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	Haakon VII of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		King Haakon VII of Norway, Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel (August 3, 1872–September 21, 1957) was the first King of Norway after the dissolution of the personal union with Sweden in 1905.
		After a referendum confirmed the newly-independent Norway as a monarchy, Prince Carl became its king on November 18, 1905, succeeding his great-uncle, the deposed Oscar II of Norway on that throne and was crowned as Haakon VII in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim on June 22, 1906.
		Today, King Haakon is by many regarded as one of the greatest Norwegian politicians of the pre-war period, managing to hold his young and fragile country together in unstable political conditions.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Haakon_VII_of_Norway (389 words)

	Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As a descendant of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Haakon is currently the 61st in line to the British crown.
		Haakon served in the Royal Norwegian Navy undertaking his first-level officer's education at the, followed by a year aboard missile torpedo boats and other vessels.
		Haakon later attended lectures at the University of Oslo and the London School of Economics, as well as completing the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' civil servant introductory course in 2001.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Haakon_Magnus,_Crown_Prince_of_Norway (384 words)

	World Homes Network - Norway
		In 961 Haakon was killed in combat with Danish invaders led by the sons of Eric Bloodaxe, and the ensuing years were turbulent until the arrival in 995 of Olaf (I) Tryggvesson, grandson of one of the murdered half -brothers of Eric.
		Haakon VI died in 1380 and Margaret, his wife, and daughter of Waldemar IV of Denmark, acted as regent in both countries, even after her son Olaf's death in 1387.
		Norway suffered considerably in the constant wars between Sweden and Denmark (the former having seceded from the union in the early 16th century), losing the provinces of Hä rjedalen and Jämtland in 1645 and Bohuslän in 1658.
	www.world-homes.net /atlas/europe/Scandanavia/norway.htm (3277 words)

	Norway
		Haakon IV (1204-1263) King of Norway from 1217, the son of Haakon III.
		Claimed to be son of Magnus III Barefoot; appeared in Norway (1128); at death of Sigurd I (1130), chosen by one faction as king opposed to Magnus IV; civil war (1134-35); captured and blinded Magnus (1135); slain by pretender Sigurd Slembi.
		Daughter of King Erik II of Norway and granddaughter of Alexander III of Scotland and Margaret; affianced to Prince Edward, son of Edward I of England (1287); died in Orkneys en route to England.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/norway.htm (2417 words)

	Encyclopedia: Haakon VII of Norway
		His Majesty King Haakon VII of Norway, Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel (August 3, 1872â“September 21, 1957) was the first King of Norway after the dissolution of the personal union with Sweden in 1905.
		Christian VIII (September 18, 1786–January 20, 1848), king of Denmark 1839-48 and of Norway 1814-14, the eldest son of the hereditary prince Frederick of Denmark and Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, was born in 1786 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen.
		Princess Maud of the United Kingdom later Queen of Norway (Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria) (26 November 1869-20 November 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and later Queen consort of King Haakon VII of Norway.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Haakon-VII-of-Norway (1600 words)

	Eric I of Norway: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Eric I of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Once the power in hands, he started executing his other 18 brothers of his father's 20 sons except one, the future Haakon I and hence being so nicknamed.
		Haakon fled to England and gained enough support from the Norwegian nobles to oust Eric in 933.
		After attempted unsucessful campaigns to regain the throne, he was killed on foreign soil in 954 at Stainmore[?], Westmorland.
	www.encyclopedian.com /er/Eric-I-of-Norway.html (126 words)

	Haakon I of Norway: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Haakon I of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was fostered by King Athelstan of England, who brought him up in the Christian religion, and on the news of his father’s death provided him with ships and men for an expedition against his half-brother Erik Bloodaxe, who had been proclaimed king.
		On his arrival in Norway Haakon gained the support of the landowners by promising to give up the rights of taxation claimed by his father over inherited real property.
		His sons allied themselves with the Danes, but were invariably defeated by Haakon, who was successful in everything he undertook except in his attempt to introduce Christianity, which aroused an opposition he did not feel strong enough to face.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ha/Haakon-I-of-Norway.html (262 words)

	Norway Travel
		Norway is a long, narrow country on the northwestern edge of the European continent.
		Norway is mostly a high, mountainous plateau covered by bare rock, and it has a relatively small amount of farmland.
		Norway's merchant fleet, one of the largest in the world, is also an important source of income for the country.
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		Norway is in the top rank of nations in the number of books printed per capita, even though Norwegian is one of the world's smallest language groups.
		Norway was one of the signers of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 and was a founding member of the United Nations.
		Norway is not a member of the EU's Economic and Monetary Union and does not have a fixed exchange rate.
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	Haakon VII of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		King Haakon VII of Norway, Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel (August 3, 1872 - September 21, 1957) was the first King of Norway after the dissolution of the personal union with Sweden in 1905.
		Known in his youth as Prince Carl, he was the second son of King Frederick VIII of Denmark, a younger brother of King Christian X of Denmark and a grandson of King Charles IV of Norway (who had also been King of Sweden).
		After a plebiscite confirmed newly-independent Norway as a monarchy, Prince Carl became its first king on November 18, 1905 and was crowned as Haakon VII in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim on June 22, 1906.
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	Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In fact, when Norway’s founding fathers hammered out the constitutional basis for an independent state, it was natural to look to ideas expressed in Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of 1776 and in the US Constitution of 1787.
		America and Norway have in common a fundamental respect for the dignity, political liberty and social responsibility of the individual.
		Norway, like the United States, was among the founding members of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947.
	www.lawac.org /speech/haakon.html (1637 words)

	Haakon IV of Norway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During an ongoing civil war between Birkebeiner and Bagler, who resisted in the regions Viken and Oblandene, Haakon III died shortly before the former was born in Folkisberg, Østfold in 1204.
		Haakon was wintering in the (An archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland) Orkney Islands, when he was ill and died on December 15 1263.
		Worn out by internal strife fostered by Haakon’s emissaries, the (An island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944) Icelandic chiefs acknowledged the Norwegian king as overlord in 1262.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/Ha/Haakon_IV_of_Norway1.htm (423 words)

	Haakon, kings of Norway -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From Haakon I to Haakon V they were all descendants of Harald the Fairhair, the first king of Norway (see Norway).
		When King Haakon VII of Norway died in 1957, he was succeeded on the throne by his only child, Olaf Alexander Edward Christian Frederik, who took the name Olaf V. The new king was a grandson of England's King Edward VII and a great-grandson of Queen Victoria.
		Norway is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the North Sea, on the south by the Skagerrak Straits, and on the east by Sweden, Finland, and Russia.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9274717?tocId=9274717&query=haakon (945 words)

	Articles - Olav V of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Louise and Christian both were descendants of Haakon V of Norway and of most Danish kings of Norway, such as Christian I of Norway, Frederick I of Norway, and Frederick III of Norway, up to Frederick V of Denmark.
		As biological son of Maud, Olav V is the great-great-grandnephew of the 1814 King Christian Frederick of Norway.
		The only significant Norwegian dynasty in that case not ancestors of Olav would be that of Haakon's mother Lovisa of Sweden, daughter of Charles IV of Norway and descendant of Bernadotte kings of Norway, i.e Charles III John of Norway and Oscar I of Norway.
	www.worldhammock.com /articles/Olav_V_of_Norway (1062 words)

	Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg1070 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Haakon the Younger of Norway HAAKONSSON [Parents] was born 11 Nov 1232.
		Magnus II of Norway HARALDSSON was born 1049 and died 28 Apr 1069.
		Olav III the Gentle of Norway HARALDSSON was born 1050 and died 22 Sep 1093.
	www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg1070.htm (154 words)

	Haakon VI of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		1340-1380), King of Norway, son of King Magnus Eriksson of Sweden and Norway and Blanche of Namur.
		In 1370 they had the son Olav who would succeed his grandfather to the Danish throne in 1376.
		In 1380 King Haakon died and was succeded by his own son Olav IV Haakonsson who was also King of Denmark.
	www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Haakon_VI_of_Norway (170 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Håkon VI Magnusson of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HAAKON MAGNUSSON THE YOUNGER, Norwegian HÅKON MAGNUSSON DEN YNGRE, 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.
		Haakon was deeply embroiled throughout his reign in political conflicts with Sweden, Denmark, and the cities of the north German trading confederation, the Hanseatic League.
		Haakon came to his father's aid and was named joint king of Sweden in 1362 after Erik's death.
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	thePeerage.com - Person Page 11299
		Haakon Magnusson, King of Norway was the son of Magnus II Haraldsson, King of Norway.
		Olav III Haraldsson, King of Norway was the son of Harald III Hardrade, King of Norway and Jatoslawa of Novgorod.
		Magnus III Olavsson, King of Norway was the son of Olav III Haraldsson, King of Norway and Thora Jonsdottir.
	www.thepeerage.com /p11299.htm (732 words)

	Articles - Haakon IV of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Håkon IV (1204 – December 15, 1263), also called Haakon the Old, was declared to be the son of Håkon III of Norway, the leader of the Birkebeiner, who had seized control over large parts of Norway in 1202.
		From this time onward Haakon’s reign was marked by more peace and prosperity than Norway had known for many years, until in 1263 a dispute with the Scottish king concerning the Hebrides, a Norwegian possession, induced Haakon to undertake an expedition to the west of Scotland.
		Haakon was wintering in the Orkney Islands, when he was ill and died on December 15, 1263.
	gaple.com /articles/Haakon_IV_of_Norway?mySession=b7b269f8964979f6db... (767 words)

	All Empires - Norway - the First Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The saga tells that the reason for his unification was that he Norway, he then sworn not to cut his hair until he had united all of Norway.
		Håkon disliked this strongly and before he had reached Norway he sent the priests in land in Northern-Denmark, soon after he stoped sending taxes to Denmark and Norway was no longer nominally under Denmark.
		The south-eastern part of Norway was now under direct Danish rule while the rest was ruled by Eirik and Svein, both sons of Håkon the Great as vassals for the Danish king for 16 years.
	www.allempires.com /empires/norway/norway1.htm (1389 words)

	Haakon VII on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Formerly Prince Charles, second son of King Frederick VIII of Denmark, he was elected by the Storting to the throne on the separation of Norway from Sweden in 1905 and took the name Haakon.
		During the German occupation of Norway (1940-45) in World War II, Haakon headed a government in exile at London.
		Norway's future king forms new ties; In a visit to "Norwegian America," Crown Prince Haakon spoke of both historic and modern bonds.(NEWS)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/h/haakon7.asp (339 words)

	Articles - Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1990 the Norwegian constitution was altered, granting cognatic primogeniture to the Norwegian throne, meaning that the eldest child, regardless of gender, takes precedence in the line of succession.
		This was not, however, done retroactively (as, for example, Sweden had done in 1980), meaning that Prince Haakon takes precedence over his older sister.
		Likewise, the Crown Prince was Norway's regent from 29 March 2005 until the King had fully recovered from the heart surgery he underwent on 1 April.
	www.worldhammock.com /articles/Haakon_Magnus,_Crown_Prince_of_Norway (392 words)

	Haakon VII of Norway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Their son, Prince Alexander, the future Crown Prince Olav and finally king (Click link for more info and facts about Olav V of Norway) Olav V of Norway, was born on July 2, 1903 (It has been reported that actually Alexander was Maud's child by artificial insemination of another man, Carl/Haakon being unable to beget).
		The children of Märtha and Olav thus certainly carry the blood of Haakon's parents, and are biologically at least Haakon's greatnieces and the greatnephew ((Click link for more info and facts about Harald V of Norway) Harald V of Norway).
		At Haakon's death in 1957 Crown Prince Olav succeeded as (Click link for more info and facts about Olav V) Olav V.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/haakon_vii_of_norway2.htm (297 words)

	boys clothing: European royalty -- Norway King Haakon VII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Prince Carl was unanimously chosen king of Norway by the Storting, the Norwegian parliament, and confirmed in a plebiscite by the Norwegian people on November 18, 1905.
		King Haakon VII returned to Norway after the war on June 7, 1945 and he was greeted by a whole nation for his his role in leading the resistace to the NAZIs during the war.
		King Haakon died at age 85 on September 21, 1957 and was succeeded by his son King Olav V of Norway, whose reign would become even more popular amongst his people than his father's had been.
	histclo.hispeed.com /royal/nor/royal-norhk7.htm (600 words)

	Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg986 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Eirik I Bloodaxe of Norway HARALDSSON [Parents] was born 885.
		Harald II Graycloak of Norway ERIKSSON King of Norway died 974.
		Haakon I the Good of Norway HARALDSSON [Parents] was born 920.
	www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg986.htm (55 words)

	Haakon I of Norway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Haakon was fostered by King (Click link for more info and facts about Athelstan of England) Athelstan of England, as part of a peace agreement made by his father.
		The English king brought him up in the Christian religion, and on the news of his father’s death provided him with ships and men for an expedition against his half-brother (Click link for more info and facts about Eirik Bloodaxe) Eirik Bloodaxe, who had been proclaimed king.
		However the Norwegians were severely tormented by years of war and welcomed the Danish invading force led by (Click link for more info and facts about Harold Bluetooth) Harold Bluetooth.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/Ha/Haakon_I_of_Norway.htm (297 words)

	Haakon I of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		961), surnamed the Good, was the third king of Norway and the youngest son of Harald Hairfair.
		Haakon was fostered by King Athelstan of England, as part of a peace agreement made by his father, and he was thus surnamed Adalsteinfostre.
		The English king brought him up in the Christian religion, and on the news of his father’s death provided him with ships and men for an expedition against his half-brother Erik Bloodaxe, who had been proclaimed king.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/haakon_i_of_norway (319 words)

	Haakon VII -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Haakon was deeply embroiled throughout his reign in political conflicts with Sweden, Denmark, and the cities of the north German trading...
		In 1319 the death of Haakon V Magnusson ended the Norwegian royal line, and the throne went first to the Swedish and then to the Danish royal families.
		In 1380 Olaf, the son of Haakon VI of Norway and Margaret of Denmark, became king of both Norway and Denmark, a union that lasted for more than 400 years.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9038676 (593 words)

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