75th Anniversaries

King Harald and Queen Sonja both celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 2012. The official celebrations took place 31 May, with sweetbuns and juice for the children in the Palace Square and a concert on the roof of Oslo Opera House (Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB scanpix)

The Royal Guard surrounded by kindergarten children in the Palace Square (Photo: Svein Barmen, Statsbygg)

3 000 kindergarten kids were gathered in the Palace Square (Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB Scanpix)

King Harald and Queen Sonja (Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB Scanpix)

King Harald with The Crown Princess, Marius and Princess Ingrid Alexandra (Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix)

Princess Ingrid Alexandra (Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix)

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess with Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus (Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix)

Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus (Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix)

Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus (Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix)

Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn were on the Palace Balcony with their three daughters (Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix)

Children from Godlia kindergarten had dressed as princesses for the occasion (Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix)

The Royal Guard presented The King and Queen with a tattoo for their anniversaries (Photo: Liv Osmundsen, the Royal Court)

The Royal Guard gave a special tattoo in honour of the King and Queen (Photo: Svein Barmen, Statsbygg)

Many of the children are now planning to join the Royal Guard... (Photo: Liv Osmundsen, The Royal Court)

Waiting in the Palace Square (Photo: Lise Åserud, Scanpix)

Members of the Royal Court handed out sweet buns and juice to all the children. (Photo: Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen, the Royal Court)

Members of the Royal Court handed out sweet buns and juice to all the children. (Photo: Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen, the Royal Court)

Members of the Royal Court handed out sweet buns and juice to all the children. (Photo: Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen, the Royal Court)

Sweet buns in the Palace Square (Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB Scanpix)

President of the National Assembly, Mr Dag Terje Andersen, presented The King and Queen with the gift from the Storting: A painting by Anne Vistven depicting Their Majesties consecration ceremony (Photo: Erlend Aas / NTB scanpix)

Mayor Fabian Stang presented the gift from the City of Oslo - a statue of King Haakon (Photo: Erlend Aas / NTB scanpix)

President Egil Olli (left) and Jarle Jonassen of of the Sami Parliament were among the congratulators at the Palace (Photo: Erlend Aas / NTB scanpix)

Herborg Kråkevik led the concert on the Opera roof (Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB scanpix)

King Harald and Queen Sonja on the Opera Roof (Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB scanpix)

King Harald and Queen Sonja on the Opera Roof (Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB scanpix)

King Harald and Queen Sonja on the Opera Roof (Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB scanpix)

Athletes Siren Sundby, Olaf Tufte and Kjetil André Aamodt braught greetings from Norwegian Sports (Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB scanpix)

Ole Paus was among the artists performing on the Opera Roof (Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / NTB scanpix)