Vega, Norway - Vega, Norway The municipality Vega in the county of Nordland, Norway, has 1,392 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002..
Venstre (Norway) - Venstre (Norway) Venstre, the Social Liberal Party, was founded in 1884 and is the oldest political party in Norway. It currently holds two out of 165 seats in the Norwegian Parliament and has three cabinet ministers out of 19. The current leader (since 1996) is Lars Sponheim..
Viceroy of Norway - Viceroy of Norway The Viceroy of Norway, Rigsstatholder in Norwegian or Riksståthållare in Swedish, was the appointed head of the Norwegian Government in the absence of the Monarch of the Union of Sweden-Norway. The office came into existence by the Norwegian Constitution, of November 4, 1814 where the paragraphs 12, 13 and 15 stipulated that a Viceroy of Swedish or Norwegian nationality could be appointed. The Viceroy would reside in Kristiania, today Oslo, and lead the Government in the absence of the Monarch, who resided at Stockholm. The Council, would be lead by the Viceroy where he had two votes, unless the Monarch was present, at which point he would loose his authority and merely become the first among equals, or Prime Minister, of the Council. The.
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International Socialists (Norway) - International Socialists (Norway) The International Socialists (Norwegian: Internasjonale Sosialister) is a Trotskyist organisation in Norway. It is part of the International Socialist Tendency led by the British Socialist Workers Party..
Harald I of Norway - Harald I of Norway Harald I (b. ca 854 - d. ca 931), surnamed Fairhair (Hårfagre, of the beautiful/long hair), first king (872-931) over Norway, succeeded on the death of his father Halfdan the Black Godfreyson in A.D. 860 to the sovereignty of several small and somewhat scattered kingdoms, which had come into his father's hands through conquest and inheritance and lay chiefly in south-east Norway. The tale goes that the scorn of the daughter of a neighbouring king induced Harald to take a vow not to cut nor comb his hair until he was sole king of Norway, and that ten years later he was justified in trimming it; whereupon he exchanged the epithet "Shockhead" for the one by which he is usually known. In 866.
Haakon VII of Norway - Haakon VII of Norway Haakon VII (August 3, 1872 - September 21, 1957) was the first King of Norway after the secession from Sweden in 1905. Baptized Carl, he was the second son of king Frederick VIII of Denmark, a younger brother of king Christian X of Denmark and a grandson of king Carl IV of Sweden. He is a direct descendant of Josephine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napoleon. Prince Carl becomes king on November 18, 1905 and was crowned at Trondheim in June 1906. The king married Princess Maud, youngest daughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom. Their son, Prince Olav, was born in 1903. At Haakon's death in 1957 Prince Olav succeeded as Olav V. Preceded by: Oscar II List of Norwegian monarchs.
Harald II of Norway - Harald II of Norway Harald II, surnamed Graafeld, a grandson of Harald I, became, with his brothers, ruler of the western part of Norway in 961; he was murdered in Denmark in 969. Based on an article from 1911 EB Preceded by: Haakon I List of Norwegian monarchs Succeeded by: Harald Bluetooth.
Harald III of Norway - Harald III of Norway Harald III (b.1015—d. Stamford bridge, England, September 25 1066), king of Norway from ca. 1040 together with the son of Olav Haroldsson (St. Olav), Magnus the Noble. After King Magnus's death in 1047, Harold became the sole king. In 1066 he was killed in a battle against King Harold Godwinson of England at Stamford bridge outside the city of York, England. King Harold's brother Tostig Godwinson was fighting on King Harald's side against Harold and some of their other brothers. Surnamed Haardraade (English: "Hardraada"), which might be translated "hard reign", he was the son of King Sigurd and half-brother of King Olaf the Saint. At the age of fifteen he was obliged to flee from Norway, having taken part in the Battle of Stiklestad.
Harald IV of Norway - Harald IV of Norway Harald IV. (d. 1136), king of Norway, surnamed Gylle (probably froln Gylle Krist, i.e. servant of Christ), was born in Ireland about 1103. Aroung 1127, he went to Norway and declared he was a son of King Magnus III Barefoot, who had visited Ireland just before his death in 1103, and consequently a half-brother of the reigning king, Sigurd. He appears to have submitted successfully to the ordeal of fire, and the alleged relationship was acknowledged by Sigurd on condition that Harald did not claim any share in the government of the kingdom during his lifetime or that of his son Magnus. Living on friendly terms with the king, Harald kept this agreement until Sigurd’s death in 1130. Then war broke out between himself.
Harald V of Norway - Harald V of Norway Harald V (born February 21, 1937) became King of Norway in 1991. The son of Olav V and of Princess Märtha of Sweden, Harald was born at Skaugum, near Oslo. He is the first King of Norway to have been born in the country since King Olav IV was born there in 1370, and he is also a direct descendant of Joséphine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napoleon. Harald lived in Washington, DC during World War II, but returned to Norway to complete his education at the Norwegian Military Academy and then at Balliol College, Oxford. Harald married a commoner, Sonja Haraldsen, in 1968, a marriage which sparked much public controversy. The couple have two children, Princess Märtha Louise and Crown Prince.
Haakon I of Norway - Haakon I of Norway Haakon I (b. ca 920 - d. 961), surnamed the Good, was the third king of Norway and the youngest son of Harald I. He was fostered by King Athelstan of England, who brought him up in the Christian religion, and on the news of his father’s death provided him with ships and men for an expedition against his half-brother Erik Bloodaxe, who had been proclaimed king. On his arrival in Norway Haakon gained the support of the landowners by promising to give up the rights of taxation claimed by his father over inherited real property. Erik fled and was killed a few years later in England. His sons allied themselves with the Danes, but were invariably defeated by Haakon, who was successful.
Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway - Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Haakon (Håkon) Magnus of Norway was born July 20, 1973 in Oslo. He is the only son of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Norway, Harald V and Sonja. Haakon served in the Royal Norwegian Navy including getting his first-level officer's education at the Norwegian Naval Academy, followed by a year aboard missile torpedo boats and other vessels. He then went abroad, receiving a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999. Haakon later attended lectures at the University of Oslo and the London School of Economics, as well as completing the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affair's civil servant introductory course in 2001. He married commoner and single mother Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby on.
Haakon IV of Norway - Haakon IV of Norway Haakon IV, surnamed the Old (1204 — December 15 1263), was declared to be the son of Haakon III of Norway, who died shortly before the former’s birth in 1204. A year later the child was placed under the protection of King Inge II of Norway, after whose death in 1217 he was chosen king. The church refused to recognize him until 1223 on the ground of illegitimacy and the Pope’s dispensation for his coronation was not gained until much later. In the earlier part of his reign much of the royal power was in the hands of Earl Skule, who intrigued against the king until 1239, when he proceeded to open hostility and was put to death. The rebellion also led to the.
Haram, Norway - Haram, Norway The municipality Haram in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway, has 8,781 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002..
Kautokeino - municipality Kautokeino (Guovdageaidnu in Saami) in the county of Finnmark, Norway, has 3,052 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002..
Karasjok - and municipality Karasjok (Kárájohka in Saami) in the county of Finnmark, Norway, has 2,852 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002..
Karmøy - Karmøy The municipality Karmøy in the county of Rogaland, Norway, has 37,093 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002..
Karlsøy - Karlsøy The municipality Karlsøy in the county of Troms, Norway, has 2,464 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002..
Kåfjord - municipality Kåfjord (Gáivuotna in Saami) in the county of Troms, Norway, has 2,344 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002..
