COMPANIONS from Norway

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Norwegian Companions of all time. This list of famous Norwegian Companions is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

1. Queen Sonja of Norway (b. 1937)

With an HPI of 75.72, Queen Sonja of Norway is the most famous Norwegian Companion.  Her biography has been translated into 48 different languages on wikipedia.

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. The couple has two children together: Princess Märtha Louise and Crown Prince Haakon. As queen, Sonja holds patronage of up to fifteen organisations. Sonja has also served as Vice President of the Norwegian Red Cross from 1987 to 1990. In 2005, she became the first queen to visit Antarctica. In 2017, she was awarded the Trysil-Knut Prize, making her the first woman to receive the award. She is also known for her interest in music, art and culture, having founded the Queen Sonja International Music Competition and the Queen Sonja Print Award. She is also a graphic artist and ceramicist, with many of her works being featured in exhibitions across Norway and other countries.

2. Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (b. 1973)

With an HPI of 64.90, Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway is the 2nd most famous Norwegian Companion.  Her biography has been translated into 41 different languages.

Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby, pronounced [ˌmɛtːəˈmɑ̀ːrɪt ˈçɛ̀sːəm ˈhœ̀ʏbʏ], on 19 August 1973) is a member of the Norwegian royal family. She has been married to Crown Prince Haakon, the heir apparent to the Norwegian throne, since 2001. The couple have two children, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus. She additionally has a son born before her marriage, Marius Borg Høiby, who is not royal and who was indicted on charges of rape in 2025. A onetime Norwegian commoner and former single mother, Mette-Marit was a highly controversial figure at the time of her engagement to Haakon in 2000 and polls have found her to be relatively unpopular. Her friendship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with whom she stayed in contact for several years after his release from prison, has attracted controversy. She holds no title in her own right, but is entitled to be addressed by a female form of her husband's title as a courtesy title.

3. Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir (1015 - 1060)

With an HPI of 58.24, Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir is the 3rd most famous Norwegian Companion.  Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir or Gunnhildr Haraldsdóttir, Guda or Gyda (traditionally died in Gudhem, Västergötland, Sweden, c. 1060) was, according to the traditional view, a queen consort of King Anund Jacob of Sweden and of king Sveinn II of Denmark. However, the sources are so vague that several modern historians maintain that there were actually two queens of that name, of Sweden and Denmark respectively. She is sometimes called Gude or Gyridje, but this is probably because of confusion with her daughter, Gyda, who is also known under her mother's name Gunnhildr.