* Olav V of Norway ( 1903 – 1991 )

* 1991 – Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V.

** Olav V Land

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

** King Olav V of Norway ( d. 1991 )

** Harald V of Norway becomes king on the death of his father, Olav V.

* January 21 – Harald V formally takes the throne as King of Norway, succeeding his father, Olav V of Norway.

Olav V of Norway

* January 17 – King Olav V of Norway ( b. 1903 )

Magnus's son Haakon VI and his infant son Olav IV were Norway's last native kings until Harald V ascended to the throne in 1991.

Their son, Prince Alexander, the future Crown Prince Olav ( and eventually king Olav V of Norway ), was born on 2 July 1903.

King Haakon VII, Olav V of Norway | Crown Prince Olav and Queen Maud, on 1913 July 17 in Norway

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

The others are Norway's Stein Eriksen, Borghild Niskin, Inger Bjørnbakken, Astrid Sandvik, King Olav V ( his son ), Erik Håker, Jacob Vaage, King Harald V ( his paternal grandson ), and Queen Sonja ( his paternal granddaughter-in-law ), and Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark.

Olav V ( Alexander Edward Christian Frederik ; 2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991 ) was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death.

For his athletic ability and role as King, Olav V earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1968.

King Olav V opened the 14th World Scout Jamboree in July 1975 in the presence of 17, 259 Scouts from 94 countries.

An interview given by King Harald V, and hints in a biography by Jo Benkow, who was the president of the parliament in that time, mention the possibility that King Olav suffered great trauma upon learning of the outbreak of the first Gulf War, which began the day of his death.

* Olav V Land on Svalbard is named in his honour.

The Order of St. Olav is the highest honor the Monarchy of Norway | Norwegian monarch may bestow.

When Haakon VI died in 1380, Olav also inherited the crown of Norway.

* St Olaf ( Olav Haraldsson ), patron saint of Norway, and king of Norway from 1015 to approx.

* 1015: in the Battle of Nesjar in Oslofjord, Norway, the forces of Olav Haraldsson fought the forces of Sveinn Hákonarson, with a victory for Olav.

* 1030: the Battle of Stiklestad ( Norway ): Olav Haraldsson loses to his pagan vassals and is killed in the battle.

* Olav Tryggvason becomes the first king to try to Christianize Norway, dies at the Battle of Svolder in 1000.

* Olav Haraldsson, the future king of Norway, lands on Saaremaa Island in Estonia, wins a battle there and forces the inhabitants to pay tribute.

* Olav Haraldsson becomes king of Norway.

* Bergen, Norway is founded by the king Olav Kyrre.

** King Olav IV of Norway ( d. 1387 )

* Olav IV of Norway is elected as King of Sweden, in opposition to the unpopular King Albert.

* Trondheim, Norway is founded by the king Olav Tryggvason.

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.

It gained importance during the Middle Ages as a trading post, and hosted the last free Privy Council of Norway in 1533, a desperate attempt to save the country's independence and stave off the Protestant Reformation, led by Olav Engelbrektsson, archbishop of Nidaros ( today Trondheim ).

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Image: Norway 1020 AD. png | < center > Unified Norway during the reign of Saint Olav ca.

Detail on a pewter fork handle from Norway, showing three scenes: the Viking King Olaf II of Norway | Heilag Olav, His People, and a Viking ship

Image: Time-magazine-cover-scandanavian-royalty-marries-1929. jpg | Märtha and Olav on the cover of Time on the occasion of their wedding

File: Haakon VII of Norway 3775425108 c95d6db9fc o. jpg | Haakon VII of Norway, Maud of Wales and Crown Prince Olav on 1913 July 17 in Norway

Nordgard Aukrust farm in Lom, Norway | Lom, where Olav Aukrust was born and lived most of his life, is open to tourists in the summer.

Queen Maud, together with her husband, Haakon VII of Norway, and their son Olav V of Norway | Crown Prince Olav.

Sonja Henie and King Olav V of Norway to the front, Sonja of Norway | Crown Princess Sonja and Niels Onstad in the back

Olaf I of Norway | King Olav Tryggvason of Norway, who forcibly Christianised Orkney.

The sarcophagi of Haakon VII of Norway | King Haakon VII, Maud of the United Kingdom | Queen Maud ( the white sarcophagus ), Olav V of Norway | King Olav V and Märtha of Sweden | Crown Princess Märtha ( the green sarcophagus ).