COMPANION

Queen Sonja of Norway

1937 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Queen Sonja of Norway has received more than 1,763,591 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Queen Sonja of Norway is the 40th most popular companion (up from 65th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Norway (up from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Companion.

Queen Sonja of Norway is most famous for being the wife of King Harald V of Norway and the mother of Crown Prince Haakon.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Queen Sonja of Norway ranks 40 out of 784. Before her are Mary Boleyn, Messalina, Maria Theresa of Spain, Eugénie de Montijo, Catherine Parr, and Catherine Howard. After her are Salman the Persian, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Anne of Cleves, Désirée Clary, and Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Queen Sonja of Norway ranks 12. Before her are Ridley Scott, Ahmed Yassin, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Bobby Charlton, and Jane Fonda. After her are Martti Ahtisaari, Boris Spassky, Renzo Piano, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Queen Paola of Belgium, and Madeleine Albright.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Queen Sonja of Norway ranks 14 out of 1,039. Before her are Knut Hamsun (1859), Niels Henrik Abel (1802), Fridtjof Nansen (1861), Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832), Harald Fairhair (850), and Erik the Red (950). After her are Thor Heyerdahl (1914), Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939), Jon Fosse (1959), Rollo (846), Olaf II of Denmark (1370), and Trygve Lie (1896).

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Among COMPANIONS In Norway

Among companions born in Norway, Queen Sonja of Norway ranks 1. After her are Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (1973), and Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir (1015).

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