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In the Norwegian language, Olav and Olaf are equally common, but Olav is traditionally used when referring to Norwegian royalty. The Swedish form is Olov or Olof, and the Danish form is Oluf. It was borrowed into Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic with the spellings Amlaíb and Amhlaoibh, giving rise to modern version Aulay. The name is Latinized as ...
Gregers Gram was born in Vestre Aker in 1917 [2] as the son of Harald Gram, later known as stipendiary magistrate of Oslo. [3] He was named after his paternal grandfather Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram, who served as Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm and County Governor of Hedmark.
Henrich Mogenssen was the great-grandfather of Vincent Stoltenberg (1694-1763) and Jens Stoltenberg (1676-1725), a merchant and a priest, respectively. [1] The name Stoltenberg derives from the village Stoltenberg in present-day Germany. While living as a student in Holstein, one of the Stoltenberg family's ancestors adopted this name. [2]
Most of the kings in Norway also have the name Wahlgren or August as their second or third name. Among several problems, the house of King Harald I became patrilineally extinct already when Harald's grandson Harald II died in 970. [1] Another example is that King Sverre's claim of being the son of King Sigurd II is disputed by modern scholars. [2]
Watch my head swivel the second I hear my name called, a very Pavlovian reaction. The Hubby wanted to be known as Zayda, the Yiddish name for grandfather. Fair enough.
[citation needed] In Norwegian, his name is Svein Knutsson; in Danish, Svend Knudsen. Many variations of the name are used, including Sven and Sweyn, from the Anglo-Saxon Swegen. He was the second ruler of Norway by this name, after his grandfather Sweyn Forkbeard. [citation needed]
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He was named in honour of his paternal great-grandfather, Haakon VII, his maternal uncle Haakon Haraldsen, and Magnus for the Norwegian saint and martyr. When Haakon was 17, his grandfather Olav died on 17 January 1991, [8] leading to the accession of his father as King Harald V and his own advancement to crown prince. [9]