Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 future Haakon VII was born in Copenhagen as Prince Carl of Denmark.
Haakon Haraldsson (c. 920–961), also Haakon the Good (Old Norse: Hákon góði, Norwegian: Håkon den gode) and Haakon Adalsteinfostre (Old Norse: Hákon Aðalsteinsfóstri, Norwegian: Håkon Adalsteinsfostre), was the king of Norway from 934 to 961. He was noted for his attempts to introduce Christianity into Norway. [1] [2] [3]
Haakon the Young 1232–1240–1257: Margrete Skulesdatter 1208–1270: Haakon V 1270–1299–1319: Eric II 1268–1280–1299: BJÄLBO: Duke Erik Magnusson 1282–1318: Ingeborg of Norway 1301–1361: MECKLENBURG: ESTRIDSEN: Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg 1318–1378: Euphemia of Sweden 1317–1370: Valdemar IV of Denmark 1320–1375: Magnus ...
He took the name Haakon and gave his son Alexander the name Olav, names that linked the new royal house to the Norwegian kings from the Middle Ages. Specifically Haakon VI and Olaf IV were the last monarchs before the Kalmar Union. On 22 June 1906, King Haakon VII and Queen Maud were crowned in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. [2]
The number of state visits has increased greatly during the 1900s. King Haakon VII reigned for 52 years from 1905 and made a total of 13 state visits to foreign countries. King Harald V had as of 2016 reigned for 25 years and had conducted 45 state visits. Today a state visit is accompanied by large trade delegations and is seen as an important ...
Sigurd Ladejarl with King Haakon the Good, Drawing by Christian Krohg, 1899. Sigurd Håkonsson (died 962) (Old Norse: Sigurðr Hákonarson) was a Norwegian nobleman and Jarl of Lade in Trøndelag. [1] Sigurd Håkonsson Ladejarl was the son of Håkon Grjotgardsson, the first Jarl of Lade (Old Norse: Hlaðir).
Burial site of Håkon V in Oslo A sculpture believed to be of King Haakon V Magnusson as Duke of Oslo, Oppland, Ryfylke, the Faroe Islands, and Shetland. [3] Haakon was the younger surviving son of Magnus the Lawmender, King of Norway, and his wife Ingeborg of Denmark. Through his mother, he was a descendant of Eric IV, king of Denmark
English: Funeral of Haakon VII, king of Norway 1905 – 1957. Persons at the forefront of the funeral procession from the Royal palace to Akershus Fortress in downtown Oslo: Olav V (born Prince Alexander of Denmark; 1903 – 1991), King of Norway 1957 – 1991; Prince Harald of Norway (born 1937)