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Haakon VII of Norway

Haakon VII was King of Norway.

Person

Vervaardiger onbekend. Collectie Anefo. Nationaal Archief, Den Haag.
  • Haakon VII van Noorwegen
  • Born on: Aug. 3, 1872
  • Born in: Charlottenlund, Noorwegen
  • Died on: Sept. 21, 1957
  • Died in: Oslo, Noorwegen

Haakon VII van Noorwegen

Vervaardiger onbekend. Collectie Anefo. Nationaal Archief, Den Haag.

Publiek domein

Haakon VII (1872-1957) was King of Norway.[1] He was the son of the Danish King Frederick VIII. When Norway left the personal union with Sweden in 1905 and became independent, Haakon VII ascended the throne. After the Germans occupied Norway in April 1940, the king refused to recognise Quisling's collaborationist government.[2] He fled to London and led the Norwegian government in exile.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne refers to him as king Haackon of Norway. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 6 June 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. ^ Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling was een Noorse nationaalsocialist, collaborateur en leider van de partij Nasjonal Samling in Noorwegen. Zie verder: Wikipedia: Vidkun Quisling.
  3. ^ Wikipedia: Haakon VII of Norway.