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Haakon VII of Norway (view source)
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'''King Haakaon VII of Norway''' was the first Norge king after the separation of [[Norway]] from [[Sweden]] in 1905. He was born as [[Denmark|Danish]] Prince Carl of Denmark and [[Iceland]], his birth Christening name being Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel, in the 3 August 1872 at Charlottenlund in Denmark.
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|birth_date=3 August 1872
|birth_place=Charlottenlund, [[Denmark]]
|death_date=21 September 1957
|death_place=[[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
|spouse=[[Maud of Wales]]
|religion=
}}
'''King Haakaon VII of Norway''' (1872 – 1957) was the first Norwegian king after the separation of [[Norway]] from [[Sweden]] in 1905. He was born as [[Denmark|Danish]] Prince Carl of Denmark and [[Iceland]], his birth Christening name being Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel, in the 3 August 1872 at Charlottenlund outside [[Copenhagen]], Denmark.
King Haakon was loved much by the Norwegian folk and gained much respect as well as playing importantly role in unitising the Norwegian nation in resisting the brutal racist [[Nazi]] occupying of Norway during [[World War II]] for over five years.
== Reign ==
King Haakon was loved much by the Norwegian people and gained much respect as well as playing importantly role in unitising the Norwegian nation in resisting the brutal racist [[Nazi]] occupying of Norway during [[World War II]] for over five years.
Prince Carl was lived in the royal Danish house in Copenhagen and schooled at home before being educated finally at Royal Danish Naval Academy from where he graduated near the bottom of class. Later there was scandal with suicide of Kai Simonsen and he became important witness.
Prince Carl was lived in the royal Danish house in Copenhagen and schooled at home before being educated finally at Royal Danish Naval Academy from where he graduated near the bottom of class. Later there was scandal with suicide of Kai Simonsen and he became important witness.
He (Haakon) is regarded widely as one of if not the greatest living Norwegians of twentieth century and is revered especially for his [[Viking]]-like courageness during the [[Germany]] invasion and the heroic leadership and preservation of Norwegian oneness during the Nazi occupation. In 1957 at age of 85, he died.
He (Haakon) is regarded widely as one of if not the greatest living Norwegians of twentieth century and is revered especially for his [[Viking]]-like courageness during the [[Germany]] invasion and the heroic leadership and preservation of Norwegian oneness during the Nazi occupation. In 1957 at age of 85, he died.
== Literature ==
*Shirer, William L. (1956). ''The Challenge of Scandinavia''. (In English.) London: Robert Hale.
*Bomann-Larsen, Tor (2004). ''Haakon og Maud I – Kongstanken''. (In Norwegian.) Oslo: Cappelen. ISBN 82-02-22527-2.
*Bomann-Larsen, Tor (2004). ''Haakon og Maud II – Folket''. (In Norwegian.) Oslo: Cappelen. ISBN 978-82-02-22529-2.
*Bomann-Larsen, Tor (2006). ''Haakon og Maud III – Vintertronen''. (In Norwegian.) Oslo: Cappelen. ISBN 978-82-02-24665-5.
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[[Category:Heroes]]
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[[Category:Norwegians]]