Haakon VII of Norway

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King of Norway World War II political leader constitutional monarch human

Haakon VII of Norway was the first king of an independent modern Norway and a widely respected constitutional monarch who led the nation through World War II.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of Norway → World War II political leader → constitutional monarch → human →
acceptedThrone	1905-11-18 →
birthDate	1872-08-03 →
birthName	Prince Carl of Denmark →
birthPlace	Charlottenlund → Charlottenlund Palace → Denmark →
burialPlace	Akershus Fortress → Oslo →
child	Olav V of Norway →
countryOfCitizenship	Denmark → Norway →
deathDate	1957-09-21 →
deathPlace	Norway → Oslo →
electedBy	Norwegian Parliament →
era	20th century →
event	Norwegian independence from Sweden in 1905 →
father	Frederick VIII of Denmark →
givenName	Carl →
honor	Order of St. Olav → Order of the Elephant → Order of the Garter →
house	House of Glücksburg →
languageSpoken	Danish → Norwegian →
militaryConflict	World War II →
monarchOf	Norway →
mother	Louise of Sweden →
notableFor	being the first king of an independent modern Norway → leadership of Norway during World War II → symbolizing Norwegian resistance to Nazi Germany →
occupation	monarch →
positionHeld	King of Norway →
predecessor	Oscar II of Sweden and Norway →
refusedTo	appoint a Nazi-collaborationist government under Vidkun Quisling →
reignEnd	1957-09-21 →
reignStart	1905-11-18 →
religion	Lutheranism →
residence	Royal Palace, Oslo →
roleDuringWorldWarII	head of Norwegian government-in-exile in London →
royalName	Haakon VII →
spouse	Maud of Wales →
successor	Olav V of Norway →
symbol	H7 monogram used as resistance symbol →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Midtskogen ("King Haakon VII") →	defended
King of Norway →	firstHolderAfter1905
House of Oldenburg →	notableMember
Battle of Midtskogen ("King Haakon VII of Norway") →	relatedTo
Haakon VII of Norway ("Haakon VII") →	royalName
Maud of Wales →	spouse