Olaf II of Denmark
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Olaf Hákonsson was King of Denmark as Oluf II and King of Norway as Ólafr IV. He acceded to the Danish throne in 1376 through his maternal lineage and inherited the Norwegian crown from his father, Ha
Olaf as depicted on his royal seal, with the shield of Norway (at his right) and Denmark (at his left)
Memorial plate commemorating King Olaf at the site of his death.
Harald V
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Harald V was King of Norway from 1991 until his death in 2026.
Olaf II of Denmark
…all three Scandinavian kingdoms in a personal union. After Olaf, no Norwegian king was to be born on Norwegian soil for more than 550 years, until Harald V, born in 1937, became king in 1991. Olaf's death was also the end of the male line of the House of Bjälbo. In 2015 Jørgen Lange Thomsen, a forensic…
Harald in 1993
Harald with his mother Crown Princess Märtha in 1937
Harald as mascot for the Royal Norwegian Air Force at its Little Norway airfield in Canada, 1943
Harald as a student in the Cavalry Officers' Candidate School, Trandum, 1956/1957