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After the death of Olav Kyrre he was hailed as King of Norway in Trondheim, while his cousin, King Magnus Barefoot, was hailed in Viken. He soon came into conflict with King Magnus and war seemed inevitable. In 1095, Magnus Berrføtt prepared an armed action against Haakon, but was surprised by the strong position held by his cousin.
Jun 23, 1991 · Accession of the new monarch in 1991. King Olav V died on the evening of 17 January 1991. At that same moment, Crown Prince Harald became Norway’s new king: King Harald V. As the night passed, mourners began to fill the Palace Square with flowers and candles. King Olav succeeded his father, King Haakon VII, on 21 September 1957, and reigned ...
Ingeborg of Norway (Old Norse Ingibjörg Hákonardóttir, Swedish Ingeborg Håkansdotter, Norwegian Ingebjørg Håkonsdatter; 1301 – 17 June 1361), was a Norwegian princess and by marriage a Swedish royal duchess with a position in the regency governments in Norway (1319–27) and Sweden (1319–26) during the minority of her son, King Magnus of Norway and Sweden.
Magnus Haraldsson ( Old Norse: Magnús Haraldsson; c. 1048 – 28 April 1069) was King of Norway from 1066 to 1069, jointly with his brother Olaf Kyrre from 1067. He was not included in official Norwegian regnal lists until modern times, but has since been counted as Magnus II . A son of King Harald Hardrada, Magnus was in 1058 appointed ...
Louise of Sweden. Signature. Haakon VII ( Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈhôːkʊn]; born Prince Carl of Denmark; 3 August 1872 – 21 September 1957) was King of Norway from November 1905 until his death in September 1957. Originally a Danish prince, he was born in Copenhagen as the son of the future Frederick VIII of Denmark and Louise of Sweden.
Feb 1, 2020 · Olaf of Norway, Denmark and Sweden. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Olaf (1370-1387) was King of Denmark 1375-1387 as Olaf II (Danish: Oluf) and King of Norway 1380-1387 as Olaf IV (Norwegian: Olav ), also born a Prince of Sweden and (primarily) of Norway, where his father was King. Olaf II of Denmark.
Oscar II. Oscar II (21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907), baptised Oscar Fredrik, [1] was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.
