Norwegians of Swedish Descent - Harald V of Norway, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, Princess Martha Louise of Norway (Paperback)

Chapters: Harald V of Norway, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, Princess Martha Louise of Norway, Ane Brun, Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, Nils Uhlin Hansen, Jens Landmark, Nils Landmark, Sigurd Segelcke Meidell, Maud Angelica Behn, Leah Isadora Behn, Emma Tallulah Behn, Linn Ullmann, Harry Vestli, Andreas Landmark, Jon Vislie, Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Harald V (born 21 February 1937 at Skaugum, Akershus, Norway) is the king of Norway. He succeeded to the throne of Norway upon the death of his father Olav V on 17 January 1991. The son of the then-Crown Prince Olav and of Princess Martha of Sweden, Harald was born at the Crown Prince Residence at Skaugum, Akershus, Norway. A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, originally from Northern Germany, Harald became the first Norwegian-born prince since Olav IV, who was born in 1370. Harald V is the formal head of the Church of Norway and the Norwegian Armed Forces. He has two children, Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Martha Louise. His grandchildren are Maud (2003), Leah (2005), Emma (2008), Ingrid (2004), and Sverre (2005). Harald has two older sisters: Princess Ragnhild of Norway, Mrs. Lorentzen, (Ragnhild Alexandra, born Oslo, 9 June 1930), who lives in Brazil, and Princess Astrid of Norway, Mrs. Ferner, (Astrid Maud Ingeborg, born Oslo, 12 February 1932), who lives in Oslo. He is 8th in line in the line of succession to the headship of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg. He is the great-grandson of Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and as of 2010 is sixty-seventh in line to the British throne. He is a paternal second cousin to Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret ...http: //booksllc.net/?id=66069