Birthday of Queen Sonja in Norway
Birthday of Queen Sonja in Norway is held on July 4. This event in the first decade of the month July is annual. 
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She became Queen consort on 17 January 1991, when her husband became king. Her Majesty Queen Sonja was born in Oslo on 4 July 1937 as the daughter of Dagny (1898-1994) and Karl August Haraldsen (1889-1959). When King Harald ascended to the Throne upon the death of King Olav, Queen Sonja became Norway's first queen in 53 years.
Queen Sonja has a strong sense of social engagement. She has been patron of and has played an active role in a variety of large-scale fundraising initiatives. The Queen accompanies the King on official state visits abroad, and she participates when foreign heads of state pay official visits to Norway.
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