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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 personal union with Sweden. He was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg...

Timeline of Events

1905

11.18.1905

Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.

11.25.1905

The Danish Prins Carl arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

1940

6.7.1940

King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London.

1945

6.7.1945

King Haakon VII of Norway returns with his family to Oslo after five years in exile.