 {|align="right" | |- | |} queen sonja of norway (born sonja haraldsen on 4 july 1937) is the wife of king harald v.the official website of the royal house of norway: her majesty queen sonja ==prior to marriage== sonja was born in oslo on 4 july 1937, the daughter of clothing merchant karl august haraldsen (1889â1959) and dagny ulrichsen (1898â1994). she grew up at tuengen allÃ© 1b in the district of vinderen in oslo and completed her lower secondary schooling in 1954. she received a diploma in dressmaking and tailoring at the oslo vocational school, and a diploma from Ãcole professionnelle des jeunes filles (a finishing school) in lausanne, switzerland. there, she studied accounting, fashion design, and social science. she returned to norway for further studies and received an undergraduate degree (french, english and art history) from the university of oslo. ==as crown princess== sonja became engaged to then crown prince harald in march 1968. they had been dating for nine years, although their relationship had been kept secret because of her non-royal status. the crown prince made it clear to his father, king olav v, that he would remain unmarried for life unless he could marry her. this would in effect have put an end to the rule of his family, and likely to the monarchy in norway, as harald was the sole heir to the throne. faced with having to choose one of his relatives from the danish royal family, the dukes of schleswig-holstein or even the grand dukes of oldenburg as his new heir in place of his son, olav v consulted the government for advice and, as a result, the couple was wed on 29 august 1968, at oslo domkirke in oslo. she thus acquired the style of [[royal 
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