Maud of Wales was Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII. The youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom and a sister of King George V, she was known as Pri
Maud in 1906
Maud with her mother in 1872
Maud with her sisters Louise and Victoria. Painting by Sydney Prior Hall, 1883
The Marriage of Princess Maud of Wales by Laurits Tuxen
The dissolution of the union between the kingdoms of Norway and Sweden under the House of Bernadotte, was set in motion by a resolution of the Storting on 7 June 1905. Following some months of tension
A postcard from around the time of the Norwegian plebiscite. Ja, vi elsker dette landet ('Yes, we love this country') are the opening words of the Norwegian national anthem.
The Norwegian Storting passes the "revolutionary" resolution
The Norwegian flag, without the union mark, is raised at Akershus Fortress following the dissolution resolution
Norwegian and Swedish delegates meeting in Karlstad to negotiate the terms of the dissolution.