Harald & Sonja - early years

[Her_Majesty]

Pre-wedding event:
http://arkivverket.no/var/arkivverk...ny_018/86635-1-nor-NO/PA797_4718C_1ny_018.jpg

With the Royal couple of Sweden:
http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00699/spb32553_699428a.jpg

 

[Her_Majesty]

Young Sonja Haraldsen:
http://tb.no/polopoly_fs/se-etter-regn-matte-baten-ses-her-er-en-ung-sonja-haraldsen-i-gang-med-a-se-familiens-bat-ved-l-1.1419831!/image/1786535587.jpg_gen/derivatives/derivative_article_980/1786535587.jpg

 

[Burzg]

Prince or King Harald very nice when he young & Queen Sonja have new copy from her is princess martha louise

 

[IloveCP]

Thank you for all the pictures.Sonja was so beautiful and Harald was very handsome.

 

[Grandduchess24]

A young Sonja and Harald looked much like Martha Louise and haakon and the king like his son are handsome.

 

[IloveCP]

Great ones here:

Pic Pic2 Pic3 Pic4 Pic5

 

[Her_Majesty]

Videos

Nice video about the engagement and wedding:
Kongelig forlovelse i 1969 - Klipp - NRK.no

Another one:
http://www.nrk.no/video/sonja_haraldsen_og_kronprins_harald_forlover_seg/A74D81E361B34F5F/

And one more:
http://www.nrk.no/video/kongelig_bryllup_i_1968/4B46411A051FD398/
(It's amazing how much King Harald looks like late King Olav. Queen Sonja also looks alot like Dagny Haraldsen. I just love these old videos ).

 

[Her_Majesty]

Prince Harald and Sonja Haraldsen at one of their pre-wedding events in 1968:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc480cnf6X1qe2n5ao1_1280.jpg

 

[ANNIE_S]

Thank you everybody for the gorgeous pictures!
I had seen some of them before, but most are new for me....and never paid attention to how pretty she was! A very cute-looking woman, she had lovely eyes.

And, goodness, how much I love those 60´s fashions! I feel many of those dressed could be worn today and would look great too...in fact, I would love to have more than two of them

 

[Her_Majesty]

Sonja pictured infront of the Rikshospitalet 5 days before Märtha Louise was born
http://img285.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=37427_gravid1971_122_508lo.jpg
(Scanpix)

Sonja and her mother Dagny in 1971
http://static.vg.no/uploaded/image/bilderigg/2012/10/10/1349854353094_596.jpg

At King Olav's 70th birthday in 1973 (some weesk before Haakon was born )
http://gfx.dagbladet.no/labrador/224/224051/22405150/jpg/active/348x550.jpg
http://gfx.dagbladet.no/labrador/223/223998/22399892/jpg/active/340x550.jpg

 

[Burzg]

Pictures:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mamanmM0jE1ralta7o4_500.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/epnjeo.jpg
<title>Harald and Sonja - Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maogbuyvjl1qg0umko2_400.jpg
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maog1kWEok1qg0umko1_1280.jpg
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_manmfp3uBg1qg0umko3_500.jpg
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_manmfp3uBg1qg0umko2_500.jpg
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_manmfp3uBg1qg0umko1_400.jpg ( King Harald)
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mamb4cIuhp1qg0umko1_500.jpg
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_manliqIKAe1qg0umko1_500.jpg
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6z3jx7LzR1r6jme9o1_500.jpg
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6z3q3Xqw21r6jme9o1_500.jpg
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6z3r7WfBJ1r6jme9o1_500.jpg

 

[Her_Majesty]

Some pictures I have not seen before :

Pre-wedding portraits (1968)
Harald and Sonja
Harald and Sonja close-up
Sonja close-up

The couple posing in a park (1968)
(I did not see any picture of that photosession before - what a lovely coat on Sonja!)
Holding hands

Another one of the couple:
Sonja and Harald

Another picture of Sonja (1970 photo session)
Princess Sonja

Source: IBL

 

[Maura724]

I hadn't seen any of those, either - thanks for posting! I recognize the long pink dress, but it's from a different photo shoot, because I remember pictures of her wearing it next to Harald in uniform.

 

[Her_Majesty]

Yes! You mean this one, right? Sonja also had a different hairdo here.

I found another photo, which is so beautiful:
Looking at each other

 

[Maura724]

Yeah, that's exactly the one I mean.

And I LOVE the one of them looking at each other - very cute! Sonja's definitely standing on something, though...she's nowhere near that close to his height!

 

[Her_Majesty]

Another video of the engagement day:
Kongelig bryllup - Norgesglasset - NRK

 

[Her_Majesty]

Prince Harald

Some pictures of a young Crown Prince Harald:

Portrait 1959
Portrait 1963
Portrait 1966
Portrait 1966
Portrait 1967
Portrait 1971

CP couple in 1968

CP in Mexico 1968
(source: Erik Johannessen)

 

[Her_Majesty]

Sonja and Harald with Princess Anne in summer 1971:
http://img11.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=51707_history1_122_541lo.jpg

Another picture taken in the summer of 1971:
http://img12.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=51709_history3_122_512lo.jpg

source: tb.no

 

[Her_Majesty]

One of the first pictures of Harald and Sonja. It was taken in 1960 (8 years before they got engaged).

http://img274.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=598349590_Haso1960_122_25lo.jpg
Scanpix

 

[Her_Majesty]

Beautiful picture of the Crown Prince couple taken in the late 60s

http://img137.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=52296_kronprinsparet_122_123lo.jpg

 

[polyesco]

Beautiful picture of the Crown Prince couple taken in the late 60s

http://img137.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=52296_kronprinsparet_122_123lo.jpg

that is a wonderful picture

 

[Her_Majesty]

More pictures of the couple

During a pre-wedding event
The CP family 1974
Attending the wedding of Princess Christina
Laif

Visit from the UK 1969 - with King Olav
Another picture

The couple in 1968
Visit to the UK in 1970
CP family in 1973
PAimages

1st anniversary in 1969

CP couple in 1969
Pregnant Sonja with Princess Anne
Another picture
Getty

Visiting Bangkok 1968

 

[fairy tale]

Wonderful, thanks so much!

The pictures with Princess Anne are priceless - I wonder what occasion (or party theme?) it was

 

[Her_Majesty]

Sonja and Harald - magazine article published in 1962
(source)

 

[Her_Majesty]

After the announcement of the engagement in 1968

http://media35d.dimu.no/media/decoimage/NF/NF.33649-408/552132?size=800


The CP couple in 1969

http://media35b.dimu.no/media/image/HEMB/HEMSARK_04-087/3096?width=600

http://media35b.dimu.no/media/image/HEMB/HEMSARK_04-085/3094?width=600

 

[IloveCP]

Gifs of the young King and Queen:

those who fear the darkness

 

[Her_Majesty]

The court released some private pictures of Harald and Sonja:
The young couple before they got engaged:
http://gfx.nrk.no//DjfNYhcOoa1OG7jozAH3GQYRSDIpUHtfcrZRbY0cRTYQ
http://gfx.nrk.no//V1RTzzuO9zUuFaALvHI2VgsEuBlKl2JN1ke1savO1WLA

The Crown Prince and Sonja Haraldsen in 1968: http://www.steinkjerleksikonet.no/img/vis_gen.php?tbl=bilde&fil=innhold&id=3321&thumb=500

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess in 1970: http://www.mossbyleksikon.no/images/8/88/MBL_0079_Emil_Andersen.png

 

[amaryllus]

The love and happiness shines through in all these photos! I see both Royal grandchildren in Sonja. I had never realized what a stunner she was back in the day either.

 

[marfre]

The court released some private pictures of Harald and Sonja:
The young couple before they got engaged:
http://gfx.nrk.no//DjfNYhcOoa1OG7jozAH3GQYRSDIpUHtfcrZRbY0cRTYQ
http://gfx.nrk.no//V1RTzzuO9zUuFaALvHI2VgsEuBlKl2JN1ke1savO1WLA

The Crown Prince and Sonja Haraldsen in 1968: http://www.steinkjerleksikonet.no/img/vis_gen.php?tbl=bilde&fil=innhold&id=3321&thumb=500

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess in 1970: http://www.mossbyleksikon.no/images/8/88/MBL_0079_Emil_Andersen.png

Thanks.
In the top two photos it could be Martha Louise, didn't realise she looks so much like her mother.

 

[Her_Majesty]

Sonja Haraldsen during one of her first official visits after the engagement in 1968:
Picture

source: NRK

She looked so beautiful .