The+Norwegian+Royal+Family

[|King Olav V] 2. July 1903 - 17 January 1991. Son of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud. After Followed his father as the King 21 September 1957. [|Crownprince Märtha] 28. March 1901 - 5 April 1954. Princess of Sweden and Crown Princess of Norway. Married to then-Crown Prince Olav in Oslo Cathedral on 21 March 1929.

[|King Haakon VII] 3. August 1872 - 21 September 1957. Son of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Louise of Denmark. Elected to the King of Norway in 1905. [|Queen Maud] 26. November 1869 - 20 November 1938. Princess of Great Britain and Norway's Queen in 1905. Married to Prince Carl, later King Haakon, 22 July 1896

[|Bernadottene] Bernadotte, kings of Norway from 1818 to the dissolution of the union with Sweden in 1905. King Carl III Johan Bernadotte was the first for the Norwegian throne. The war years 1940-1945 German troops invaded Norway on 9 morning April 1940. The German occupying forces tried to secure the King and Government to force Norway to surrender. Union Resolution 1905 7. June 1905 parliament declared the union with Sweden dissolved. Danish Prince Carl accepted the Norwegian throne. He took the name Haakon VII. Independence and a new Union 1814 The year 1814 is perhaps the most eventful in the history of Norway: From the union with Denmark to the union with Sweden, from absolutism to constitutional monarchy. The Office Collection In early medieval Norway consisted of a number of smaller kingdoms. The sagas tell that it was Harald Fair Hair, who united Norway into one kingdom. Kings' Row The Norwegian royal line is considered return of Harald Fair Hair who collected the many Norwegian petty kingships into one kingdom in the late 800's. The Royal Regalia The original Norwegian regalia is lost. Thus there was no regalia when Carl Johan was crowned in 1818. He even paid for the crown and other equipment to the coronation. Collections There is a large amount of beautiful and valuable objects in the castle. The collections consist of photographs, sculptures, silver objects and more.

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