Sonya (Queen of Norway)

Daughter of Karl August Haraldsen and his wife Dagni Ulrichsen. Crown Prince Harald and Sonya met secretly for nine years because of objections to her "non-royal" status. After the heir was determined to give up the right to the throne if he could not marry her, his father, Olaf V , consulted with the government. As a result, the couple married on August 29, 1968 in Oslo . Sonya and King Harald have two children: Princess Martha Louise and Crown Prince Haakon .

After the death of her father-in-law, King Olav V, on January 17, 1991 , at the age of 53, Sonia became Queen of Norway. Norway first gained the queen after the death of Harald’s grandmother, Queen Maud , who happened in 1938 (Harald’s mother, Crown Princess Marta of Sweden , died before her husband Olav V ascended the throne). In 1994, Queen Sonia opened the VI Winter Paralympic Games .

In 2005 , Queen Sonia became the first queen to visit Antarctica . She opened the Norwegian Antarctic Troll Station on Queen Maud Land . The Queen flew in on one of the Royal Norwegian Air Force transport planes landing on the station's airfield.

•   Norway - Grand Cross on the chain of the Order of St. Olav
•   Norway - Grand Cross of the Order of Merit
•   Norway - Medal of the Centenary of the Norwegian Royal House
•   Norway - Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Haakon VII
•   Norway - Medal in memory of Olaf V January 30, 1991
•   Norway - Olaf V Anniversary Medal 1957—1982
•   Norway - Olaf V 100th Birth Anniversary Medal
•   Norway - Order of the Royal House of Olaf V
•   Norway - Order of the Royal House of Harald V
•   Norway - Badge of Honor of the Norwegian Red Cross
•   Norway - Nansen Medal ( 1982 )
•   Norway - Golden Honorary Badge of the Oslo Military Society
•   Austria - The Big Star of Honor in the Republic of Austria
•   Belgium - Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold I
•   Brazil - Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross
•   Bulgaria - Order of Stara Planina with ribbon
•   Denmark - Lady of the Order of the Elephant
•   Estonia - Order of the Cross of the Earth Mary 1st Class (August 24, 1998)
•   Finland - Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose
•   France - Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
•   Germany - Grand Cross of the special degree of the Order of Merit to the Federal Republic of Germany
•   Greece - Grand Cross of the Order of the Savior
•   Hungary - Grand Cross of the Order of Merit
•   Golden Olympic Order ( IOC )
•   Iceland - Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon
•   Italy - Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for the Italian Republic
•   Japan - Lady of the Order of the Precious Crown 1st Class
•   Jordan - Big Star of the Order of the Renaissance
•   Latvia - Grand Cross of the Three Star Order
•   Lithuania - Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great
•   Luxembourg - Grand Cross of the Order of Adolf Nassau
•   Luxembourg - Grand Cross of the Order of the Golden Lion of Nassau
•   Netherlands - Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
•   Netherlands - Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
•   Netherlands - Queen Beatrix Coronation Medal
•   Poland - Order of the White Eagle
•   Portugal - Grand Cross of the Order of Christ
•   Portugal - Grand Cross on the chain of the Order of Infanta don Enrique
•   Portugal - Grand Cross of the Order of Merit
•   Spain - Grand Cross of the Order of Carlos III
•   Spain - Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
•   Sweden - Lady of the Order of the Seraphim
•   Sweden - Medal of the 50th anniversary of the King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustav ^[1]
•   Slovakia - Order of the Double White Cross, 2nd class ( October 26, 2010 ) ^[2]

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