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Haakon VI (Norwegian: Håkon, Swedish: Håkan; c. August 1340 – 11 September 1380), also known as Håkan Magnusson, was King of Norway from 1343 until his death and King of Sweden between 1362 and 1364.
Haakon VI Magnusson (born 1339, Norway—died 1380, Norway) was the king of Norway (1355–80) whose marriage to Margaret, daughter of the Danish king Valdemar IV, in 1363 paved the way for the eventual union (1397) of the three major Scandinavian nations—Denmark, Norway, and Sweden—the Kalmar Union.
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May 22, 2024 · Today, she reunited with her godson, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, at Norway's Resistance Museum (also called the Home Front Museum, in Oslo).
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- Crown Princess Martha. After the death of President Roosevelt and the end of the second World War, Martha and her children, alongside Olav’s father, King Haakon, finally set off on their return journey to Norway and arrived home on June 7, 1945.
- King Haakon. Not long after Martha’s 1954 death, King Haakon passed away at the age of 85 in 1957 after years of declining health (during which Martha and Olav had stepped up to more responsibilities for the royal family).
- Crown Prince Olav (King Olav V) Olav ascended to the throne in 1957 after Haakon’s death. The new king never remarried after the death of his beloved wife Martha, and ruled the country without a queen for 33 years until his own death on January 17, 1991.
- Prince Harald (King Harald V) Today, Martha and Olav’s son Harald, born in 1937, sits on the Norwegian thrown as King Harald V of Norway. He’s the youngest child of Martha and Olav, but the only son, and thus was the heir to his father’s throne.
Jul 6, 2020 · Today marks 75 years since the day King Haakon returned home after World War II. Hundreds of thousands of Norwegians welcomed the King and the family of the Crown Prince as they came ashore. 07.06.2020. After five years in exile, the entire Royal Family was finally back in Norway.
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway has visited Seattle to discuss how his country and Washington can work together to improve the environment. The royal has been looking at the green transition...
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Apr 17, 2024 · Still today, Norwegians keep coming to the US full of hopes and dreams. Not so much for survival anymore, but with hope for a breakthrough in creative arts such as film and music – or in entrepreneurship. They come for studies, for work or even for love.
