Haakon VII (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈhôːkʊn]; 3 August 1872 – 21 September 1957) was King of Norway from 18 November 1905 until his death in 1957. The...
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Haakon VII (1872–1957) was King of Norway from 1905 to 1957. Haakon VII or King Haakon VII or variation, may also refer to: HNoMS King Haakon VII, a Royal...
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Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991. Olav was the only child of King Haakon VII of Norway and Maud of Wales. He became heir apparent to the Norwegian...
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Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈhôːkʊn]; Haakon Magnus; born 20 July 1973) is the heir apparent to the Norwegian throne. He...
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Beerenberg (redirect from Haakon VII toppen)
wide, with numerous peaks along its rim including the highest summit, Haakon VII Toppen, on its western side. Its name is Dutch for "Bear Mountain", and...
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Balliol College, Oxford. Following the death of his grandfather King Haakon VII in 1957, Harald became crown prince as his father became king. Harald...
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Haakon VII may refer to the following Royal Norwegian Navy ships: HNoMS King Haakon VII, an escort ship in service from 1942 to 1951 HNoMS Haakon VII (A537)...
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Haakon V Magnusson Haakon VI of Norway (1340–1380), known as Haakon VI Magnusson Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957), born Prince Carl of Denmark Haakon...
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to the Norwegian throne of Prince Carl of Denmark, taking the name of Haakon VII. Norwegian nationalistic aspirations in 1814 were frustrated by Sweden's...
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the election of Prince Carl of Denmark as King of Norway (regnal name Haakon VII) during the dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union in 1905. The Norwegian...
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princes of a ducal family from Schleswig. Among his siblings was King Haakon VII of Norway. His son became Frederick IX of Denmark. Among his cousins were...
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Sophia of Greece, and Empress Alexandra of Russia were his nieces; King Haakon VII of Norway was both his nephew and his son-in-law; kings Frederick VIII...
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Denmark, while their second son, Carl, ascended the Norwegian throne as Haakon VII in 1905. Prince Frederick was born on 3 June 1843 in the Yellow Palace...
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King Haakon VII Sea (Norwegian: Kong Håkon VII Hav) is a proposed name for part of the Southern Ocean on the coast of East Antarctica. The International...
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Maud of Wales (category Children of Edward VII)
November 1938) was Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII. The youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, she was...
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Terre Haakon VII) after the then King of Norway, Haakon VII, by Gunnar Isachsen, who mapped the area in the first decade of the 20th century. Haakon VII Land...
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63°26′28″N 10°27′18″E / 63.441°N 10.455°E / 63.441; 10.455 Haakon VII's gate is a street in the Norwegian city of Trondheim. Running mostly through...
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HNoMS King Haakon VII was a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship during World War II, named after King Haakon VII of Norway. She was given to the RNoN by the...
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accepted, assuming the throne as King Haakon VII. The new royal family arrived in Norway on 25 November. King Haakon and Queen Maud were crowned in a ceremony...
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Norway and Sweden and the subsequent election of a Danish prince as King Haakon VII in 1905, the reigning royal house of Norway has been a branch of the...
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Denmark, who took the name of Haakon VII when he accepted his election as king of a completely independent Norway. Haakon became the first monarch to use...
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Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal is a Norwegian military award, which was instituted by King Haakon VII of Norway on 27 October 1942. It was awarded in...
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King Haakon VII's Freedom Cross (Norwegian: Haakon VIIs Frihetskors) was established in Norway on 18 May 1945. The medal is awarded to Norwegian or foreign...
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(1204–1263), the Old Haakon V of Norway (1270–1319), Haakon V Magnusson Haakon VI of Norway (c. 1340–1380), as Håkan also King of Sweden Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957)...
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and his sister Maud. Maud would later marry her cousin, the future King Haakon VII of Norway, in 1896. A son of Christian and brother of Alexandra, Prince...
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31 March 1932 and her godparents were: her paternal grandparents, King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway; her maternal grandparents, Prince Carl and Princess...
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[citation needed] The last king to use the by the grace of God style was Haakon VII, who died in 1957. The King's title today is formally Norges Konge ("Norway's...
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The campaign was fought until 10 June 1940 and saw the escape of King Haakon VII and Crown Prince Olav to the United Kingdom. A British, French and Polish...
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The Antarctic Plateau, Polar Plateau or King Haakon VII Plateau is a large area of East Antarctica that extends over a diameter of about 1,000 kilometres...
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as Haakon VII of Norway. Christian IX's daughters, Alexandra and Dagmar (as Maria Feodorovna) became the consorts of, respectively, King Edward VII of...
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