Cleng Peerson
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Cleng Peerson was a Norwegian emigrant to the United States; his voyage in 1824 was the precursor for the boat load of 52 Norwegian emigrants in the following year. That boat load was a precursor for
Cleng Peerson
Olav V
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Olav V was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.
Cleng Peerson
…In 1947 and 1975, Cleng Peerson was featured on Norwegian postage stamps. During 1982, King Olav V of Norway visited Texas in recognition of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Cleng Peerson. Cleng Peerson Research Library and Cleng Peerson Institute…
Official portrait, 1957
The Norwegian royal family in 1921
King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav, and Hans Reidar Holtermann in Scotland during World War II (circa 1943)
Olav inspecting Norwegian sailors in the United Kingdom