Celebrations for King Harald’s Silver Jubilee on Sunday continued after the worship service with an afternoon of winter activities for all ages held in the Palace Square. The event, which was at the King and Queen’s specific request, featured cross-country ski trails, hills for snowboarding and ski jumping, an ice slide, biathlon laser rifle targets and areas for ski play. The entire Norwegian royal family changed into sporting clothes and joined in the fun.
After a quick change, the family walked from the Palace Square to the Aula of the University of Oslo where they were met by Prime Minister Erna Solberg and enjoyed a gala concert featuring a wide array of Norwegian artists. Queen Sonja wore a beautiful royal blue cape edged in black fur with a matching fur hat. Controversy about fur aside, the simple shape of the hat was a perfect compliment to the glorious cape and the two pieces looked fantastic on the queen.
Previously Worn: I believe this hat is new.
Princess Märtha Louise wore a simple navy headpiece with large multi-leafed flower at the side. As far as fascinators go, it’s an attractive piece that she wore well.
UPDATE: Eagle eyed reader Royalwatcher227 recognized this piece as one previously worn by Princess Mette-Marit. I’m not sure why but knowing that the piece is shared between these sister-in-laws makes me like it a little more.
Queen Margrethe and Queen Silvia wore the same hats they wore in the morning while King Carl Gustaf added a dapper black fedora.
It certainly looks like a wonderful celebration! I love that they had a winter sport event at the Palace — the Youth Olympics are being held in Lillehammer, after all. I imagine that if you live somewhere snowy, you will grow up with a lot of skiing, sledding or skating activities. It looks like everyone is having a good time.
It was also nice to see Marius included in (some of) the celebration.
At the winter activities
1st-hats worn by Crown Prince and Princess of Norway
2nd- hat worn by Queen Sonja
At the University of Oslo
1st-hat worn by Queen Silvia
2nd-hat worn by Queen Sonja
3rd- hat worn by King Carl Gustaf
It looks like a very enjoyable family celebration. Queen Sonja’s cape and hat are perfect for that occasion.
Queen Sonja’s fur hat and cape combination was my favourite outfit. The next best look is Queen Silvia’s. Purple looks great on her. The next best after that is Princess Märtha Louise’s black headpiece with a large multi-leafed flower at the side. I liked all the knitted hats worn by the rest of the family too. It was good to see King Carl Gustaf in his black fedora.
Princess Martha Louisa’s fascinator seemed familiar. I found photos of CP Mette Marit in a similar one
.https://royalhats.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/scandinavian-crown-princesses-meet-in-norway/
http://coolspotters.com/public-figures/crown-princess-mette-marit-of-norway/and/brands/valentino/media/1499511
RW
Great observation- you’re absolutely right, this is the same one Princess Mette-Marit wore for the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Heligoland (she originally wore it for Prince Sverre’s christening). Well done!
Hat Queen:
Thanks to you for this blog which is more or less a chronology of hats worn by European royalty and others. Your blog makes it easy to follow and later find hats worn by our favorite royals.
All the best!
RW
Loved the fur hat with the cape and the fedora. The family made a most attractive ensemble for the happy day.