Norway’s Queen Sonja stopped by the Ullevaal University Hospital in Oslo on Thursday, to meet with the hospital’s child patients. 
It is part of a annual tradition for a member of the royal family to take time to visit those in need in the days leading up to Christmas.
The Queen was greeted by a young girl in a wheelchair upon her arrival. Then, she was taken to a classroom, where the rest of the young patients sat and chatted with her. Queen Sonja also got a briefing on how the children’s clinic is faced with many challenges as of late. One of them is the increasing number of patients who are multicultural and bilingual.
The clinic at Ullevaal University Hospital is the country’s largest with 92 beds.
Queen Sonja has been to Ullevaal before, and she talked about her last visit.
“I was here among the others during the opening ten years ago, and it’s very nice to come back. It seems as if the children are taken very good care of the school terms and also with play. It is joy, laughter and the expectation that characterizes the entire department,” said the queen told NTB.
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