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Apr 8, 2015 · The king’s defiance, and chaotic escape. April 8, 2015. As Norwegians recalled their wartime history this week, attention turned to the chaotic escape of Norway’s king, crown prince and government from Nazi German invaders in April 1940. A new account of King Haakon VII’s historic decision to refuse to surrender shows how it led to nearly ...
Haakon VI. 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. He is sometimes known as Haakon Magnusson the Younger to distinguish him from his great-grandfather, Haakon V (reigned 1299–1319).
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1339, Norway. Died: 1380, Norway (aged 41) Title / Office: king (1355-1380), Norway. 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 ...
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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.
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. He is sometimes known as Haakon Magnusson the Younger to distinguish him from his great-grandfather, Haakon V (reigned 1299–1319).
Jul 6, 2020 · On 5 June 1945, King Haakon boarded HSE Norfolk in Edinburgh to the strains of the Norwegian anthem Ja, vi elsker dette landet. Thus began the trip home to Norway. Photo: Royal Navy official photograph (UK).
