Queen Sonja of Norway Celebrates Her 83rd Birthday Today

Crown Prince Haakon, Princess Martha Louise, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, King Harald and Queen Sonja wedding, red tweed jacket
Today, Queen Sonja of Norway celebrates her 83rd birthday. The daughter of clothing merchant Karl August Haraldsen and Dagny Ulrichsen, Sonja was born at the Red Cross Clinic in Oslo on 4 July 1937. She met Crown Prince Harald at a dinner party in June 1959, and invited to his graduation ball two months later. Sonja became engaged to Crown Prince Harald on 19 March 1968.

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