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Queen Sonja of Norway

1937 - Today

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Sonja (born Sonja Haraldsen; 4 July 1937) is Queen of Norway as the wife of King Harald V. 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Queen Sonja of Norway is the 68th most popular companion (down from 40th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Norway (down from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Companion.

Queen Sonja of Norway is most famous for being the wife of King Harald V of Norway and the mother of Crown Prince Haakon.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Queen Sonja of Norway ranks 68 out of 784. Before her are Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Elizabeth of York, Magda Goebbels, Neilia Hunter Biden, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, and Anne of Cleves. After her are Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Désirée Clary, Zainab bint Muhammad, Elisabeth of Valois, Zayd ibn Harithah, and Julia Domna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Queen Sonja of Norway ranks 16. Before her are Boris Spassky, Ahmed Yassin, Martti Ahtisaari, Bobby Charlton, Jane Fonda, and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. After her are Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Renzo Piano, Robert Coleman Richardson, Robert Lucas Jr., and Madeleine Albright.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Queen Sonja of Norway ranks 27 out of 1,039. Before her are Thor Heyerdahl (1914), Haakon IV of Norway (1204), Vidkun Quisling (1887), Harald Greycloak (935), Sigurd the Crusader (1090), and Magnus Barefoot (1073). After her are Magnus VI of Norway (1238), Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939), Haakon V of Norway (1270), Ivar Aasen (1813), Trygve Lie (1896), and Ragnar Frisch (1895).

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Among COMPANIONS In Norway

Among companions born in Norway, Queen Sonja of Norway ranks 1. After her are Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (1973), and Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir (1015).

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