In the moment we update this website about the wedding of HRH The Crown Prince of Norway and Miss Sonja Haraldsen, the present King and Queen of Norway, it has been just over one year since it was originally opened, in July 2001. We do hope that we could give you a colourful and interesting insight into this glittering royal event, a cause of union and joy among the Norwegians back in 1968. The wedding of Princess Märtha Louise with Mr. Ari Behn was, much like the one of her brother, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, a glittering event, with royalty from all over Europe gathering in Norway to celebrate the event.

Crown Prince Haakon’s wedding to Miss Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby was undoubtedly one of the most fantastically unforgettable weddings of the past decade, with a glitter, which has unfortunately become increasingly more rare. On the wedding day, the 25th August 2001, the Queen of Denmark, the King and Queen of Sweden, the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Queen of Spain, the Grand-Duke and Grand-Duchess of Luxembourg, King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes, Grand-Duke Jean and Grand-Duchess Josephine Charlotte of Luxembourg and the heirs to the thrones of Monaco, The United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, among many other princes and princesses gathered in Oslo and brought to light the glitter of their jewels, dresses, uniforms and orders. Miss Tjessem Høiby was made Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Norway, given the Grand-Cross of the Norwegian Order of St. Olav.

Princess Märtha’s wedding to Mr. Ari Behn was celebrated in the Nidaros Cathedral of Trondheim, the historical capital of Norway, where, in 1991, took place the consecration of King Harald and Queen Sonja. Although a more sober event than the royal wedding in August 2001, the wedding was, nevertheless, a sparkling event and was attended by the Queen of Denmak, the heirs to the thrones of Sweden, Spain, The Netherlands and Luxembourg and a number of other princes and princesses. In anticipation of the wedding, it was announced that Princess Märtha Louise would drop her title of “Her Royal Highness”, since she would be embracing an independent career and carry out fewer official engagements. Her wedding was perhaps the last of the events reflecting her status of Princess of Norway.

As it happens with the other sites of the Glittering Royal Events Sites, the purpose of this site is to provide visual and textual information about the events that are described and pictured. We do not hold the copyrights of the images displayed in the website but we do not seek to profit from this site and so we ask that if you are the original copyright holders of any of the pictures displayed, please contact the editors to negotiate terms of use.

This website was perhaps the one for which we had more difficulty of finding both information and pictures and it would have been hardly possible to make an interesting update hadn’t been the help of so many friends. We are most thankful to Trond Norén Isaksen, who provided much of the new information included, as well as the translation of the speech of HRH The Crown Prince at the wedding banquet. In what information and comments are concerned, we would like to thank our dear friend Michelle Gonzalez, Jan T. Hill (Editor of The Royal Jewels of the World Website), Dag T. Hoelseth and Jos Hooghuis. In what pictures are concerned, we would like to give the most heartfelt thanks to both Marianne Teerink and Eric Pacherie.

Hoping that you enjoyed the website, we thank you for your visit and invite to you visit one of the other Glittering Royal Events Websites.

July 2002, the Editors

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