Queen Sonja creates two 400kg ceramic pots for Oslo art hall

Norway’s Queen Sonja has made two ceramic pots for the entrance to the Dronning Sonja KunstStall, the Oslo art hall named after her. Each weighs 400kg, and the Norwegian royal court says they are the largest pots she has made. [1]

Court photographs show the 89-year-old queen working on the pieces in overalls and a face mask, spraying them with colour from a scaffold. She was also present when the pots were installed, filming the work on her phone.

Sonja, the mother of King Haakon, has worked with ceramics for years. The court says she took inspiration for the new pieces from a smaller pot in the collection of Queen Maud, King Harald’s grandmother.