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- Following a November plebiscite, he accepted the offer and was formally elected king of Norway by the Storting. He took the Old Norse name Haakon and ascended to the throne as Haakon VII, becoming the first independent Norwegian monarch since Olaf II in 1387.
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Two days later, on 27 November, Haakon VII took his constitutional oath before parliament as Norway's first independent king in 518 years. However, Norway counts 18 November, the day of his election, as the formal beginning of his reign.
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On November 18, 1905, the Storting formally asked him to become the king of Norway. After agreeing to their proposal, Carl quickly earned the love of the Norwegian people after he adopted the old Norse name Haakon. On 27 November 1905, Carl swore the oath of office as Haakon VII.
Aug 11, 2021 · The man who would become the King of Norway was actually a Danish Prince: born near Copenhagen on 3 August 1872, in Charlottenlund Palace, he was the second son of the Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Louise of Denmark.
Jun 13, 2013 · King of Norway. On 7 June 1905 the Norwegian Storting passed a resolution to dissolve the union with Sweden. In October 1905 King Oscar II renounced his claim to the Norwegian throne, and formally declined the offer to institute a prince of the House of Bernadotte as King of Norway.
King Haakon VII was a popular monarch in Norway before the war and his rigid stance against the German invaders in 1940 made him even more popular. Frenzied crowds lined the streets of Oslo to cheer his return from exile in 1945.
King of Norway (1905–57). Formerly Prince Charles of Denmark, he was elected by the Norwegian Storting (parliament) to the throne in 1905. In April 1940 he was driven out by the German invasion.
Haakon VII, 1872–1957, king of Norway (1905–57). Formerly Prince Charles, second son of King Frederick VIII of Denmark, he was elected by the Storting to the throne on the separation of Norway from Sweden in 1905 and took the name Haakon.
