After meeting at a mutual friend's party, Crown Prince Harald took Sonja Haraldsen to the Military Academy's graduation ball in August 1959.  This photo was one of the first taken of the couple together.


Credit: ATF

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Sonja Haraldsen shortly before she met Crown Prince Harald


Credit: Dronningen/Gyldendal Forlag

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Crown Prince Harald in 1963


Credit: NTB, The Royal Court Photo Archive

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Harald's sister Princess Astrid in 1959

Credit: G.T. Sjowall, The Royal Court Photo Archive

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Crown Princess Margrethe of Denmark

Credit: Time & Life/Getty Images

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Crown Prince Harald in 1966

Credit: NTB/Scanpix

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Sonja Haraldsen in 1968

Credit: Scanpix

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Crown Prince Harald and Sonja Haraldsen in 1968

Credit: National Archives of Norway

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