List of Norwegian consorts

This is a list of Norwegian queens. This list covers a large time span and the role of a queen has changed much over the centuries. However individual queens have also shaped their own role in remarkable ways. Many have truly ruled the country side by side with their husband and some have become sole regents. The marriage of an heir or a king was most often affected by politics and alliances were often affirmed by marriages in the royal families. It was also for a long period not permitted for a royal to marry a non-royal. Thus the choice of wife would be narrow in one's own country and most of the queens in this list are not native to their husband's country. Due to unions with Denmark and Sweden the queens listed for 1380–1814 were also queens of Denmark and the queens listed for 1814–1905 were also queens of Sweden.

Queen consorts of Norway

Fairhair dynasty

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Gyda Eiriksdatter of Hordaland	Eirik of Hordaland	-	872		930 husband's abdication	-	Harald I[1]
	Gunnhild Gormsdóttir of Denmark [2]	Gorm the Old of Denmark (Knytlinga)	910	922	931 husband's accession	934 husband's desposition	after 970	Eric I

Knýtling dynasty

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Tove of the Obotrites [3]	Mstivoj	-	970	976 husband conquer Norway	985/6 husband's death	-	Harald Bluetooth

Unclassified

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Tyri Haraldsdatter of Denmark	Harald Bluetooth (Knytlinga)	-	998		9 September 1000 husband's death	18 September 1000	Olaf I

Knýtling dynasty

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Gunhild of Wenden [legendary] [3][4][5]	Burislav of Wendland	perhaps identical to Sigrid and or the daughter of Mieszko I.					Sweyn Forkbeard
	Sigrid Storråda [legendary] [3][4][5]	Skagul Toste	Den Store Danske Encyklopædi identifies the consort of Sweyn I as Gunhild, and considers the Sigrid the Haughty of the sagas to be based on her, but predominantly a work of "complete fiction". She subsequently married Sweyn II, who later divorced her on orders from the church, since both of them were grandchildren of the Slavic consort of Eric the Victorious of Sweden. Source: Den Store Danske Encyklopædi, CD-ROM edition, entries Gunhild and Sigrid Storråde.
	(name unknown) [3][4][5]	Mieszko I of Poland (Piast)	perhaps identical to one or both of previous

St. Olaf dynasty

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Astrid Olofsdotter	Olof Skötkonung (Munsö)	-	February 1019		1028 husband flee after Denmark invade	1035	Olaf II

Knýtling dynasty

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Emma of Normandy [3][5]	Richard I, Duke of Normandy (Normandy)	985	July 1017	1028 husband's conquest	12 November 1035 husband's death	6 March 1052	Canute II

Hardrada dynasty

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Elisaveta Yaroslavna of Kiev	Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Kiev (Rurikid)	c. 1025	Winter of 1043-44	25 October 1047 husband's ascession	25 September 1066 husband's death	c. 1067	Harald III
	Ingerid Swensdatter of Denmark	Sweyn II of Denmark (Estridsen)	?	c. 1067		c. 1093 husband's death	?	Olaf III
	Margaret Fredkulla Ingesdotter of Sweden [6]	Inge I of Sweden (Stenkil)	1080s	c. 1101		August 1103 husband's death	c. 1130	Magnus III
	Ingebjørg Guttormsdatter	Guttorm Toresson	?	?	August 1103 husband's accession	29 August 1123 husband's death	?	Eystein I
	Malmfred Mstislavna of Kiev [3]	Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev (Rurikid)	c. 1105	1116 and 1120		26 March 1130 husband's death	after 1137	Sigurd I
	Christine Knutsdatter of Denmark	Canute Lavard (Estridsen)	c. 1118	c. 1132		c. 1133		Magnus IV

Gille dynasty

Hardrada dynasty

Sverre dynasty

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Margaret Eriksdotter of Sweden	Eric IX of Sweden (Eric)	?	c. 1189		9 March 1202 husband's death	c. 1209	Sverre
	Margrete Skulesdatter	Skule Bårdsson	c. 1208	25 May 1225		15 December 1263 husband's death	c. 1270	Haakon IV
	Rikissa Birgersdotter of Bjelbo [7]	Birger Magnusson of Bjelbo (Bjelbo)	c. 1237	c. 1251		5 May 1257 husband's death	after 1288	Haakon Haakonsson the Young
	Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Denmark	Eric IV of Denmark (Estridsen)	c. 1244	11 September 1261	16 December 1263 husband's accession	9 May 1280 husband's death	c. 1287	Magnus VI
	Margaret of Scotland	Alexander III of Scotland (Dunkeld)	28 February 1261	c. 1281		9 April 1283		Eric II
	Isabel Bruce	Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale (Bruce)	c. 1272	c. 1293		15 July 1299 husband's death	1358
	Euphemia of Rügen	Günther, Count of Arnstein	c. 1270	Spring of 1299	15 July 1299 husband's accession	c. 1312		Haakon V

House of Bjelbo

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Blanche of Namur [8][9][4]	John I, Marquis of Namur (Dampierre)	1320	5 November 1335		15 August 1343 husband's desposition	1363	Magnus VII
	Margaret Valdemarsdatter of Denmark [8][9][4]	Valdemar IV of Denmark (Estridsen)	1353	9 April 1363		11 September 1380 husband's death	28 October 1412	Haakon VI

House of Pomerania

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Philippa of England [3][10][4]	Henry IV of England (Lancaster)	4 June 1394	26 October 1406		7 January 1430		Eric III

House of Palatinate-Neumarkt

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Dorothea of Brandenburg [8][9][3][4][10][11]	John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Hohenzollern)	1430/31	12 September 1445		6 January 1448 husband's death	10 November 1495	Christopher

House of Bonde

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Katarina Karlsdotter of Bjurum [8][9][4]	Karl Ormsson Gumsehuvud (Gumsehufvud)	1418	5 October 1438	20 November 1449 husband's ascession	June 1450 husband loss Norway	7 September 1450	Charles I

House of Oldenburg

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Dorothea of Brandenburg [8][9][3][4][10][12][13]	John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Hohenzollern)	1430/31	28 October 1449		21 May 1481 husband's death	10 November 1495	Christian I
Interregnum (1481–1483)
	Christina of Saxony [8][9][3][4][10][12]	Ernest, Elector of Saxony (Wettin)	25 December 1461	6 September 1478	1483 husband's ascession	20 February 1513 husband' death	8 December 1521	John
	Isabella of Austria [8][9][3][4][10][12]	Philip I of Castile (Habsburg)	18 July 1501	12 August 1515		20 January 1523 husband's desposition	19 January 1526	Christian II
	Sophie of Pomerania [8][9][3][10][12]	Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (Pomerania)	1498	9 October 1518	4 July 1534 husband's ascession	10 April 1533 husband's death	13 May 1568	Frederick I
Interregnum (1533–1534)
	Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg [8][9][3][10][12]	Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (Ascania)	9 July 1511	29 October 1525	4 July 1534 husband's ascession	1 January 1559 husband's death	7 October 1571	Christian III
	Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow [8][9][3][10][12]	Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (Mecklenburg-Güstrow)	4 September 1557	20 July 1572		4 April 1588 husband's death	14 October 1631	Frederick II
	Anne Catherine of Brandenburg [8][9][3][10][12]	Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern)	26 June 1575	27 November 1597		8 April 1612		Christian IV
	Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg [8][9][3][10][12]	George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf)	24 March 1628	1 October 1643	28 February 1648 husband's ascession	9 February 1670 husband's death	20 February 1685	Frederick III
	Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel [8][9][3][10][12]	William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel)	27 April 1650	25 June 1667	9 February 1670 husband's ascession	25 August 1699 husband's death	27 March 1714	Christian V
	Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow [8][9][3][10][12]	Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (Mecklenburg-Güstrow)	28 August 1667	5 December 1695	25 August 1699 husband's ascession	15 March 1721		Frederick IV
	Anne Sophie Reventlow [8][9][3][10][12]	Conrad, Count Reventlow (Reventlow)	16 April 1693	4 April 1721		12 October 1730 husband's death	7 January 1743
	Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach [8][9][3][10][12]	Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach (Hohenzollern)	28 November 1700	7 August 1721	12 October 1730 husband's ascession	6 August 1746 husband's death	27 May 1770	Christian VI
	Louise of Great Britain [8][9][3][10][12]	George II of Great Britain (Hanover)	7 December 1724	11 December 1743	6 August 1746 husband's ascession	19 December 1751		Frederick V
	Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel [8][9][3][10][12]	Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Brunswick-Bevern)	4 September 1729	8 July 1752		13 January 1766 husband's death	10 October 1796
	Caroline Matilda of Great Britain [8][9][3][10][12]	Frederick, Prince of Wales (Hanover)	11 July 1751	8 November 1766		10 May 1775		Christian VII
	Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel [8][9][3][10][12][14]	Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel)	28 October 1767	31 July 1790	13 March 1808 husband's ascession	14 January 1814 husband lost Norway	22 March 1852	Frederick VI

House of Holstein-Gottorp

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp [8][9][4][10]	Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (Holstein-Gottorp)	22 March 1759	7 July 1774	4 November 1814 husband's ascession	5 February 1818 husband's death	20 June 1818	Charles II

House of Bernadotte

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Désirée Clary [8][9][4][10]	François Clary	8 November 1777	17 August 1798	5 February 1818 husband's ascession	8 March 1844 husband's death	17 December 1860	Charles III John
	Josephine of Leuchtenberg [8][9][4][10]	Eugène de Beauharnais (Beauharnais)	14 March 1807	19 June 1823	8 March 1844 husband's ascession	8 July 1859 husband's death	7 June 1876	Oscar I
	Louise of the Netherlands [8][9][4][10]	Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (Orange-Nassau)	5 August 1828	19 June 1850	8 July 1859 husband's ascession	30 March 1871		Charles IV
	Sophia of Nassau [8][9][4][10]	William, Duke of Nassau (Nassau-Weilburg)	9 July 1836	6 June 1857	18 September 1872 husband's ascession	26 October 1905 husband's renounce claim after the Union dissolved	30 December 1913	Oscar II

House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Maud of Wales	Edward VII of the United Kingdom (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)	26 November 1869	22 July 1896	18 November 1905 husband's ascession	20 November 1938		Haakon VII
	Sonja Haraldsen	Karl August Haraldsen	4 July 1937	29 August 1968	17 January 1991 husband's accession	Incumbent	-	Harald V

Notes

See also

• List of Norwegian monarchs