* 1872 – Haakon VII of Norway ( d. 1957 )

* King Haakon VII Sea

Haakon VII may refer to:

* Haakon VII of Norway ( 1872 – 1957 ), King of Norway ( 1905 – 1957 )

* HNoMS King Haakon VII, a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship in commission from 1942 to 1951

* HNoMS Haakon VII ( A537 ), a Royal Norwegian Navy training ship in commission from 1958 to 1974

* 1940 – King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav, and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London.

* 1945 – King Haakon VII of Norway returns with his family to Oslo after five years in exile.

" A personal envoy represented King Haakon VII of Norway at Rockne's funeral.

* 1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.

* 1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

Amundsen sent the new King Haakon VII news that it " was a great achievement for Norway ".

" Amundsen renamed the Antarctic Plateau as King Haakon VII ’ s Plateau.

** Haakon VII Land

* 1957 – Haakon VII of Norway ( b. 1872 )

** Olav V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father Haakon VII.

* September 21 – Haakon VII of Norway ( b. 1872 )

* June 6 – King Haakon VII of Norway returns to Norway.

* August 3 – King Haakon VII of Norway ( d. 1957 )

The German Emperor Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Ernst August of Brunswick were Edward's nephews ; Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain, Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden, Crown Princess Marie of Romania, Crown Princess Sophia of Greece, Empress Alexandra of Russia, Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Duchess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen were his nieces ; Haakon VII of Norway was both his nephew by marriage and his son-in-law ; George I of Greece and Frederick VIII of Denmark were his brothers-in-law ; Albert I of Belgium, Charles I and Manuel II of Portugal, and Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria were his second cousins.

Only a week after returning to Britain, May and George went to Norway for the coronation of George's brother-in-law and sister, King Haakon VII and Queen Maud.

Patriots wore them in their lapels as a symbol of resistance to the German occupiers and local Nazi authorities when other signs of resistance, such as flag pins or pins showing the cipher of the exiled King Haakon VII of Norway were forbidden.

On November 18 he ascended the throne under the Norwegian name of Haakon VII.

Haakon VII ( Prince Carl of Denmark and Iceland, born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel ) ( 3 August 1872 21 September 1957 ), known as Prince Carl of Denmark until 1905, was the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the personal union with Sweden.

Prince Carl of Denmark, later King Haakon VII of Norway, in 1889.

In 1263 troops commanded by Haakon Haakonarson repeated the feat but the ensuing Battle of Largs between Scots and Norse forces, which took place on the shores of the Firth of Clyde, was inconclusive as a military contest.

At the age of ten, she married King Haakon VI of Norway and Sweden, who was the son of King Magnus IV of Sweden and Norway.

The saga states that when Haakon arrived in Norway he was confirmed a Christian, but since the land was still altogether heathen and they retained their practices, Haakon hid his Christianity to receive the help of " great chieftains.

" In time, Haakon had a law passed that established that Yule celebrations were to take place at the same time as when the Christians held their celebrations, " and at that time everyone was to have ale for the celebration with a measure of grain, or else pay fines, and had to keep the holiday while the ale lasted.

Harald Fairhair ( 865 – 933 ) was hailed as the king here, as was his son, Haakon I – called ' the Good '.

Some years later a woman appeared claiming to be her, known as the False Margaret ; she was executed by Haakon V, King Eric's brother and successor, in 1301.

Molde was in effect the capital of Norway for a week after King Haakon, Crown Prince Olav, and members of the government and parliament arrived at Molde on April 23, after a dramatic flight from Oslo.

Four hundred years later, the Heimskringla relates that Harald was converted with Earl Haakon, by Otto II.

The family's perhaps most prominent lineage comes from Norway, where at least three of his ancestors have been that country's leaders in a position comparable with a modern prime minister: in 16th century, his ancestor Nils Henriksson av Østråt ( Gyldenløve ) served as Lord High Steward of Norway and another ancestor, Vincents Vincentson Lunge, as Viceroy of the kingdom of Norway ; and then in 17th century, yet another ancestor, Jens Ovesonn Bjelke served as Lord High Chancellor of Norway, and was himself descended from king Haakon V of Norway ( the king and his forefathers thus also being Bildt's ancestors ) through his daughter Agnes Hakonardottir, Dame of Borgarsyssel.

The first Norwegian king to have adopted Christianity was, according to the sagas, Harald Fairhair's son, King Haakon the Good ( c. 934 – 961 ).

Under King Haakon Haakonsson, a centralised administration was for the first time built up, with a chancellery in Bergen, which became the first capital city of the country.

This was Gissur Þorvaldsson, who was made Earl of Iceland by King Haakon IV of Norway for his efforts in bringing Iceland under Norwegian kingship during the Age of the Sturlungs.

Several of his paternal ancestors had been kings of independent Norway ( Haakon V of Norway, Christian I of Norway, Frederick I, Christian III, Frederick II, Christian IV, as well as Frederick III of Norway who integrated Norway into the Oldenburg state with Denmark, Slesvig and Holstein, after which it was not independent until 1814 ).

Taking up residence at Rotherhithe in London, Haakon was an important national symbol in the Norwegian resistance.

At Haakon's death in September 1957, the Crown Prince succeeded as Olav V. Haakon was buried on 1 October 1957.

The King Haakon VII Sea in East Antarctica is named in the king's honour as well as the entire plateau surrounding the South Pole was named King Haakon VII Vidde by Roald Amundsen when he in 1911 became the first human to reach the South Pole.