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  Olav V of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2005, Olav was proclaimed the Norwegian of the century, with 41 percent of the votes.
Olav was in any case a biological son of Maud (Haakon's own first cousin), who was daughter of Queen Alexandra, herself daughter of Louise of Hesse and Christian IX of Denmark.
As biological son of Maud, Olav V is the great-great-grandnephew of the 1814 King Christian Frederick of Norway.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olav_V_of_Norway   (1280 words)

  
 Haakon VII of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Their son, Prince Alexander, the future Crown Prince Olav and finally king Olav V of Norway, was born on July 2, 1903.
The king and his ministers took refuge in the snow-covered woods and escaped harm, continuing farther north through the rugged Norwegian mountains toward Åndalsnes on Norway's northwestern coast.
At Haakon's death in 1957 the crown prince succeeded as Olav V.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haakon_VII_of_Norway   (1852 words)

  
 In memory of King Olav V
Olav V succeeded to the throne upon the death of his father, Haakon VII, at 04.35 LMT on Sept. 21.
Prior to the death of King Olav V the Solar eclipse of Jan 16.
King Olav V was a giant king in a small country and Nowegians thank God for what he had to give.
www.astronor.com /olavvm.htm   (939 words)

  
 GoNorway - Royal Family
King Harald is the son of King Olav V (1903-1991) and Crown Princess Märtha (1901-1954).
King Olav informed the Korvald government of the birth of the heir presumptive at an extraordinary Council of State on 23 July 1973 - and at the same time announced that the Prince would be called Haakon Magnus.
King Olav´s wife, Märtha, was the second daughter of Swedish Prince Carl and Princess Ingeborg.
www.gonorway.no /norway/sidevisning.php?id=56   (848 words)

  
 His Majesty King Harald V
King Harald´s mother was the daughter of the Swedish Prince Carl (1861-1951) and Princess Ingeborg (1878-1958).
King Olav´s announcement in 1968 that Crown Prince Harald wished to marry Sonja Haraldsen, a Norwegian woman without royal ancestry, triggered a heated political debate on the future of the monarchy.
Under Norway's constitution, the king is the commander-in-chief of the kingdom´s land and naval forces and King Harald holds the rank of general in the Army and the Air Force and an admiral in the Navy.
www.gonorway.no /go/kongefamilien/kingharald.html   (1697 words)

  
 Harald and Sonja - His Majesty King Harald V of Norway</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The late <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> was son of <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Haakon-VII-of-Norway" title="Haakon VII of Norway" class=fl>Haakon VII</a> (1872-1957) and Queen Maud (1869-1938). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> All of Norway rejoiced at the news that an heir was born. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> was not only a respected sovereign, he was truly loved and seen as an unifying symbol of Norway.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.angelfire.com /nh/1968norway/harald.html</font>   (1611 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.cyberclip.com/Katrine/NorwayInfo/Articles/Harald1.html">Norway Info - Articles - King Harald V of Norway</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> was son of <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Haakon-VII-of-Norway" title="Haakon VII of Norway" class=fl>Haakon VII</a> (1872-1957) and Queen Maud (1869-1938). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <b>Olav's</b> announcement in 1968 that Crown Prince <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> wished to marry a commoner triggered a heated political debate on the future of the monarchy. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> himself made the decision after having consulted the Govern-ment, the President of the Storting and the leaders of the various parliamentary groups in the Storting.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.cyberclip.com /Katrine/NorwayInfo/Articles/Harald1.html</font>   (1830 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Olav Consulting - Ottawa Ontario Canada</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> There is an interesting story of <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> I. Born towards the end of the Viking era in 995 AD, <b>Olav</b> Haraldson was raised without a father in present day Norway. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Olav's</b> father was <b>King</b> of Vestfold County in Norway. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Olav</b> returned to see a country that was ruled by many different petty, regional <b>kings</b>, earls and chieftains.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.olavconsulting.com /story</font>   (437 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Norway's King Harald hospitalized</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> <b>V</b> of Norway was hospitalized Saturday with a urinary tract infection, the royal palace said. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Doctors said the 66-year-old <b>king</b> was in "good form" despite the infection, which could be related to his cancer surgery last month, according to a statement from the royal palace. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> A figurehead monarch, the <b>king</b> assumed the throne in January <a href="/topics/1991" title="1991" class=fl>1991</a> upon the death of his father, <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b>. <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> is the third <b>king</b> of modern Norway and the first born in the country since 1370.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/01/04/norways_king_harald_hospitalized</font>   (183 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.nettyroyal.nl/norway1.html">The Kingdom of Norway</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Son of <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> <b>King</b> of Norway (1903-1991) and Märtha Princess of Sweden (1901-1954). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The daughters of <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> are Highness, Princess of Norway.The daughter of the Crown Prince, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, is Royal Highness, her brother Prince Sverre Magnus is not. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> was the next <b>king</b>, but without a Queen as Princess Märtha already had died in 1954.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.nettyroyal.nl /norway1.html</font>   (779 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Namnlöst dokument</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Elected <b>King</b> of Norway in Hamar 25 of October and crowned in the Cathedral of Trondheim on 20 of November 1449. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Heir to the Danish throne in 1455, heir to the Swedish and Norwegian thrones in 1458. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Deposed as <b>King</b> of Denmark and Norway in 1523.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.warholm.nu /Kingnor.html</font>   (3931 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Norway: royal Castle - Royal Blue Forums</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> took over NORGE after his father in 1957 and a 10-year plan was adopted to upgrade the hull and technical equipment. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> decided the ship was to be rebuilt, and a year later he was once more able to take over NORGE, with a higher standard of safety and better technical equipment than before the fire. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> Carl Johan (one of Napoleon´s French marshals before he was adopted as heir to the throne in Sweden) also felt it important to mark the entry of his family, the Bernadottes, on to the Scandinavian scene.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>forums.rbhq.net /showthread.php?t=4085</font>   (3230 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://sneakers.pair.com/roots/b20.htm">My Family</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> Offa of Wessex was born in 720 in Wessex, <a href="/topics/England" title="England" class=fl>England</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> (<b>King</b> of Norway) was born on 2 Jul <a href="/topics/1903" title="1903" class=fl>1903</a> in Appleton House, Sandringham, Norfolk, <a href="/topics/England" title="England" class=fl>England</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> (<b>King</b> of Norway) and Martha of Sweden (Crown Princess) were married in <a href="/topics/1929" title="1929" class=fl>1929</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>sneakers.pair.com /roots/b20.htm</font>   (824 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>King Olav remembered</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> of Norway's life will be the subject of a major exhibition at the palace. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The English-born <b>Olav's</b> cradle, christening robe and school desk will be among the objects on display at the special palace celebration, alongside toys and memorabilia from his youth in Norway. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The 100th anniversary of the birth of <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> is July 2.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.aftenposten.no /english/local/article567608.ece?service=print</font>   (142 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>His Majesty King Harald</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> ascended the throne on the death of his father, <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b>, on 17 Januar <a href="/topics/1991" title="1991" class=fl>1991</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> is the son of <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> (1903-1991) and Crown Princess Martha (1901-1954). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> and Queen Sonja are both involved in various forms of outdoor recreation and are nature lovers.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.reisenett.no /facts/government/king_harald.html</font>   (1758 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/04/norway.king.ap/index.html">CNN.com - Doctors: Norway's King Harald doing well - Jan. 4, 2004</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> <b>V</b> of Norway is still being treated for a urinary tract infection, but he remained in good condition, the royal palace said Sunday. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The 66-year-old <b>king</b> had a "quiet night" and the "development is very satisfactory," doctors at the Rikshospitalet in <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a> said in a statement. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>king</b> was admitted to the hospital Saturday, which is likely related to his cancer surgery in December.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/01/04/norway.king.ap/index.html</font>   (194 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Biography for King Olav V</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> During world war 2, <b>Olav</b>, his wife and their kids spent a lot of time in the United States, and was often invited to join president Franklin D. Roosevelt and first-lady Eleanor on holiday. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In a military uniform he was greeted by an unprecedented number of liberated Norwegians in <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>, and made a triumphant ride in an open Cadillac through the streets of the nations capital (a daring move considering there were still thousands of German soldiers left in the city). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Son of <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Haakon-VII-of-Norway" title="Haakon VII of Norway" class=fl>Haakon VII</a> and Dronning Maud.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.imdb.com /name/nm0645994/bio</font>   (580 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.svik.org/royals.htm">Norwegian Royals</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> <b>V</b> and Queen Sonja of Norway started their reign on the <a href="/topics/January-17" title="January 17" class=fl>17 January</a> <a href="/topics/1991" title="1991" class=fl>1991</a>, when <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> of Norway died. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> However the <b>King</b> and the Norwegian were able to escape to <a href="/topics/England" title="England" class=fl>England</a> due to the heroic fight from the Norwegian soldiers. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> has turned down invitations to participate in the war veterans ceremony, disappointing the heroes that saved the <b>Kings</b> families lives.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.svik.org /royals.htm</font>   (948 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~woodgate/pafg83.htm">woodgate - pafg83 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Carol II Hohenzollern <b>King</b> of Romania [Parents] was born on 15 Oct 1893 in Castle Pelesch,Sinaia,Romania. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> <b>King</b> of Norway [Parents] was born on 2 Jul <a href="/topics/1903" title="1903" class=fl>1903</a> in Appleton House,Sandringham,Norfolk,England. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> She married <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> <b>King</b> of Norway in <a href="/topics/1929" title="1929" class=fl>1929</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>homepages.ihug.co.nz /~woodgate/pafg83.htm</font>   (174 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://trondheimdailyphoto.com/2006/04/king-olav-v.htm">Trondheim Daily Photo: King Olav V</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> This statue of <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> can be seen in the park behind Stiftsgården in the centre of Trondheim. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> was born in <a href="/topics/England" title="England" class=fl>England</a> in <a href="/topics/1903" title="1903" class=fl>1903</a>, and was <b>king</b> of Norway from 1957 until his death in <a href="/topics/1991" title="1991" class=fl>1991</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Olav</b> reigned as a "People's <b>King,"</b> and became extremely popular.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>trondheimdailyphoto.com /2006/04/king-olav-v.htm</font>   (244 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://sneakers.pair.com/roots/b22.htm">My Family</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Parents: <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> (<b>King</b> of Norway) and Martha of Sweden (Crown Princess). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Richard III (<b>King</b> of <a href="/topics/England" title="England" class=fl>England</a>) was born on 2 Oct 1452 in Fotheringay Castle. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Alfonso VII (<b>King</b> of Castile and Leon) and</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>sneakers.pair.com /roots/b22.htm</font>   (730 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>HistoryLink Essay:King Olav V of Norway visits Seattle on May 1-4, 1969.</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> of Norway visits Seattle on May 1-4, 1969. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> On the second day of the visit, the <b>King</b> visited the University of Washington College of Fisheries, attended a ceremony at the statue of Leif Ericson at Shilshole Bay, greeted retirees at the Norse Home, watched sea otters at the Woodland Park Zoo, and ate lunch at the Space Needle. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> At the UW, a group of demonstrators waited for the <b>king</b> with signs reading "Scandanavia Unite as a Neutral Republic" and scuffled with another group of students who tore up their signs.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=2031</font>   (277 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://personales.ya.com/fororeal/enfrnor.htm">NORWAY ROYAL FAMILY</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Haakon-VII-of-Norway" title="Haakon VII of Norway" class=fl>Haakon VII</a> became <b>King</b> of Norway after the dissolution of the union with Sweden in <a href="/topics/1905" title="1905" class=fl>1905</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The Crown Prince is the son of <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> and Queen Sonja and was born on 20 July 1973. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The Crown Prince's great grandfather was the seventh <b>king</b> to be called Haakon, and many <b>kings</b> bore the name of Magnus in the Middle Ages.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>personales.ya.com /fororeal/enfrnor.htm</font>   (1152 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www4.cord.edu/library/Archives/sculpturetour/olav.htm">King Olav</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> also came to Concordia in 1968 and again in 1982. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Born Prince Alexander of Denmark, the <b>king</b> was given the name <b>Olav</b> by his father on moving to Norway to form the new Norwegian Royal Family. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> ascended the throne on September 21, 1957 and died on January 18, <a href="/topics/1991" title="1991" class=fl>1991</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www4.cord.edu /library/Archives/sculpturetour/olav.htm</font>   (316 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://daughtersofnorway.org/dnQm42.html">Queen Maud Lodge #42, Daughters of Norway, Carson City, Nevada</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> She was born in 1869 in London, <a href="/topics/England" title="England" class=fl>England</a> as the youngest daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales of <a href="/topics/England" title="England" class=fl>England</a> (later <b>King</b> Edward VII and Queen Alexandra). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Haakon-VII-of-Norway" title="Haakon VII of Norway" class=fl>Haakon VII</a> and Queen Maud’s June 22, 1906 coronation at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, was the last coronation of a Scandinavian monarch. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> was succeeded by his son, <b>King</b> Harold <b>V</b>, the current reigning Norwegian monarch and Queen Maud’s grandson.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>daughtersofnorway.org /dnQm42.html</font>   (717 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.norway.org/facts/monarchy/monarchy/monarchy.htm">The Monarchy (Norway - the official site in the United States)</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> succeeded to the throne on <a href="/topics/January-17" title="January 17" class=fl>17 January</a> <a href="/topics/1991" title="1991" class=fl>1991</a>, upon the death of his father. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Her godparents are HM <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> <b>V</b>, HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, HRH Crown Prince Felipe of Asturias, Princess Märtha Louise and Marit Tjessem. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Prince Sverre Magnus was born 3 December 2005 at Rikshospitalet University Hospital in <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a>, and is the son of HRH Crown Prince Haakon Magnus and HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.norway.org /facts/monarchy/monarchy/monarchy.htm</font>   (1105 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/12/01/norway.king.ap/index.html">CNN.com - Norway's King Harald V has cancer - Dec. 1, 2003</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Norway's <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> <b>V</b> has bladder cancer but is expected to respond well to treatment, his doctors said Monday. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>king's</b> medical team said the monarch is not in pain, and should be able to live a normal life after his bladder is removed. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a>, a figurehead monarch, assumed the throne in January <a href="/topics/1991" title="1991" class=fl>1991</a> upon the death of his father, <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b>. <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> is the third <b>king</b> of modern Norway and the first born in the country since 1370.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/12/01/norway.king.ap/index.html</font>   (255 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.nettyroyal.nl/newsjuly03.html">Royal News: July 2003</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> On the day of the 100-year anniversary of the birth of the late <b>King</b> <b>Olav</b> <b>V</b> of Norway, his great-granddaughter Maud Angelica Behn, daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and her husband Ari Behn, was christened at the chapel of the Royal Palace in <a href="/topics/Oslo" title="Oslo" class=fl>Oslo</a> at 10:30 this morning. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>King</b> <a href="/topics/Harald-V-of-Norway" title="Harald V of Norway" class=fl>Harald</a> <b>V</b> was sailing in Spain and didn't attend. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>King's</b> widow Queen Fabiola published an open letter about her husband in the Belgian press today in his honour to mark the tenth anniversary of his death and to thank the Beglians who want to keep the memory of <b>King</b> Baudouin alive.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.nettyroyal.nl /newsjuly03.html</font>   (5917 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Olav V 1957-1991</u>   <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> When his father was crowned <b>king</b> of Norway in <a href="/topics/1905" title="1905" class=fl>1905</a>, the son became crown prince and was given the name <b>Olav</b>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> When the <b>king</b> and the government had to flee the country in the face of German occupation in 1940, <b>Olav</b> offered to remain in Norway, an offer not supported by the <b>king</b> and government. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> When, after <b>King</b> Haakon's death in 1957, he was made <b>King</b> of Norway, he adopted the same motto as his father, "Alt for Norge", pledging to give his "All for Norway".</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.dokpro.uio.no /umk_eng/myntherr/olavv.html</font>   (251 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.katolsk.no/biografi/olav/eng_05.htm">Saint Olav - King of Norway - V. 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