List of Norwegian queens

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This is a list of Norwegian queens. This list covers a large time span and the role of a queen has changed much over the centuries. However individual queens have also shaped their own role in remarkable ways. Many have truly ruled the country side by side with their husband and some have become sole regents. The marriage of an heir or a king was most often affected by politics and alliances were often affirmed by marriages in the royal families. It was also for a long period not permittable for a royal to marry a non-royal. Thus the choise of wife would be narrow in one's own country and most of the queens in this list are not native to their husbonds country. Due to unions with Denmark and Sweden the queens listed from 1380-1814 were also queens of Denmark and the queens listed from 1814-1905 were also queens of Sweden .

• 880-930 : Gyda (wife of Harald I)
• 930-947 : Gunnhild Mother of Kings, (wife of Eirik I), very politically influential, d. 971.
• 998-1000: Tyri of Denmark, (wife of Olav I, earlier wife of Swedish throne-claimant (971) Styrbjörn Starke.
• 1016-1030 : Astrid Olofsdotter of Sweden, (wife of king Olav II)
• 1050-1066 : Elisiv of Kiev, (wife of Harald III)
• 1066-? : Ingerid of Denmark (wife of Olaf III of Norway)
• 1101-1103 : Margaret Fredkulla of Sweden (wife of Magnus III)
• 1103-1123 : Gunnhild (wife of co-regent Øystein I)
• 1110s : Blathmin O'Brien of Ireland (first wife of Sigurd I)
• 1132-1133 : Christine of Denmark (wife of Magnus IV)
• 1120-1128 : Malmfrid of Novgorord (second wife of Sigurd I)
• 1134-1136 : Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter of Sweden (wife of Harald IV), d. 1170.
• 1136-1157 : Ragna Nikolasdatter (wife of Øystein II) d. 1157
• 1161-1176 : Estrid Bjørnsdotter (wife of Magnus V)
• 1189-1202 : Margaret of Sweden (wife of Sverre), d. 1209
  • 1207-? : Kristina Sverresdotter of Norway (wife of co-king Philippus Simonsson)
• 1225-1263 : Margrét Skúladóttir (wife of Haakon IV), d. 1270
  • 1251-1257 : Rikissa Birgersdotter of Sweden (wife of Co-regent Haakon Haakonsson the Young) d. 1288
• 1263-1280 : Ingeborg Eriksdotter (wife of Magnus VI), d. 1287
• 1281-1283 : Margaret of Scotland (first wife of Eirik II)
• 1287?-1299 : Isabel Bruce (second wife of Eirik II), d. 1358
• 1299-1319 : Eufemia of Rügen (wife of Haakon V), d. 1312
• 1336-1343 : Blanka of Namur (wife of Magnus VII), d. 1363

• 1363-1412 : Margaret I of Norway (wife of Haakon VI) regent from 1388
• 1406-1430 : Philippa of England (wife of Erik III)
• 1445-1448 : Dorothea of Brandenburg (wife of Christopher of Bavaria), d. 1495
• 1449-1450 : Catherine of Bjurum (wife of Charles I), d. 1451
• 1450-1481 : Dorothea of Brandenburg (wife of Christian I), d. 1495
• 1483-1513 : Christina of Saxony (wife of Hans), d. 1521
• 1515-1523 : Isabella of Habsburg (wife of Christian II), d. 1526

• 1523-1533 : Sophie of Pomerania (second wife of Frederick I), d. 1568
• 1534-1559 : Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (wife of Christian III), d. 1571
• 1572-1588 : Sophia of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (wife of Frederick II), d. 1631
• 1597-1612 : Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (wife of Christian IV)
• 1648-1670 : Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (wife of Frederick III), d. 1685
• 1670-1699 : Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Cassel (wife of Christian V), d. 1714
• 1699-1721 : Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (first wife of Frederick IV)
• 1721-1730 : Anne Sophie Reventlow (second wife of Frederick IV), d. 1743
• 1730-1746 : Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (wife of Christian VI), d. 1770
• 1746-1751 : Louise of Great Britain (first wife of Frederick V)
• 1752-1766 : Juliana Maria of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (second wife of Frederick V)
• 1766-1775 : Caroline Matilda of Wales (wife of Christian VII)
• 1808-1814 : Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (wife of Frederick VI), d. 1852
• 1814-1818 : Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (wife of Charles II)
• 1818-1844 : Désirée Clary (wife of Charles III John), d. 1860
• 1844-1859 : Josephine of Leuchtenberg (wife of Oscar I), d. 1879
• 1859-1871 : Louise of the Netherlands (wife of Charles IV)
• 1872-1905 : Sophia of Nassau (wife of Oscar II), d. 1913
• 1905-1938 : Maud of Wales (wife of Haakon VII)
• Since 1991 : Sonja Haraldsen (wife of Harald V)

See also: List of Norwegian monarchs