Skaugum
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Skaugum is an estate, manor house and the official residence of King Haakon VIII and his wife, Queen Mette-Marit. The estate is located in Asker, 19 km southwest of Oslo, by the foot of the mountain S
Skaugum in 1932
The original Skaugum building prior to the fire in 1930
Aerial view of Skaugum
The royal family at Skaugum during a 1974 visit from Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Harald V
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Harald V was King of Norway from 1991 until his death in 2026.
Skaugum
…Wedel Jarlsberg bought it. When Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Märtha were married in 1929, Wedel-Jarlsberg sold it to the couple. In 1937, Prince Harald was born on the estate. Wedel-Jarlsberg's Swiss chalet style-residence, designed by Herman Backer and completed in 1891, burned to the ground in 1930…
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