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.