Prince Ricardo De La Cerda
King Olav V of Norway and Dagny Haraldsen announced the Engagement of Crown Prince Harald of Norway and Sonja Haraldsen on this day in 1968, following a nine year wait due to King Olav’s reservation over his heir marrying a commoner. The couple got married later that year, having two children; Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Märtha Louise, before their Accession to the Throne in 1991.
The President of the Storting, Mr Bernt Ingvaldsen presented the following message from King Olav to the Storting:
It is with pleasure that I inform you, Mr President and Members of the Storting, that I, after seeking advice from the Prime Minister, members of the Government, you, Mr President, and the parliamentary leaders of the political parties, have today given my consent to my dear son, Crown Prince Harald, to take as his wife Miss Sonja Haraldsen, daughter of the late Mr Karl August Haraldsen and Mrs Dagny Haraldsen née Ulrichsen.”