This is a list of queens consort of Norway. The role and position of the queen consort changed considerably over the centuries. Some queens exercised significant political influence alongside their husbands, while others served as regents.
The incumbent Queen consort of Norway is Queen Mette-Marit, who became Queen of Norway when her husband King Haakon VIII accseded to the Norwegian throne upon the death of his father King Harald V.
Royal marriages were traditionally influenced by political considerations and were often used to establish or strengthen alliances between ruling dynasties. For much of Norwegian history, members of the royal family were expected to marry within the European nobility and royalty; consequently, many Norwegian queens consort were born outside Norway.
Due to Norway's unions with Denmark and Sweden, the queens consort from 1450 to 1814 were also queens consort of Denmark, while those from 1814 to 1905 were also queens consort of Sweden.
Fairhair dynasty Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Non-contemporary Ragnhild the Mighty Eirik of Jutland – 885 888Her death – Harald IHarald I had many other wives but it isn't certain if they are his spouse or just concubines. They were: Åsa Håkonsdotter of Lade, Gyda Eriksdotter of Jutland, Svanhild Øysteinsdotter, Åshild Ringsdotter of Ringerike, Snæfrithr Svásadottir, and Tora Mosterstong, his maidservant. Non-contemporary Gunnhild Gormsdóttir of DenmarkAlso Queen consort of Jórvík Gorm the Old of Denmark(Knytlinga) 910 922 931husband's accession 934husband's deposition after 970 Eric I
Knýtling dynasty Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Tove of the Obotrites Mstivoj – January 963 976husband's conquest 985/6husband's death – Harald Bluetooth
Unclassified Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Non-contemporary Tyri Haraldsdatter of Denmark Harald Bluetooth(Knytlinga) – 998 9 September 1000husband'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]Also Queen consort of England Burislav of Wendland perhaps identical to Sigrid and or the daughter of Mieszko I. Sweyn Forkbeard Non-contemporary Sigrid Storråda[legendary] 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; reconstructed as Świętosława) 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 Non-contemporary Astrid Olofsdotter Olof Skötkonung(Munsö) – February 1019 1028husband flees after Denmark invades 1035 Olaf II
Knýtling dynasty Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Non-contemporary Emma of Normandy Richard I, Duke of Normandy(Normandy) 985 July 1017 1028husband'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 1047husband's accession 25 September 1066husband's death c. 1067 Harald III Ingerid Swensdatter of Denmark Sweyn II of Denmark(Estridsen) ? c. 1067 c. 1093husband's death ? Olaf III Margaret Fredkulla Ingesdotter of SwedenAlso Queen consort of Mann and the Isles. Inge I of Sweden(Stenkil) 1080s c. 1101 August 1103husband's death c. 1130 Magnus III Ingebjørg Guttormsdatter Guttorm Toresson ? ? August 1103husband's accession 29 August 1123husband's death ? Eystein I Malmfred Mstislavna of Kiev Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev(Rurikid) c. 1105 1116 and 1120 26 March 1130husband's death after 1137 Sigurd I Christine Knutsdatter of Denmark Canute Lavard(Estridsen) c. 1118 c. 1132 c. 1133 Magnus IV
Gille dynasty Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter of Sweden Prince Ragnvald Ingesson of Sweden(Stenkil) 1100–10 c. 1134 c. 1136 husband's death after 1161 Harald IV Ragna Nikolasdatter Nikolas Måse ? ? c. 1142husband's accession c. 1157 Eystein II
Hardrada (Skakke) dynasty Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Estrid Bjørnsdotter Björn Byrdasvend ? ? 4 February 1161husband's accession c. 1176 Magnus V
Sverre dynasty Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Margaret Eriksdotter of Sweden Saint Erik(Erik) ? c. 1189 9 March 1202husband's death c. 1209 Sverre Margrete Skulesdatter Skule Bårdsson c. 1208 25 May 1225 15 December 1263husband's death c. 1270 Haakon IV Rikissa BirgersdotterCo queen. Birger Jarl(Bjälbo) c. 1237 c. 1251 5 May 1257husband'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 1280husband'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 1299husband's death 1358 Euphemia of Rügen Günther, Count of Arnstein c. 1270 Spring of 1299 15 July 1299husband's accession c. 1312 Haakon V
House of Bjälbo Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Non-contemporary Blanche of NamurAlso Queen consort of the Goths.Also Queen consort of the Geats. John I, Marquis of Namur(Dampierre) 1320 5 November 1335 15 August 1343husband's deposition 1363 Magnus VII Non-contemporary Margaret Valdemarsdatter of Denmark Valdemar IV of Denmark(Estridsen) 1353 9 April 1363 11 September 1380husband's death 28 October 1412 Haakon VI
House of Pomerania Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Non-contemporary Philippa of EnglandAlso Queen consort of Denmark.Also Queen consort of the Wends.Also Queen consort of Sweden. 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 1st time. John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach(Hohenzollern) 1430–31 12 September 1445 6 January 1448husband'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 Karl Ormsson Gumsehuvud(Gumsehufvud) 1418 5 October 1438 20 November 1449husband's accession June 1450husband's deposition 7 September 1450 Charles I
House of Oldenburg Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Dorothea of BrandenburgAlso Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein.2nd time. John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach(Hohenzollern) 1430–31 28 October 1449 June 1450husband's accession 21 May 1481husband's death 10 November 1495 Christian I Interregnum (1481–1483) Christina of Saxony Ernest, Elector of Saxony(Wettin) 25 December 1461 6 September 1478 1483husband's accession 20 February 1513 husband's death 8 December 1521 John Isabella of Austria Philip the Handsome, King of Castile(Habsburg) 18 July 1501 12 August 1515 20 January 1523husband's deposition 19 January 1526 Christian II Sophie of Pomerania Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania(Pomerania) 1498 9 October 1518 1524husband's accession 10 April 1533husband's death 13 May 1568 Frederick I Interregnum (1533–1537) Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg(Ascania) 9 July 1511 29 October 1525 1537husband's accession 1 January 1559 husband's death 7 October 1571 Christian III Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow(Mecklenburg-Güstrow) 4 September 1557 20 July 1572 4 April 1588husband's death 14 October 1631 Frederick II Anne Catherine of Brandenburg Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg(Hohenzollern) 26 June 1575 27 November 1597 8 April 1612 Christian IV Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg(Welf) 24 March 1628 1 October 1643 6 July 1648husband's accession 9 February 1670husband's death 20 February 1685 Frederick III Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel(Hesse-Kassel) 27 April 1650 25 June 1667 9 February 1670husband's accession 25 August 1699husband's death 27 March 1714 Christian V Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow(Mecklenburg-Güstrow) 28 August 1667 5 December 1695 25 August 1699husband's accession 15 March 1721 Frederick IV Anne Sophie Reventlow Conrad, Count Reventlow(Reventlow) 16 April 1693 4 April 1721 12 October 1730husband's death 7 January 1743 Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach(Hohenzollern) 28 November 1700 7 August 1721 12 October 1730husband's accession 6 August 1746husband's death 27 May 1770 Christian VI Louise of Great Britain George II of Great Britain(Hanover) 7 December 1724 11 December 1743 6 August 1746husband's accession 19 December 1751 Frederick V Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel(Brunswick-Bevern) 4 September 1729 8 July 1752 13 January 1766husband's death 10 October 1796 Caroline Matilda of Great Britain Frederick, Prince of Wales(Hanover) 11 July 1751 8 November 1766 10 May 1775 Christian VII Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel Also Duchess consort of Saxe-Lauenburg. Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel(Hesse-Kassel) 28 October 1767 31 July 1790 13 March 1808husband's accession 14 January 1814husband's deposition 22 March 1852 Frederick VI
House of Holstein-Gottorp PictureCoat of Arms Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg(Holstein-Gottorp) 22 March 1759 7 July 1774 4 November 1814 husband's accession 5 February 1818husband's death 20 June 1818 Charles II
House of Bernadotte PictureCoat of Arms Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Désirée Clary François Clary 8 November 1777 17 August 1798 5 February 1818 husband's accession 8 March 1844 husband's death 17 December 1860 Charles III John Joséphine de Beauharnais Eugène de Beauharnais(Beauharnais) 14 March 1807 19 June 1823 8 March 1844 husband's accession 8 July 1859husband's death 7 June 1876 Oscar I Louise van Oranje-Nassau Prince Frederick of the Netherlands(Orange-Nassau) 5 August 1828 19 June 1850 8 July 1859husband's accession 30 March 1871 Charles IV Sophia of Nassau William, Duke of Nassau(Nassau-Weilburg) 9 July 1836 6 June 1857 18 September 1872 husband's accession 26 October 1905 husband renounces claim after the Union dissolved 30 December 1913 Oscar II
House of Glücksburg