Queen Sonja of Norway has been discharged from Rikshospitalet in Oslo after a successful surgery.The wife of King Harald, who was taken to the hospital on Wednesday after a skiing accident has left the health facility,

Norway's Queen Sonja has been discharged from hospital in Oslo after a successful operation to implant a heart pacemaker, the palace reported on Friday. Sonja, who is 87, underwent the operation in the Rikshospitalet on Thursday.

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Queen Sonja, 87, will have a pacemaker inserted in a scheduled surgery later this week after suffering a heart problem during the weekend, the Norwegian royal court said on Tuesday.

Queen Sonja is set to undergo surgery after her hospitalisation last weekend. The Norwegian Queen Consort, 87, will be fitted with a pacemaker on Thursday, the palace confirmed in a statement. She will be admitted to Rikshospitalet in Oslo on Wednesday evening ahead of the procedure and is then expected to remain in the hospital for one or two days.

Queen Sonja of Norway was admitted to the hospital on Jan. 11 following a flare-up of her atrial fibrillation while skiing. She was discharged the following day, and the palace assures that her condition is not serious.

Norway's 87-year-old Queen Sonja has left hospital after undergoing surgery to fit a pacemaker to correct an irregular heartbeat, the royal palace announced on Friday.

The wife of King Harald was briefly admitted to Lillehammer hospital after a ‘skiing incident’ complicated her pre-existing heart condition, but has seen been discharged in high spirits