Queen Sonja of Norway

**Queen Sonja of Norway** (born **Sonja Haraldsen** on 4 July 1937) is the Queen consort of Norway as the wife of King Harald V. She became Queen consort on 17 January 1991, when her husband became king.

## Titles

4 July 1937-29 August 1968: Miss Sonja Haraldsen

29 August 1968-17 January 1991: Her Royal Highness  The Crown Princess of Norway

17 January 1991: Her Majesty  The Queen of Norway

## National Orders

-Norway: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of St. Olav

-Norway: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit

-Norway: The Royal House Centenary Medal

-Norway: Haakon VIIs Centenary Medal

-Norway: Olav V Commemorative Medal (30 January 1991)

-Norway: Olav V Jubilee Medal 1957-1982

-Norway: Olav V Centenary Medal

-Norway: Harald V Jubilee Medal 1991-2016

-Norway: Royal Family Order of King Olav V of Norway

-Norway: Royal Family Order of King Harald V of Norway

-Norway: Norwegian Red Cross Badge of Honor

-Norway: The Nansen Medal

-Norway: Oslo Military Society Badge of Honor in Gold

## Foreign Honors

-Argentina: Grand Cross of the Order of May

-Austria: Grand Star of the Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (1978)

-Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold

-Brazil: Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross

-Bulgaria: Order of the Balkan Mountains

-Chile: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit

-Croatia: Recipient of the Grand Order of Queen Jelena (12 May 2011)

-Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (12 February 1973)

-Estonia: Member 1st Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (24 August 1998), Member 1st Class of the Order of the White Star (2 September 2014)

-Finland: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

-France: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit

-Germany: Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

-Greece: Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer

-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

-IOC: Recipient of the Gold Olympic Order

-Iceland: Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon (21 October 1981)

-Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (19 October 2001)

-Japan: Grand Cross (Paulownia) of the Order of the Precious Crown

-Jordan: Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance

-Latvia: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Three Stars (2 September 1998), Recipient of the 1st Class of Cross of Recognition (12 March 2015)

-Lithuania: Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (3 September 1998)

-Luxembourg: Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau, Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau

-Netherlands: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown, Recipient of Queen Beatrix's Inauguration Medal

-Poland: Knight of the Order of the White Eagle

-Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Portugal (2 January 1981), Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique (13 February 2004), Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (26 May 2008)

-Slovakia: Member 2nd Class of the Order of the White Double Cross (2010), Member of the Order for Exceptional Merits (2011)

-South Korea: Member 1st Class (Grand Gwanghwa Medal) of the Order of Diplomatic Merit

-Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (21 April 1995), Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (12 April 1982)

-Sweden: Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim, Recipient of the 50th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf (30 April 1996), Recipient of the Ruby Jubilee Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf (15 September 2013), Recipient of the Golden Jubilee Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf (15 September 2023)

## Other websites

- Royal House web page on the Queen
- Queens childhood home split and being moved

## Infobox (royalty)

- **consort**: yes
- **name**: Sonja
- **image**: File:H.M. Queen Sonja Oslo Jazzfestival 2017 (181611) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Queen Sonja of Norway  in 2017
- **succession**: Queen consort of Norway
- **reign**: 17 January 1991 – present
- **coronation**: 23 June 1991
- **cor-type**: Benediction
- **father**: Karl August Haraldsen
- **mother**: Dagny Ulrichsen
- **birth name**: Sonja Haraldsen
- **birth place**: Red Cross Clinic, Oslo, Norway
- **religion**: Church of Norway