The Queen Maud Vifte Tiara

Photos (clockwise from top left): Queen Maud of Norway; Queen Sonja of Norway; Queen Sonja of Norway; Queen Sonja of Norway; necklace detail


One of the older tiaras in the Norwegian royal collection also happens to be one of the smaller ones: the so-called "Vifte" tiara that once belonged to Maud, the first queen of modern-day independent Norway.



In Norwegian, the word "vifte" roughly