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Queen Sonja of Norway Hospitalized at Rikshospitalet in Oslo Due to Heart Fibrillation and Cardiac Complications, the Palace Confirms

Portrait courtesy of Det Kongelige Hoff

In Oslo, the Royal Household of Norway has announced that Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway has been admitted to Rikshospitalet due to heart fibrillation and related cardiac complications.

According to the Royal Household, Her Majesty the Queen will remain hospitalized for the next several days for examinations and observation.

The announcement follows a series of recent health-related absences involving Her Majesty the Queen. On Saturday, May 18th, Communications Adviser to the Royal Household, Mr. Simen Løvberg Sund, confirmed to the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet that Her Majesty the Queen had cancelled her official program after experiencing heart fibrillation.

Her Majesty the Queen 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.

On January 16th, 2025, Her Majesty the Queen underwent pacemaker implantation surgery at Rikshospitalet following a previous episode of heart fibrillation experienced during a skiing trip. Prior to the procedure, the Queen had been briefly hospitalized in Lillehammer for observation before returning to Oslo for treatment intended to stabilize her heart rhythm.

In April 2025, Her Majesty 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 later described that hospitalization as precautionary in nature.

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Queen Sonja of Norway Cancels Official Program Due to Heart Fibrillation

Portrait courtesy of Det Kongelige Hoff/Kimm Saatvedt

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.

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The Royal Court of Norway Confirms Princess Astrid is Recovering from Pneumonia

Portrait courtesy of Ola Vatn/Det Kongelige Hoff

In Oslo, the Communications Director of the Royal Court of Norway, Ms. Guri Varpe, confirmed to the Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) this afternoon that Her Highness Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, “has had pneumonia.”

The 94-year-old Princess, the eldest daughter of the late King Olav V and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway, is now “on the road to recovery,” according to Ms. Varpe.

Reports that the Princess had been hospitalized first emerged on Friday, when the Norwegian tabloid Se og Hør published photographs of Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway visiting her in hospital, prior to any official statement regarding her condition.

Meanwhile, Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway have begun their Easter holiday, travelling by train to Prinsehytta, their cabin in Sikkilsdalen.