Last October 17th 2016, King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway gathered around their children and grandchildren. All the members of the royal family joined their Majesties to pose in front of the camera in a room of the Royal Palace in Oslo for a series of historical clichés to mark the 80th birthday of both the sovereign and his wife.

These beautiful images were kept secret for exactly four months. They were only revealed last Friday, February 17th 2017, just four days before Harald V blew its 80 candles. Three of them have been published on the website of the Palais.

This royal shooting took place in several settings. King Harald V and Queen Sonja, dressed in a white set, were photographed alone, standing, and sitting side by side in gilded wooden chairs. The royal couple was also photographed with their two children Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Märtha Louise. Another image shows them this time with their four granddaughters and their grandsons: Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus - the children of Haakon and Mette-Marit - and Maud Angelica, Leah Isadora and Emma Tallulah- the daughters of Märtha-Louise and Ari Behn. Finally, a beautiful family photo gathered around them their children and grandchildren, to which were joined their daughter-in-law the Princess Mette-Marit and the eldest son of her, Marius Borg Hoiby.


In this gallery of portraits, a photo is missing. The one where King Harald V and his two successors to the Norwegian crown would be seen: his son Crown Prince Haakon and his granddaughter Princess Ingrid Alexandra. The trio has been immortalized over the years. But perhaps this photograph has been realized and not yet revealed. It will be seen this Tuesday, February 21, 2017, J. day of the king's birthday. To be continued…
Photo credits: Paris Match/ Kongehuset.no