Haakon VII of Norway

Haakon VII , known as Prince Carl of Denmark until 1905, was the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the union with Sweden. He was a member of the House of SchleswigHolsteinSonderburgGlcksburg. As one of the few elected monarchs, Haakon quickly won the respect and affection of his people and he played a pivotal role in uniting the Norwegian nation in its resistance to the Nazi invasion and subsequent fiveyearlong occupation of his country during World War II.

Prince Carl was born at Charlottenlund Palace near Copenhagen. He belonged to the SchleswigHolsteinSonderburgGlcksburg branch of the House of Oldenburg. The House of Oldenburg had been the Danish royal family since 1448 between 15361814 it also ruled Norway when it was part of the Kingdom of DenmarkNorway. The house was originally from northern Germany, where the Glucksburg branch held their small fief. The family had permanent links with Norway beginning from the late Middle Ages. Several of his paternal ancestors had been kings of independent Norway . Christian Frederick, who was King of Norway briefly in 1814, the first king of the Norwegian 1814 constitution and struggle for independence, was his greatgranduncle.

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