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unusual facts about King of Norway



Danish nobility

In 1709 Frederick IV of Denmark, in his capacity as King of Norway, granted the title Marquis of Lista to Hugo Octavius Accoramboni of Florence in Italy.

East Loch Tarbert, Argyll

According to Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, Magnus Barefoot, King of Norway, had his longship dragged across this isthmus as part of a campaign to increase his possessions in the Hebrides.

Flitcham, Norfolk

Olav V (2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991) who was the King of Norway from 1957, was Born in Appleton House, Flitcham, Sandringham estate, Norfolk, United Kingdom to Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud, (daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom), he was given the names and title of Alexander Edward Christian Frederik, Prince of Denmark.

Isabell Herlovsen

The players received their championship medals from the King of Norway.


see also

Battle at Herdaler

The Saga of Olaf Haraldson tells how Olav Haraldsson (Olaf II of Norway, also Saint Olaf), the King of Norway, plundered in Finland and was almost killed in the battle.

Carl II

Charles XIII of Sweden or Carl II, King of Norway (and of Sweden as Carl XIII) (1748–1818)

Eric III

Eric of Pomerania, Eric III of Norway, (1381/1382–1459), king of Norway (1389–1442), elected King of Denmark (1396–1439), and of Sweden (1396–1439)

Hoffman, Minnesota

Harley Refsal - Norwegian-American woodcarver honored by a king of Norway.

Kathie L. Olsen

In 2005, Olsen was awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit the Highest honor bestowed by the King of Norway to non-Norwegians.

Magnus Haraldsson

Magnus II Haraldsson Magnus II Haraldsson (1048–1069), King of Norway from 1066 to 1069

Samuel S. Coursen

In continuous service since, the ferry has carried heads of state visiting Governors Island and New York City including Queen Elizabeth II in her first visit as queen on October 21, 1957, and the King of Norway in a visit in the early 1990s.