
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
Credit: ATF

Sonja Haraldsen shortly before she met Crown Prince Harald
Credit: Dronningen/Gyldendal Forlag
Credit: Dronningen/Gyldendal Forlag

Crown Prince Harald in 1963
Credit: NTB, The Royal Court Photo Archive
Credit: NTB, The Royal Court Photo Archive

Harald's sister Princess Astrid in 1959
Credit: G.T. Sjowall, The Royal Court Photo Archive
Credit: G.T. Sjowall, The Royal Court Photo Archive

Crown Princess Margrethe of Denmark
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Credit: Time & Life/Getty Images

Crown Prince Harald in 1966
Credit: NTB/Scanpix
Credit: NTB/Scanpix

Sonja Haraldsen in 1968
Credit: Scanpix
Credit: Scanpix

Crown Prince Harald and Sonja Haraldsen in 1968
Credit: National Archives of Norway
Credit: National Archives of Norway