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King Haakon Static display Bressingham Steam Museum: No. 377 was also one of the Numedalsbane locomotives at the end. It was also sold to England, painted apple green and given the name "King Haakon VII", apparently because it was - wrongly - believed that it was this locomotive that pulled the train with King Haakon out of Oslo on 9 April 1940.
Haakon VII (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈhôːkʊn]; 3 August 1872 – 21 September 1957) was King of Norway from 18 November 1905 until his death in 1957.. The future Haakon VII was born in Copenhagen as Prince Carl of Denmark.
The monogram. H7 was the royal cypher of the Norwegian head of state, King Haakon VII, who reigned from 1905 to 1957.When Germany invaded Norway in 1940 as a part of World War II, the royal family fled the country and Haakon VII later spearheaded the Norwegian resistance in exile in the United Kingdom.
Haakon IV Haakonsson Haakon the Old 1217–1263 c. 1204 Folkenborg Illegitimate son of Haakon III and Inga of Varteig Margaret Skulesdatter 25 May 1225 Bergen Four children 16 December 1263 Kirkwall Aged 58–59 Haakon (V) Haakonsson Haakon the Young 1240–1257 10 November 1232 Bergen Second son of Haakon IV and Margaret Skulesdatter: Rikissa ...
Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg. Peder Anker, Count of Wedel-Jarlsberg (born 18 August 1875, died 13 October 1954) was a Norwegian courtier, military officer and estate owner. He served as Lord Chamberlain for King Haakon VII of Norway from 1931 to 1945 and was one of the King's closest confidants for over thirty years.
Norway's first railway, the Trunk Line, was opened in 1854.It was built and run as a private company, although with some government ownership. [2] This was followed by two wholly state-owned railways, the narrow-gauge Hamar–Grundset Line in 1861 and the standard-gauge Kongsvinger Line in 1862, with the latter branching from the Trunk Line at Lillestrøm.
King Haakon VII's 1905–1955 Jubilee Medal: 33: King Haakon VII's 70th Anniversary Medal: 34: King Haakon VII's Centennial Medal: 35: King Olav V's Commemorative Medal: in gold and silver 36: King Olav V's Anniversary Medal 1957-1982: 37: King Olav V's 100th Anniversary Medal: 38: King Harald V's Jubilee Medal 1991-2016: 39: H. M. The King's ...
The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (Norwegian: Den Kongelige Norske Fortjenstorden (Bokmål) or Den Kongelege Norske Fortenesteordenen (Nynorsk)) was instituted by King Olav V in 1985. It is awarded to foreigners, Norwegian citizens living abroad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs diplomats, foreign civil servants in Norway, and Norway's honorary ...