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18 November 1905
- Following the November plebiscite, Haakon accepted the opportunity and was proclaimed king on 18 November 1905.
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Coronation portrait of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud, 22 June 1906. On 22 June 1906, King Haakon and Queen Maud were solemnly crowned and anointed in the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim by the Bishop of Trondheim Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen.
Jun 13, 2013 · King Haakon and Queen Maud were crowned in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim on 22 June 1906. Early years as King King Haakon and Queen Maud spent their first years in Norway becoming thoroughly acquainted with their new country.
He was offered the Norwegian crown in 1905, after the dissolution of the Swedish–Norwegian union, and he agreed to accept it only if he were approved in a Norwegian plebiscite. Overwhelmingly approved on Nov. 12, 1905, he was elected king by the Storting (parliament) on November 18. He was given the Old Norse name of Haakon.
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Jul 6, 2020 · 7 June. The date of the homecoming, 7 June, was not chosen at random. It marked five years to the day since the King and the Crown Prince had been forced to leave Norway for England on the British cruiser Devonshire. “The day we decided we had to leave the country was a grim and sombre day,” King Haakon told the crowd in Oslo’s City Hall Square.
