Norwegian State Banquet at the Royal Palace of Stockholm, 2005

 King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden held the Banquet for King Harald VQueen Sonja, and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway at the Royal Palace of Stockholm among the year-long celebrations to mark the Centenary of the independent Kingdom of Norway, which also included the Swedish Royal Visit to NorwayState Visits to Britain and Denmark and a splendid Ball at the Royal Palace of Oslo. Prince Charles of Denmark, who was married to Princess Maud of Wales, was elected the King of Norway in 1905, taking the regnal name of King Haakon VII, after the Kingdom got rid of the personal union with the Swedish Monarchy and became an independent Kingdom.

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Sonja (wearing the Norwegian Emerald Parure and the Order of the Seraphim)

King Harald and Queen Silvia of Sweden (wearing the Connaught Diamond Tiara and the Order of St. Olav)

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Victoria (in the Four-Button Tiara and Crown Princess Margareta’s Sapphire and Tourmaline Necklace)

Prince Carl-Philip and Princess Lilian (in the Baden Fringe Tiara)

Princess Madeleine (wearing the Modern Fringe Tiara) and Princess Christina (wearing her Pearl and Diamond Tiara)

 

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit joined King Harald V and Queen Sonja as they received King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden to open the new Svinesund bridge between Norway and Sweden.

In the evening, the Norwegian Royal Family hosted a State Banquet at the Royal Palace of Oslo in honour of King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.

Queen Silvia wore Queen Sofia’s Nine Prong Tiara.

Queen Sonja was in Queen Josefina’s Diamond Tiara.

Crown Princess Victoria wore the Baden Fringe Tiara.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit was in the Norwegian Amethyst Tiara and Princess Märtha Louise wore King Olav’s Gift Tiara

Princess Astrid was in the Vasa Tiara and Princess Ragnhild wore Princess Ingeborg’s Boucheron Pearl Tiara

The Braganza Tiara

Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure

Queen Sofia’s 9-Prong Tiara

The Swedish Cameo Parure

The Connaught Diamond Tiara

The Baden Fringe Tiara

Napoleonic Amethyst Parure

King Edward VII Ruby Tiara

Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik Tiara

Napoleonic Cut Steel Tiara

Princess Lilian’s Laurel Wreath Tiara

Princess Sofia’s Wedding Tiara

Modern Fringe Tiara

Swedish Pink Topaz Parure

Bernadotte Emerald Parure

King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Portrait Brooch

The Norwegian Emerald Parure

Queen Josefina’s Diamond Tiara

Queen Maud’s Pearl Tiara

Queen Alexandra’s Diamond Circlet

Diamond Daisy Bandeau

Norwegian Amethyst Parure

Vifte Tiara

Princess Ingeborg’s Boucheron Pearl Circle Tiara

King Olav’s Gift Tiara

Modern Gold Tiara

Queen Alexandra’s Turquoise Circlet

Vasa Tiara

Queen Maud’s Diamond Tiara

Princess Astrid’s Ruby Aigrette Tiara

Princess Astrid’s Gold Bandeau Tiara

Queen Sophia’s Diamond Bracelet Bandeau

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King Carl XVI Gustaf (in the Order of St. Olav) and Queen Silvia of Sweden (wearing the Connaught Diamond Tiara and the Order of St. Olav) host a spectacular State Banquet in honour of King Harald (in the Order of the Seraphim), Queen Sonja (wearing the Norwegian Emerald Parure and the Order of the Seraphim), and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway at the Royal Palace of Stockholm on this day in 2005, to mark the Centenary of the independent Kingdom of Norway. Crown Princess Victoria (in the Four-Button Tiara), Prince Carl-Philip, Princess Madeleine (wearing the Modern Fringe Tiara), Princess Lilian (in the Baden Fringe Tiara) and Princess Christina (wearing her Diamond Tiara) were also present.

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The Swedish Royal Family had visited the Kingdom of Norway in early July, and the visit to Sweden by the Norwegian Royal Family was among the year-long celebrations to mark the Centenary of the independent Kingdom of Norway, which also included State Visits to Britain and Denmark and a splendid Ball at the Royal Palace of Oslo. Prince Charles of Denmark, who was married to Princess Maud of Wales, was elected the King of Norway in 1905, taking the regnal name of King Haakon VII, after the Kingdom got rid of the personal union with the Swedish Monarchy and became an independent Kingdom.

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