{"id":334613,"date":"2026-09-01T07:26:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/334613\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T07:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:26:55","slug":"royal-mourning-jewels-for-the-queens-and-princesses-of-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/334613\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Mourning Jewels for the Queens and Princesses of Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe King of Norway, with Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Prince Sverre Magnus, and Princess Martha Louise, bring the coffin of King Harald V of Norway into the Royal Chapel at the Royal Palace in Oslo on August 31, 2026 (Lise \u00c5serud\/NTB\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

The public mourning period for the King Harald V of Norway, who passed away on Friday, continued this weekend and into Monday with a series of ceremonies in Oslo and throughout the country.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe King of Norway, with Queen Sonja, Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra, and Prince Sverre Magnus, attends a memorial service for King Harald V in Asker on August 30, 2026 (Cornelius Poppe\/NTB\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

On Sunday, memorial services were held in churches throughout Norway for the late King. Members of the royal family were present for the service in Asker Church, which is located near the Skaugum estate. King Haakon VIII was accompanied at the service by his children, Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus, and his mother, Queen Sonja.<\/p>\n

During the service, Asker\u2019s parish priest highlighted the late King\u2019s unifying role: \u201cWith generosity and wisdom, he embraced who we are as Norwegians and what Norway is as a country.\u201d She also offered prayers for the new monarch and the royal family as they face the days ahead.<\/p>\n

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\"QueenQueen Sonja of Norway, with Prince Sverre Magnus, departs following a memorial service for King Harald V in Asker on August 30, 2026 (Per Ole Hagen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

For the service, Queen Sonja wore pearls, including a necklace, earrings, and bracelet. Her necklace, a single row of pearls, featured a lovely antique diamond bow clasp with a ruby center stone and a pearl drop.<\/p>\n

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\"CrownCrown Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway departs following a memorial service for King Harald V in Asker on August 30, 2026 (Per Ole Hagen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra, as she has done for events since her grandfather\u2019s passing, wore a simple pair of pearl drop earrings. They appear to be the same ones she wore for her 18th birthday gala in 2022. If so, they were a joint birthday gift from members of the Belgian and Dutch royal families.<\/p>\n

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\"TheThe coffin of King Harald V of Norway is brought from the Red Salon to the Royal Chapel at the Royal Palace in Oslo on August 31, 2026 (Javad Parsa\/NTB\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

On Monday afternoon, the entire royal family was present at the Royal Palace in Oslo as the late King\u2019s coffin was moved from the Red Salon to the Royal Chapel. Employees of the royal court lined the route as the family processed with the coffin through the palace, with Harald\u2019s children and grandchildren walking on either side of the bier. Court officials followed with four of Harald\u2019s chivalric orders (Norway\u2019s Order of St. Olav, Sweden\u2019s Order of the Seraphim, Denmark\u2019s Order of the Elephant, and Britain\u2019s Order of the Garter) displayed on cushions.<\/p>\n

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\"OlavOlav Heian-Engdal, Chief of the Court, carries the Crown of Norway ahead of King Harald V\u2019s coffin in the Royal Palace in Oslo on August 31, 2026 (Ole Berg-Rusten\/NTB\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

The procession was led by the Chief of the Court, Olav Heian-Engdal, who carried the Crown of Norway on a cushion. The crown dates to 1818. It was commissioned by King Carl III Johan of Norway (King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden) for his coronation in Trondheim. Made in Stockholm by the goldsmith Olof Wihlborg, it is decorated heavily with colorful gemstones, including an enormous green tourmaline, which was sourced from Brazil.<\/p>\n

Norway\u2019s monarchs are no longer crowned. The last monarch to actually wear the crown was the newly-elected King Haakon VII, the first monarch of modern independent Norway, in 1906. Since then, the crown has been carried and displayed at important moments as a symbol of the monarchy.<\/p>\n

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\"QueenQueen Mette-Marit and Queen Sonja of Norway walk behind King Harald V\u2019s coffin as it is moved to the Royal Chapel at the Royal Palace in Oslo on August 31, 2026 (Ole Berg-Rusten\/NTB\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

Following behind King Harald\u2019s coffin were Norway\u2019s two queens: Queen Mette-Marit and Queen Sonja. Queen Mette-Marit wore a three-row pearl bracelet with a pearl and diamond clasp during the procession. Queen Sonja wore a strand of pearls with pearl cluster earrings and a very special brooch. The Drapers\u2019 Company Brooch<\/a>, as it is known, was presented to King Harald\u2019s grandmother, Queen Maud, as a wedding present by London\u2019s Worshipful Company of Drapers in 1896.<\/p>\n

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\"CrownCrown Princess Ingrid Alexandra brings the coffin of King Harald V of Norway into the Royal Chapel at the Royal Palace in Oslo on August 31, 2026 (Ole Berg-Rusten\/NTB\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra, who walked beside her grandfather\u2019s coffin during the procession, again wore her pearl drop earrings and a pearl ring.<\/p>\n

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\"CrownCrown Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Princess Martha Louise bring the coffin of King Harald V of Norway into the Royal Chapel at the Royal Palace in Oslo on August 31, 2026 (Lise \u00c5serud\/NTB\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

Her aunt, Princess M\u00e4rtha Louise, walked behind her. She too wore pearls for the procession.<\/p>\n

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Later today, the new King of Norway will be sworn in at the Storting, Norway\u2019s parliament. King Haakon VIII will make an oath to the Constitution of Norway inside the Storting Hall at 1:00 PM Oslo time (or 7:00 AM eastern time for those who are, like me, in the US). It has been announced that Queen Mette-Marit, Queen Sonja, Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra, and Prince Sverre Magnus will all be present for the ceremony. Later, at the Royal Palace, the Crown Princess will also sign a written oath to the constitution.<\/p>\n

For an idea of how the ceremony may look, I\u2019ve included a video of King Harald\u2019s own swearing-in ceremony from 1991. I\u2019ll be back here with an article about today\u2019s ceremony shortly after its conclusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The King of Norway, with Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Prince Sverre Magnus, and Princess Martha Louise, bring the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-334613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}