Queen Maud of Norway's Vifte Tiara

Queen Sonja

Crown Princess Mette-Marit

Creation:  This tiara can be worn as a necklace.

Materials:  diamonds set in silver and gold

Queen Maud

Provenance:

1. Queen Maud of Norway; from her grandmother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, on the occasion of her 18th birthday in 1887
2. Crown Princess Märtha of Norway; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1938 but Queen Maud died while in the United Kingdom and the tiara was put into storage in Windsor Castle and was not retrieved until 1953
3. Queen Sonja of Norway; inherited by her husband, King Harald, from his mother in 1954 and given to her after their 1968 marriage

Other Wearers:

• Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway

Questions:

• What jeweller created this tiara?

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Vifte Tiara