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Crown Prince Haakon of Norway; Credit – Wikipedia
In the early part of its existence (872-1319), the Kingdom of Norway was ruled, for the most part, by independent kings who were actual Norwegians. However, from 1319-1905, the Kingdom of Norway was either in a union with the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Sweden, or the Kalmar Union which was a union of the Kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. During this time period, Norway was ruled by either the monarch of Denmark or the monarch of Sweden.
In 1905, upon the dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway, the Norwegian government began searching for candidates to become King of Norway. Because of his descent from the early independent Norwegian kings, as well as the British connections of his wife and first cousin Princess Maud, daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, Prince Carl of Denmark, the second son of King Frederik VIII of Denmark, was the overwhelming favorite to become the King of Norway. Carl took the Old Norse name Haakon which had been the name of six early independent Kings of Norway and reigned as King Haakon VII. His two-year-old son Prince Alexander of Denmark was renamed Olav, became Crown Prince of Norway, and later reigned as King Olav V of Norway.
Among the ancestors of the first three kings of modern Norway, King Haakon VII, King Olav V, and King Harald V, are monarchs of Denmark, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, along with many royals from the German monarchies but most likely these three kings had very little Norwegian DNA. This will change when Crown Prince Haakon becomes King of Norway because his commoner mother Queen Sonja, born Sonja Haraldsen in Norway, most likely has nearly 100% Norwegian DNA.
Parents, Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Great-Great-Grandparents, and Great-Great-Great-Grandparents of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (born July 20, 1973)
The links below are from Unofficial Royalty, Wikipedia, Leo’s Genealogics Website, The Peerage, or Geni.
Parents
Haakon’s parents King Harald and Sonja Haraldsen; Photo: Royal House of Norway
- King Harald V of Norway (born 1937)
- Sonja Haraldsen (born 1937)
Grandparents
King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden, paternal grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia
- King Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) (1903 – 1991)
- Princess Märtha of Sweden (1901 – 1954)
- Karl August Haraldsen (1889 – 1959)
- Dagny Ulrichsen (1898 – 1994)
Great-Grandparents
Prince Carl of Sweden and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia
- King Haakon VII of Norway (born Prince Carl of Denmark) (1872 – 1957)
- Princess Maud of Wales (1869 – 1938)
- Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland (1861 – 1951)
- Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878 – 1958)
- Halvor Haraldsen Olsbyrgge (1854 – 1931)
- Karete Josefine Nielsdatter (1854 – 1935)
- Johan Christian Ulrichsen (1861 – 1950)
- Marie Berntine Hansen (1868 – 1958)
Great-Great-Grandparents
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Princess Alexandra of Denmark, great-great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia
- King Frederik VIII of Denmark (1843 – 1912)
- Princess Louise of Sweden (1851 – 1926)
- King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1841 – 1910)
- Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844 – 1925)
- King Oscar II of Sweden (1829 – 1907)
- Princess Sophia of Nassau (1836 – 1913)
- King Frederik VIII of Denmark (1843 – 1912)
- Princess Louise of Sweden (1851 – 1926)
- Harald Gundersen Olsbrygge (1823 – 1873)
- Aslaug Kristine Halvorsdatter Jøntveit (1823 – 1888)
- Niels Nielsen (1826 – ?)
- Hanna Andrea Hansen (1834 – ?)
- Ulrik Christophersen (1831 – 1879)
- Anne Sophie Johannesdatter (1833 – 1904)
- Johan Nicolai Hansen (1830 – 1889)
- Anne Gurine Bentsen (1831 – 1899)
Great-Great-Great-Grandparents
King Christian IX of Denmark and Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel, great-great-great-grandparents three times; Credit – Wikipedia
- King Christian IX of Denmark (1818 – 1906) (born Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
- Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817 – 1898)
- King Carl XV of Sweden (1826 – 1872)
- Princess Louise of the Netherlands (1828 – 1871)
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819 – 1861)
- Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819 – 1901)
- King Christian IX of Denmark (1818 – 1906) (born Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
- Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817 – 1898)
- King Oscar I of Sweden (1799 – 1859)
- Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807 – 1876)
- Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau (1792 – 1839)
- Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810 – 1856)
- King Christian IX of Denmark (1818 – 1906) (born Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
- Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817 – 1898)
- King Carl XV of Sweden (1826 – 1872)
- Princess Louise of the Netherlands (1828 – 1871)
- Gunnar Kjøstolsen Olsbrygge (1783 – 1865)
- Anne Jonsdatter Hølen (1780 – 1870)
- Halvor Evensen Jøntvet (1762 – 1839)
- Aslaug Torsdatter Baksås (1791 – 1844)
- Niels Christophersen Haugerud (1790 – 1845)
- Kari Nielsdatter (1795 – ?)
- John Herman Hansen (1805 – ?)
- Marthe Margrethe Bjørnsdatter (1808 – ?)
- Christopher Ulrichsen Ulrichsen (1800 – 1881)
- Anne Cathrine Jacobsdatter Jacobsdatter (1797 – ?)
- Johannes Johannessen (1796 – ?)
- Berthe Maria Børresdatter (1791 – 1856)
- Berthel Hansen Schrøder (1781 – 1855)
- Karen Matsdatter Møller (1781 – 1841)
- Børre Bentsen (1801 – 1834)
- Anne Johanne Olsdatter (1803 – 1853)
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