As a scandinavian, the nordic royals interest me very much. Especially the norwegian royals because their history could he taken straight out from a fairytale book.
Some fun fact:
The late King Harald V then 3 years old, was a pawn for the nazis during the world war 2. They wanted him to rule norway under their controll. He fled to America and stayed there til he was 8 years old.
He refused to become king and endangered the newly established kingdom of norway unless he could marry the love of his life, Sonja, a regular commoner. it would take almost 10 years until his father King Olav would finally give his blessing to let them marry. The fear of what the people would think on the royal family now had commoner blood in the hierarcy was a discrase was something King Olav was very worried about.
Under the marriage ceremony they went out the curch to people cheering them loudly, the whole Norway was happy for the couple. King Harald and Queen Sonja had two kinds. A daugter and then a son. It wasn't until 1990 the rule for only males to heir the throne was ceased. Though the youngest would still become the heir after King Haralds death.
King Harald was very popular amoung his people. He had self humor, could hug and laugh around commoners, even take the buss. He had won two world champion medals in sailing, he was a self proclaimed sport idiot!
He was famous for his speach wherre he said "Norway is a country where girl love girls, boys love boys and girls and boys love eachother... Norway is a country where people believe in God, Allah, and none at all...Norway is everyone." (something like that)
On Friday August.28, The crown prince Haakon Magnus, took the title of King Haakon VIII. He has a love for music, one of them being Rage Against The Machines lol, and a pretty chill dude himself.
My deepest condolances to Norway, and my deepest congratulations on their new King!
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