Queen Sonja's childhood home's restoration has been completed and opened as a museum

The restoration of Queen Sonja's childhood home located in Maihaugen has been completed. On September 25, 2020, The Queen attended the celebration held on the occasion of the restoration's completion and the ceremony where she was appointed as the honorary citizen of Lillehammer by Lillehammer Mayor Ingunn Trosholmen. The home has been opened as a museum which is open to the public.

Queen Sonja's childhood home was built in the 1930s in the residential area at Vinderen. The house was built for the Haraldsen family, and Queen Sonja lived most of her life there until she got married to Crown Prince Harald in 1968. Sonja’s childhood home moved from Vinderen to Maihaugen open-air museum in Lillehammer. The home has been restored like it was while the queen lived there between 1937 and 1968.