Room 31 - Two Queens meet

Norway has had two queens since the union with Sweden was dissolved in 1905: Maud, during 1905–1938, and Sonja, starting in 1991. These are two women with different backgrounds in different epochs, yet with the same vocation. As wife to a reigning king in a modern monarchy, they enter into a symbolic role. The installations in Room 31 show how the two queens fill the role with content and personality, and how they communicate it through the clothing they wear. 

Thanks  

Thanks to Anne Kjellberg for professional advice

Mardi 8 

Director: Nicolas Lim

Sound Composer: Reno Isaac

Graphic Artist: Simon Taulelle

Post Production Director: Nicolas Lim

Post Production Assistant: Marlène Blondeau

Project Managers: Montse Cerdan and Clothilde Lepas

Producer: Youenn Le Guen

The National Museum 

Curators: Karun Nordgård and Anne Sommerin Simonnæs

Curator Learning: Helga Gravermoen

Editors: Amalie Nordberg Juel and Klaus Kottmann

Project Manager: Marianne Moe

Multimedia Editorial Board

Archive

Official coronation picture of H.M. King Haakon and H.M. Queen Maud, 1906 – Photo: The Royal House of Norway

H.M. Queen Maud’s coronation gown, 1906 – Photo: Annar Bjørgli / The National Museum

Portrait of H.M. Queen Maud, 1906 – Photo: Mittet & Co. AS / National Library of Norway 

H.M. King Haakon and H.M. Queen Maud skiing, 1906 – Photo: Anders Beer Wilse / The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History

Blue ski dress trimmed with fur, unidentified designer and producer, 1920 – Photo: The National Museum

Brown ski coat, unidentified designer and producer, 1923 – Photo: Annar Bjørgli / The National Museum

H.M. King Haakon and H.M. Queen Maud at Holmenkollen ski centre, 1923 – Photo: Anders Beer Wilse / The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History

Profile portrait of H.M. Queen Maud, 1906 – 
Photo: Carl Anderson / Mittet & Co. AS / National Library of Norway

Gala gown (light green with a short train), Laferrière, c. 1907–1909 – Photo: Annar Bjørgli / The National Museum 

Back of a gala gown, unidentified designer and producer, c. 1907–1909 – Photo: Teigens Photoatelier / The National Museum

H.M. Queen Maud and H.R.H. Crown Prince Olav, 1906 – Photo: Unknown photographer / Mittet & Co. AS / National Library of Norway 

H.M. Queen Maud and H.K.H. Crown Prince Olav reading a book at the palace, 1909 – Photo: Carl Anderson / Mittet & Co. AS / National Library of Norway

Portrait of H.M. Queen Maud in a striped dress, 1914 – Photo: Frank Arthur Swaine / National Library of Norway

H.M. Queen Maud in a horse-drawn carriage during Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to Christiania, 1910 – Photo: Unknown photographer / The National Museum

H.M. Queen Maud in Lillehammer during the coronation journey, 1906 – Photo: Unknown photographer / National Library of Norway

Coat with fur and dress, unidentified designer and producer, 1935 – Photo: Teigens Photoatelier / The National Museum

Evening dress (purple), unidentified designer and producer, c. 1910–1913 – Photo: Teigens Photoatelier / The National Museum

Evening dress (red), unidentified designer and producer, c. 1910–1913 – Photo: Teigens Photoatelier / The National Museum

H.M. Queen Maud in a garden with an umbrella, 1924 – Photo: Anders Beer Wilse / The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History

H.M. King Haakon and H.M. Queen Maud in Trondheim, 1906 – Photo: Anders Beer Wilse / The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History

Ski dress (with blue buttons), Vernon, c. 1920–1925 – Photo: The National Museum

H.R.H. Prinsess Maud and H.R.H. Prince Carl with bicycles, c. 1900–1905 – Photo: National Library of Norway

H.M. King Haakon and H.M. Queen Maud outdoors in January 1906 – Photo: Anders Beer Wilse / The National Museum

Gala gown (turquois with gold), unidentified designer and producer, c. 1905–1910 – Photo: Annar Bjørgli / The National Museum

Gala gown (with rose), E.M. Clapham, c. 1920–1925 – Photo: Annar Bjørgli / The National Museum

Evening dress ‘Arlesienne’, Attributed to Jean Charles Worth, House of Worth, c. 1912–1915 – Photo: Teigens Photoatelier / The National Museum

H.M. Queen Maud and H.R.H. Crown Prince Olav with horses at the royal estate at Bygdøy, 1910 – Photo: Anders Beer Wilse / The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History

Riding habit and boots, producer: John Busvine & Co., c. 1920 – Photo: Teigens Photoatelier / The National Museum

H.M. Queen Maud with H.R.H. Crown Prince Olav in a garden, 1924 – Photo: Anders Beer Wilse / The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History

Coat with fringe, unidentified designer and producer, c. 1920–1925 – Photo: The National Museum

The Royal Couple and the Crown Prince sitting on a bench in a garden, 1911 – Photo: Anders Beer Wilse / The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History

Gala gown, designer: Morin-Blossier, 1906 – Photo: The National Museum