HM King Haakon
VII of Norway
(Born as: HRH Prince Christian Frederik Carl Georg
Valdemar Axel of Denmark)
* Charlottenlund Castle near Copenhagen, August 3rd, 1872
Royal Palace, Oslo, September 21st, 1957
King of Norway, November 18th, 1905 (formally accepted the
throne: Throne Room, Amalienborg, Copenhagen, November 20th,
1905; arrived in Christiania (today: Oslo): November 24th, 1905;
crowned: Nidaros Domkirke, Trondheim, June 22nd, 1906)
(Renounced his right of succession to the Danish Throne: November
27th, 1905)
Privat Chapel, Buckingham Palace, St. James
Park, London, July 22nd, 1896:
HRH Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
("Harry")
(Since July 17th, 1917:) HRH Princess Maud Charlotte Mary
Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
* Marlborough House, London, November 26th, 1869
Clinic, London, November 20th, 1938
Child from this marriage:
HM King Olav
V of Norway
(Born as: HH Prince Alexander Edward Christian Frederik of
Denmark)
(Since November 18th, 1905:) HRH Crown Prince Olav of
Norway
* Appleton House, Sandringham near King's Lynn, Norfolk, July
2nd, 1903
Kongsseteren near Oslo, January 17th, 1991
Crown Prince of Norway, November 18th, 1905
King of Norway, September 21st, 1957 (consecrated: Nidaros
Domkirke, Trondheim, June 22nd, 1958)
Vor Frelsers Kirke (= St. Saviour's
Church), Oslo, March 21st, 1929:
HRH Princess Märtha Sofia Lovisa Dagmar Thyra of Sweden
* Palace of the Hereditary Prince, Stockholm, March 28th, 1901
Rikshospitalet, Oslo, April 5th, 1954
Children from this marriage:
HM King Harald
V of Norway
(Born as: HRH Prince Harald of Norway)
(Since September 21st, 1957:) HRH Crown Prince Harald of
Norway
* Skaugum, Asker near Oslo, February 21st, 1937
Crown Prince of Norway, September 21st, 1957; Prince-Regent of
Norway, June 1990
King of Norway, January 17th, 1991 (consecrated: Nidaros
Domkirke, Trondheim, June 23rd, 1991)
Oslo Cathedral, Oslo, August 29th, 1968:
Sonja Haraldsen
* Red Cross Clinic, Oslo, July 4th, 1937
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Nidaros Domkirke, Trondheim, May
24th, 2002:
Ari Mikael Behn
* Århus, September 30th, 1972
Children from this marriage:
Oslo Cathedral, Oslo, August 25th,
2001:
Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby
* St. Joseph's Hospital, Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, August
19th, 1973
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Last updated: March 10th, 2007.