In Oslo, the Communications Adviser to the Royal Household of Norway, Mr. Simen Løvberg Sund, confirmed to the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet that Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway had cancelled her official program after experiencing heart fibrillation.

Her Majesty Queen Sonja had been scheduled to participate alongside His Majesty King Harald V of Norway and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway in receiving the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi, at the Royal Palace for an official audience and luncheon held in connection with the Prime Minister’s official visit to the Kingdom of Norway.

The Queen did not participate in the engagements, and her name was subsequently removed from the official program published by the Royal Household of Norway.

This morning’s announcement comes several months after Her Majesty the Queen had a pacemaker implanted at Rikshospitalet in Oslo on January 16th, 2025, following an earlier episode of heart fibrillation experienced during a skiing trip.

Prior to the procedure, the Queen had been briefly hospitalized in Lillehammer for observation before later returning to Oslo, where the pacemaker was inserted in order to stabilize her heart rhythm.

In April 2025, the Queen was again admitted to hospital after experiencing shortness of breath while staying at the royal family’s residence in Sikkilsdalen. The Royal Household of Norway later confirmed that the hospitalization had been precautionary in nature.