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b> and came out as Her Royal Highness Crown Princess <b>Sonja</b>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Two children: Princess Märtha Louise born 22 September 1971 and Prince Haakon Magnus (Crown Prince Haakon from <a href="/topics/1991" title="1991" class=fl>1991</a>) born 20 July 1973, who grew up at parents´ home, country estate of Skaugum near <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.kongehuset.no /dt_kongehuset_allAtOnce.asp?ogid=25&mgid=21&gid=95&aid=</font>   (345 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://histclo.com/royal/nor/royal-norh5.htm">boys clothing: European royalty -- Norway King Harald V</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Queen <b>Sonja</b> was born on July 4, <a href="/topics/1937" title="1937" class=fl>1937</a>, and grew up in <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> After their marriage in <a href="/topics/1968" title="1968" class=fl>1968</a>, Crown Princess <b>Sonja</b> took over her share of the official duties,both in Norway and abroad. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Queen <b>Sonja</b> waspresent again in 1993 during the ceremonial opening of the Storting.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>histclo.com /royal/nor/royal-norh5.htm</font>   (1735 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/05/24/norway.royals">CNN.com - Joy at Norway's royal wedding - May 24, 2002</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> TRONDHEIM, Norway -- The 30-year-old daughter of Norway's King <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald V</a> and Queen <b>Sonja</b> has wed a controversial commoner, feted by exultant crowds who bucked concerns the match may undermine support for royalty. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Wearing a white silk dress decorated with lilies and with a three-metre train, Princess Martha said "Yes" to Norwegian author Ari Behn in Nidaros cathedral in the central city of Trondheim on Friday. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Martha' father, King Harald, broke with royal tradition in <a href="/topics/1968" title="1968" class=fl>1968</a> and married commoner <b>Sonja</b> <b>Haraldsen</b>.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/05/24/norway.royals</font>   (722 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><script language="JavaScript"> <!-- // This function displays the ad results. // It must be defined above the script that calls show_ads.js // to guarantee that it is defined when show_ads.js makes the call-back. function google_ad_request_done(google_ads) { // Proceed only if we have ads to display! if (google_ads.length < 1 ) return; 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