His subsequent paternal ancestors had been dukes in Schleswig-Holstein. Haakon died at the age of 85 in September 1957, after having reigned for nearly 52 years. More clearly than ever before, we could see the man behind the words; the king who had drawn a line for himself and his task, a line from which he could not deviate. King Haakon and Queen Maud were crowned in Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim on 22 June 1906. Corrections? The film won widespread critical acclaim, and was Norway's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. [8] On 21 June 1940, Philante evacuated the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey to Portland during the demilitarisation of the Channel Islands. After the coronation, King Haakon and Queen Maud also received the estate Kongesteren at Holmenkollen in Oslo as a gift from the Norwegian people. Devonshire arrived safely in London and King Haakon and his Cabinet set up a Norwegian government in exile in the British capital. [30], Meanwhile, Hitler had appointed Josef Terboven as Reichskommissar for Norway. [citation needed], After Norway was eventually conquered, Quisling "transformed [the country] into a one-party fascist state and recruited 6,000 Norwegians to fight alongside the Germans on the Russian front". King Haakon immersed himself in Norwegian politics and culture. The German diplomat called on Haakon to accept Adolf Hitler's demands to end all resistance and appoint Vidkun Quisling as prime minister. He was offered the Norwegian crown in 1905, after the dissolution of the SwedishNorwegian union, and he agreed to accept it only if he were approved in a Norwegian plebiscite. The vessel was built in 1937 by Camper and Nicholsons in Gosport, Hampshire as a luxury yacht for Thomas Sopwith, a wealthy British aviation engineer and industrialist, who was then the chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Company. Detailed information about the coin 10 re, Haakon VII, Norway, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data . [29] Many broadcasts were made from Saint Olav's Norwegian Church in Rotherhithe, where the royal family were regular worshippers. [18] In 1939, King Haakon toured southeast Montana and parts of the proposed secessionist state of Absaroka, with supporters of the secession movement claiming this event as formal recognition of their state.[19]. Haakon was portrayed by Jakob Cedergren in the 2009 NRK drama series Harry & Charles, a series that focused on the events leading up to the election of King Haakon in 1905. Named by a free people as a free man to lead his country, he will be completely our own. [9] She also acted as a training vessel for the Fleet Air Arm and as a convoy escort, in which role she made seven return crossings of the Atlantic between 1941 and 1942. The once-active King was said to have been depressed by his resulting helplessness and began to lose his customary involvement and interest in current events. In September 1942, Yachting magazine reported that she was "one of the most luxurious warships afloat her oak-panelled wardroom can seat fifty people at dinner at one table. 1 reference. Subsequently, a committee of the Norwegian government identified several princes of European royal houses as candidates for the vacant Norwegian crown. There, the three Scandinavian monarchs King Haakon, King Christian X of Denmark (Haakon's brother) and King Gustav V of Sweden (Haakon's mother's cousin) met along with their foreign ministers to discuss and emphasize the neutrality of the Nordic countries, and in a joint declaration, confirmed the three states' strict neutrality during the war. Princess Maud was the youngest daughter of the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Denmark, who was Prince Carl's aunt as the eldest daughter of King Christian IX and Queen Louise. Princess Mrtha was the daughter of Haakon's sister Princess Ingeborg and Prince Carl, Duke of Vstergtland. HNoMS King Haakon VII was a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship during World War II, named after King Haakon VII of Norway. [7] During her war service King Haakon VII sailed 85,000 nautical miles (157,000km) and escorted 79 convoys without accidents. ), Deutsch| English| | Nederlands| norsk nynorsk| +/. Christened Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel, he was known as Prince Carl. This plan could however not be carried out as Crown Princess Mrtha was going spend that day with her father-in-law the King in London and the handover date was postponed. [3][3], She was decommissioned on 1 February 1951 and laid up in Trondheim. She was then stationed at Nagoya, Japan, as tender for courier and transient seaplanes, departing on 29 January 1946 for Shanghai, China. After the 1905 dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway, Prince Carl was offered the Norwegian crown. Gardiners Bay was transferred to Norway on 17 May 1958 under the Military Assistance Program. Gardiners Bay's fourth Korean War tour, which lasted from 3 April 1953 to 12 December 1953, was spent in tending amphibious patrol planes at Chinhae, South Korea, and on stations in the Pescadore Islands, the Philippine Islands, Okinawa, and Japan. For my part I cannot accept the German demands. image. The following morning, 11 April 1940, in an attempt to wipe out Norway's unyielding king and government, Luftwaffe bombers attacked Nybergsund, destroying the small town where the Government was staying. Haakon VII, original name Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel, (born Aug. 3, 1872, Charlottenlund, Den.died Sept. 21, 1957, Oslo, Nor. The Allies had a fairly secure hold over northern Norway until late May. Although he might state his views on a certain case, he always deferred to the majority in the Council of State, unfailingly supported policy decisions, and was careful never to show an affinity for any political party. HNoMS King Haakon VII.jpg 420 260; 21 KB. HNoMS King Haakon VII was a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship during World War II, named after King Haakon VII of Norway. Later the same day, King Christian IX of Denmark received a delegation from the Storting in an audience in Christian VII's Palace at Amalienborg. [66][67][68][69] Haakon was portrayed by Sren Pilmark in the 2020 NRK drama series Atlantic Crossing, a series regarding Crown Princess Mrtha's handling of the royal family exile from 1939 to 1945. On Hitler's orders, Terboven attempted to coerce the Storting to depose the King; the Storting declined, citing constitutional principles. Nils Hjelmtveit, Minister of Church and Education, later wrote: This made a great impression on us all. "King Haakon VII" and "Haakon VII" redirect here. .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}595430N 104309E / 59.9084N 10.7192E / 59.9084; 10.7192, The other remaining Royal Yachts being the Royal House of Denmark's, "Kongen inspiserte 70-ringen K/S Norge", Last edited on 15 December 2022, at 22:19, wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, "Brente gjenstander fra Kongeskipet dukket opp", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HNoMY_Norge&oldid=1127648186, 54 (18 officers, 36 privates) during the season; 20 during winter, This page was last edited on 15 December 2022, at 22:19. Tools Haakon VII ( Norwegian pronunciation: [hkn]; born Prince Carl of Denmark; 3 August 1872 - 21 September 1957) was King of Norway from November 1905 until his death in September 1957. HNoMS King Haakon VII, was a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship during World War II, named after King Haakon VII of Norway. During the passage home, Philante's skipper died and was buried at sea. [4][5], King Haakon VII was formerly part of the U.S. Navy as USS PC 467. Handover ceremony. Originally built in 1937 in the United Kingdom for Thomas Sopwith, she served in the Royal Navy as an armed yacht during the Second World War. instance of. Terms of Use: PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. During welding operations on board a fire broke out and that lasted a whole day and destroyed most of the ship, though the hull and engines survived. Convened at Elverum in Eastern Norway, the Storting gave the King and the Government full authority to rule the country for the duration of the war. The union was unilaterally dissolved by the Storting (Norwegian parliament) on 7 June, and the dissolution was later confirmed by the Norwegian people in the 1905 Norwegian union dissolution referendum held on 13 August. The yacht was undergoing refurbishment, and was to be ready the following summer. Quisling, the leader of Norway's fascist party, the Nasjonal Samling, had declared himself prime minister hours earlier in Oslo as head of what would be a German puppet government; had Haakon formally appointed him, it would effectively have given legal sanction to the invasion. HNoMS King Haakon VII was a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship during World War II, named after King Haakon VII of Norway. Haakon rejected German demands to legitimise the Quisling regime's puppet government, vowing to abdicate rather than do so. [42], 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. [citation needed]. One of only three remaining Royal Yachts in Europe,[2] the ship's name Norge is Norwegian Bokml for Norway. [7] The coronation was in keeping with the constitutional mandate, but many Norwegian statesmen had come to regard coronation rites as "undemocratic and archaic". Because of his role during the war and his personal integrity, Haakon VII was considered the highest moral authority in the country and enjoyed great esteem in all classes of the population. She was decommissioned on 1 February 1958. Here Haakon attended weekly Cabinet meetings and worked on the speeches which were regularly broadcast by radio to Norway by the BBC World Service. He travelled extensively through Norway. Both of these were names of Norwegian kings dating back to the Middle Ages. HNoMS Haakon VII (A537) (in Norwegian, KNM Haakon VII (A537)) was a Royal Norwegian Navy training ship in commission from 1958 to 1974. [17], Queen Maud died unexpectedly while visiting the United Kingdom on 20 November 1938. Gardiners Bay spent her third Korean War tour, which lasted from 10 July 1952 to 26 January 1953, largely as station ship off the Pescadores and at Okinawa. Brummer's mine launching doors.jpg 740 550; 91 KB. Haakon went on to say that he could not appoint Quisling as prime minister, since he knew neither the people nor the Storting had confidence in him. Polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen introduced the King and Queen to the national sport: skiing. King Haakons immersion in all things Norwegian, his personal qualities and manner, and the great respect he showed for democratic principles all served to bolster the standing of the monarchy in Norway. However, the Royal Family, the Government and most members of the Storting were able to flee before the occupying forces reached Oslo. Haakon VII (born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel; 3 August 187221 September 1957), known as Prince Carl of Denmark until 1905, was a Danish prince who became the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the union with Sweden. Gardiners Bay entered Sagami Bay, Japan, on 28 August 1945, shifting on 30 August 1945 to Tokyo Bay as a part of the Seaplane Base Group of the Japan Occupation Forces. Prince Carl belonged to the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glcksburg (often shortened to Glcksburg) branch of the House of Oldenburg. Under the direction of the Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches, Admiral Sir Max Horton, Philante, with a staff of ASW experts on board, would provide the practical element of these courses, acting as the commodore of a convoy in exercises involving other warships, submarines and aircraft. While King Haakon and Crown Prince Olav try to maintain the Norwegian government, Martha and the children escape to Sweden. The Royal motor boat Stjernen is maintained and crewed as a sub-unit of the Royal Yacht. Haakon and the rest of the Norwegian royal family returned to Norway aboard the cruiser HMSNorfolk, arriving with the First Cruiser Squadron to cheering crowds in Oslo on 7 June 1945,[35] exactly five years after they had been evacuated from Troms. In 1952, he attended the funeral of his wife's nephew King George VI and openly wept. He was 85 years old. Forces: Nan - Charlie - Oboe - Dog PC-467 served the Navies of the United States and Norway. It was the first royal wedding in Norway after the dissolution of the union, and the alliance was met with great enthusiasm, also in Sweden, and it was seen as a sign that all the disharmony after the events of 1905 had now passed. A subsequent ultimatum was made by the Germans, threatening to intern all Norwegians of military age in German concentration camps. 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 See also Search for "Haakon" on Wikipedia. He worked his way up through the ranks along with the other cadets and was accorded no special privileges. Media in category "World War II ships of Norway". The yacht is owned by the King but maintained and crewed by the Royal Norwegian Navy. She took time out from this duty in October 1952 for participation in Exercise Surprise off the coast of French Indochina, testing communications between headquarters and ships and aircraft of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down 22 October 1941 by George Lawley and Sons, Neponset, MA Launched 29 April 1942 Commissioned USS PC-467, 20 June 1942 After crossing the Kattegat and the Skagerrak, the Dannebrog entered the Oslofjord, where at Oscarsborg Fortress near Drbak, the family boarded the Norwegian naval ship Heimdal. 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Statements. [7] During her war service King Haakon VII sailed 85,000 nautical miles (157,000km) and escorted 79 convoys without accidents. With his royal connections most notably to the British Royal House he was able to offer the Government vital support on several issues, including preserving Norways neutrality in WWI. Gardiners Bay was launched on 2 December 1944 at Houghton, Washington, by the Lake Washington Shipyard, sponsored by Mrs. George L. Richard. The Admiralty approached Sopwith with a view to taking over the Philante as an armed yacht; Sopwith agreed to sell the vessel to the Royal Navy,[5] although some sources state that she was requisitioned, or donated as a gift to the nation. King Haakon greatly appreciated this gift from the people, and re-christened the vessel the Norge. King Olav decided the ship was to be rebuilt at Horten shipyard. Never has he had his home with us. She accomplished 18 rescue missions while in a state of constant alert that saw her men at general quarters for 100 hours. The wedding was celebrated on 22 July 1896,[7] in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace, and was attended by the bride's grandmother, the 77-year-old Queen Victoria. [31] With this threat looming, the Storting's representatives in Oslo wrote to their monarch on 27 June, asking him to abdicate. Norway was invaded by Nazi Germany in April 1940. [2] She was built to patrol Norwegian territorial waters and act as a rescue ship for sea travelers. On her second Korean tour, which lasted from 12 September 1951 to 9 April 1952, Gardiners Bay supported aviation patrol units at Okinawa, Iwakuni, and Manila. On 9 June, she was presented to King Haakon and renamed Norge. In 1894 he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant and in 1905 to the rank of admiral. HNoMS Stavanger (1946), a C-class destroyer purchased from the Royal Navy in 1946 and broken up in 1967. Gardiners Bay departed Seattle, Washington, on 1 March 1945 for shakedown out of San Diego, California, which she completed on 20 April 1945.