Haakon County, South Dakota
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Haakon County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,872. Its county seat is Philip.
Haakon County Courthouse in Philip
Haakon VII
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Haakon VII was King of Norway from 1905 until his death in 1957.
Haakon County, South Dakota
…1915, and was formed from the original counties of Nowlin and most of Sterling, which had previously been absorbed by Stanley County. It is named for Haakon VII, who became king of Norway in 1905, in order to attract Norwegian settlers to the county. It is the only county in South Dakota named for a non-American…
Official portrait, 1946
Prince Carl's birthplace, Charlottenlund Palace north of Copenhagen, c. 1895.
Prince Carl as a naval cadet in 1889.
The Marriage of Princess Maud of Wales by Laurits Tuxen