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Olav V of Norway

Olav V (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈûːlɑːv dɛn ˈfɛ̂mtə];[1] born Prince Alexander of Denmark; 2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.

Olav V
King Olav in 1957
King of Norway
Reign21 September 1957 – 17 January 1991
Benediction[a]22 June 1958
PredecessorHaakon VII
SuccessorHarald V
Prime ministers
BornPrince Alexander of Denmark
(1903-07-02)2 July 1903
Appleton House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Died17 January 1991(1991-01-17) (aged 87)
The Royal Lodge, Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway
Burial30 January 1991
Spouse
(m. 1929; died 1954)
Issue
Names
Olav, né Alexander Edward Christian Frederik
HouseGlücksburg
FatherHaakon VII of Norway
MotherMaud of Wales
Signature
Sports career
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
1928 Amsterdam 6 m mixed
5.5 Metre World Championship
1971 Seawanhaka 5.5m
1976 Hankø 5.5m

Olav was the only child of King Haakon VII of Norway and Maud of Wales. He became heir apparent to the Norwegian throne when his father was elected King of Norway in 1905. He was the first heir to the Norwegian throne to be brought up in Norway since Olav IV in the fourteenth century, and his parents made sure he was given as Norwegian an upbringing as possible. In preparation for his future role, he attended both civilian and military schools. In 1929, he married his first cousin Princess Märtha of Sweden. During World War II his leadership was much appreciated and he was appointed Norwegian Chief of Defence in 1944. Olav became king following the death of his father in 1957.

Owing to his considerate, down-to-earth style, King Olav was immensely popular, resulting in the nickname Folkekongen ('The People's King'). In a 2005 poll by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Olav was voted "Norwegian of the Century".[2]

Birth and early life

 
The Norwegian Royal Family in 1921

Olav was born as Prince Alexander Edward Christian Frederik in Appleton House on the royal Sandringham Estate, Flitcham, United Kingdom.[3] His parents were Prince Carl, second son of Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark (later King Frederick VIII), and Princess Maud, youngest daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, who was the eldest son of Britain's Queen Victoria. In 1905, Carl was elected King of Norway and took the name Haakon VII. On the day Haakon was crowned, he gave his two-year-old son the Norwegian name Olav after Olaf Haakonsson, king of Norway and Denmark.[4]

Olav was thus the first heir to the throne since the Middle Ages to have been raised in Norway. Unlike his father, who was a naval officer, Olav chose to complete his main military education in the army. He graduated from the three-year Norwegian Military Academy in 1924, with the fourth best score in his class. Olav then went on to study jurisprudence and economics for two years at Balliol College, Oxford.[5]

During the 1930s, Crown Prince Olav was a naval cadet serving on the minelayer/cadet training ship Olav Tryggvason.[6] Olav moved up the ranks of the Norwegian armed forces, rising in the army from an initial rank of first lieutenant to captain in 1931 and colonel in 1936.[7]

He was an accomplished athlete. Olav jumped from the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo and competed in sailing regattas. He won a gold medal in sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics[8] in Amsterdam and remained an active sailor into old age.

On 21 March 1929 in Oslo, he married his first cousin Princess Märtha of Sweden with whom he had two daughters, Ragnhild and Astrid and one son, Harald. As exiles during World War II, Crown Princess Märtha and the royal children lived in Washington, D.C., where she struck up a close friendship with Franklin D. Roosevelt. She died in 1954, before her husband ascended the throne.

The British Film Institute houses an early film, made in 1913, in which a miniature car (a "baby Cadillac") commissioned by Queen Alexandra for Crown Prince Olav tows a procession of Londoners through the streets of the capital, before being delivered to a pair of "royal testers" of roughly Olav's age.[9] The car is a battery-powered, one-third size replica on a four-foot wheelbase, and is on permanent loan to the Norsk Teknisk Museum in Oslo.[10]

World War II

 
King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav, and Hans Reidar Holtermann in Scotland during World War II

As Crown Prince, Olav had received extensive military training and had participated in most major Norwegian military exercises. Because of this he was perhaps one of the most knowledgeable Norwegian military leaders[citation needed] and was respected by other Allied leaders for his knowledge and leadership skills. During a visit to the United States before the war, he and his wife had established a close relationship with President Roosevelt. These factors would prove to be important for the Norwegian fight against the attacking German forces. In 1939, Crown Prince Olav was appointed an admiral of the Royal Norwegian Navy and a general of the Norwegian Army.[7]

During World War II, Olav stood by his father's side in resisting the German occupation of Norway. During the campaign he was a valuable advisor both to civilian and military leaders. When the Norwegian government decided to go into exile, he offered to stay behind with the Norwegian people, but this was declined. He reluctantly followed his father to the United Kingdom, where he and his staff and servants and aides continued to be a key advisor to the government-in-exile and his father. One source states that Olav helped "to build and lead a free fighting force" and made radio broadcasts" while in England.[11] Olav made several visits to Norwegian and Allied troops in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. In 1944, he was appointed to the post of Norwegian Chief of Defence and after the war he led the Norwegian disarmament of the German occupying forces. On 13 May 1945 Crown Prince Olav and five government ministers returned to a liberated Norway. The arrival was documented in a newsreel by British Pathé News.[12]

His war decorations from other nations, including the War Crosses of Norway, France, Greece and the Netherlands, the US Legion of Merit and the French Médaille Militaire, are testament to the international recognition of his contribution to the war against Hitler.

 
Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Märtha with their children Princess Astrid, Princess Ragnhild and Prince Harald at their exile home, Pook's Hill, in Bethesda, Maryland

Reign

 
King Olav V at Holmenkollen in 1975

Haakon was injured in an accident in 1955; his son Olav served as regent until his death.[13] Haakon died at the Royal Palace in Oslo on 21 September 1957. He was 85 years old. After his death, Olav succeeded him as Olav V.

Olav reigned as a "People's King," and became extremely popular, despite the fact that he had no queen consort (he was a widower throughout his reign). He liked to drive his own cars, and would drive in the public lanes, even though as a monarch he was allowed to drive in bus lanes. When driving was restricted during the 1973 energy crisis, King Olav – who could have driven legally – wanted to lead by example; while preparing for a skiing trip, he dressed up in his skiing outfit and boarded the Holmenkollbanen suburban railway carrying his skis on his shoulder.[14] When later asked how he dared to go out in public without bodyguards, he replied that "he had 4 million bodyguards" – the population of Norway was at the time 4 million.

For his athletic ability and role as King, Olav earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1968, the Medal for Outstanding Civic Achievement in 1970 and was made Name of the Year in 1975. He had a strong interest in military matters and took his role as titular Commander-in-Chief very seriously. As well as his ceremonial roles in the Norwegian Army, he also served as Colonel-in-Chief of the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Yorkshire Regiment), the British regiment named for his grandmother Queen Alexandra.

The King represented Norway extensively abroad during his reign, conducting state visits to both neighbouring countries and more distant destinations such as Ethiopia and Iran. King Olav V opened the 14th World Scout Jamboree in July 1975 in the presence of 17,259 Scouts from 94 countries.

Although the constitution nominally vested Olav with executive power, he was not responsible for exercising it. One source states that his "duties were largely ceremonial".[15] His acts were not valid without the countersignature of a minister–usually the Prime Minister–who then became politically responsible for the act in question. He had the right to appoint the government, but in practice it was not possible for him to keep a government in office against the will of the Storting. Thus, in practice, his role was mostly representative in nature. Nonetheless, like his father before him, he commanded great moral authority as a symbol of the nation's unity.

Illness and death

During the summer of 1990, the King suffered from health problems, but recovered somewhat during Christmas the same year. At the age of 87, on 17 January 1991, while residing in the Royal Lodge Kongsseteren in Oslo, he became ill and died in the evening of a myocardial infarction. An interview given by King Harald V and hints in a biography by Jo Benkow, who was the President of the Storting at that time, mention the possibility that King Olav suffered great trauma upon learning of the outbreak of the first Gulf War, which began on the day he died. Olav's son Harald V succeeded him as King.

On the night of his death and for several days up until the state funeral, Norwegians mourned publicly, lighting hundreds of thousands of candles in the courtyard outside the Royal Palace in Oslo, with letters and cards placed amongst them.[16] The National Archives have preserved all these cards.

Funeral

The state funeral of King Olav V was held on 30 January 1991. During the funeral procession from the Royal Palace to Oslo Cathedral, over 100,000 people lined up along Karl Johans gate to pay their respects.[17] Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland gave the eulogy at the funeral, before the casket was moved to Akershus Fortress where a private service was held.[18]

Olav was finally laid to rest next to his wife Märtha in the green sarcophagus of the Royal Mausoleum.[19]

Legacy

King Olav's leadership during the Second World War made him a symbol of Norwegian independence and national unity. As King Olav's wife, Princess Märtha, died of cancer, the King Olav V's Prize for Cancer Research was established in 1992.

A 2005 poll by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation named King Olav "Norwegian of the Century".[2]

In popular culture

Viktor Andersen portrayed the two-year-old Prince Alexander (Olav) in the 2009 NRK drama series Harry & Charles. Actor Anders Baasmo Christiansen was chosen to portray Crown Prince Olav in the 2016 drama The King's Choice while Tobias Santelmann portrayed Olav in the 2021 NRK drama Atlantic Crossing.

Honours

National honours and medals

Foreign honours

Other honours

Issue

Children Birth Death Married Grandchildren Great-Grandchildren Great-Great-Grandchildren
Princess Ragnhild of Norway 9 June 1930 16 September 2012 married 1953, Erling Lorentzen Haakon Lorentzen (b. 23 August 1954)

Ingeborg Lorentzen Ribeiro (b. 27 February 1957)

Ragnhild Lorentzen Long (b. 8 May 1968)

Olav Lorentzen (b. 11 July 1985)

Christian Lorentzen (b. 23 May 1988)

Sophia Lorentzen (b. 28 Jun 1994)

Victoria Ribeiro Falcao (b. 19 December 1988)

Alexandra Long (b. 14 December 2007)

Elizabeth Long (b. 2011)

Frederik Falcao (b. 28 September 2016)

Alice Falcao (b. 21 October 2022)

Princess Astrid of Norway 12 February 1932 married 1961, Johan Ferner Cathrine Ferner Johansen (b. 22 July 1962)

Benedikte Ferner Stange (b. 27 September 1963)

Alexander Ferner (b. 15 March 1965)

Elisabeth Ferner Beckmann (b. 30 March 1969)

Carl-Christian Ferner (b. 22 October 1972, Oslo)

Sebastian Johansen (b. 9 March 1990)

Madeleine Johansen (b. 7 March 1993)

Edward Ferner (b. 28 March 1996)

Stella Ferner (b. 23 April 1998)

Benjamin Beckmann (b. 25 April 1999)

Fay Ferner (b. 10 July 2018)

Fam Ferner (b. 28 January 2021)

Nicoline Johansen (b. 2019)

Ferdinand Johansen (b. 2021)

Harald V of Norway 21 February 1937 married 1968, Sonja Haraldsen Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (b. 22 September 1971)

Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (b. 20 July 1973)

Maud Behn (b. 29 April 2003)

Leah Behn (b. 8 April 2005)

Emma Behn (b. 2008)

Princess Ingrid Alexandra (b. 21 January 2004)

Prince Sverre Magnus (b. 3 December 2005)

Gallery

Notes

  1. ^ Coronation discarded by constitutional amendment in 1908. Olav V instead received benediction in Nidaros Cathedral.

References

  1. ^ Berulfsen, Bjarne (1969). Norsk Uttaleordbok (in Norwegian). Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co (W Nygaard). pp. 64, 91, 232.
  2. ^ a b "Folkekongen ble århundrets nordmann". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 December 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  3. ^ Sandelson, Michael (28 October 2011). "Norway's Queen Maud in euthanasia speculations". The Foreigner. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  4. ^ . Time Magazine. 21 January 1929. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  5. ^ Benkow 1991, pp. 97–108.
  6. ^ Bratli & Schau 1995, p. 93.
  7. ^ a b Dahl 1982, p. 48.
  8. ^ Flint 1991.
  9. ^ F.S. Bennett (Director) (1913). The Smallest Car in the Largest City in the World (motion picture). London, England: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2017 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ Morton, Ian (30 August 2003). "Right Royal Fun in a Baby Cadillac". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  11. ^ "The Real Historical People of the New Drama 'Atlantic Crossing'". WTTW, PBS. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Olav V Arrives In Norway 1945". British Pathé. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Olav V king of Norway". Britannica. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  14. ^ Article from NRK on the king Featuring a photo of the event and explanatory text (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 November 2006
  15. ^ "Olav V king of Norway". Britannica. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Tronskiftet 1991". www.kongehuset.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  17. ^ AS, TV 2. "I dag er det 25 år siden kong Olav døde". TV 2 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  18. ^ Berge, Jørgen. "Gro: - Jeg hadde et nært forhold til kong Olav". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  19. ^ Dahlmann, L. A. . Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  20. ^ "Den kongelige norske Sanct Olavs Orden", Norges Statskalender (in Norwegian), 1922, p. 1171-1172, retrieved 19 September 2021 – via hathitrust.org
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  26. ^ . Time Magazine. 26 October 1962. p. 1. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  27. ^ Royal House of Norway web page on King Olav V's decorations (Norwegian) Retrieved 5 October 2007
  28. ^ "No. 41815". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 September 1959. p. 5791.
  29. ^ "No. 41435". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 July 1958. p. 4199.
  30. ^ "No. 51344". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 May 1988. p. 6093.
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Bibliography

  • Benkow, Jo (1991). Olav – menneske og monark (in Norwegian) (3rd ed.). Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. ISBN 82-05-20192-7.
  • Bramsen, Bo (1992). Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt [The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants] (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Forlaget Forum. ISBN 87-553-1843-6.
  • Bratli, Kjell Arne; Schau, Øyvind (1995). Sjøoffiser og samfunnsbygger : Vernepliktige sjøoffiserers forening : 100-års jubileumsbok : 1895–1995 (in Norwegian). Hundvåg: Sjømilitære Samfund ved Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjøvesen. ISBN 82-91008-09-4.
  • Dahl, Hans Fredrik (1982). Norge under Olav V (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. ISBN 8202090520.
  • Flint, Peter B. (18 January 1991). "Olav V, Norway's King 33 Years And Resistance Hero, Dies at 87". New York Times.
  • Lerche, Anna; Mandal, Marcus (2003). A royal family : the story of Christian IX and his European descendants. Copenhagen: Aschehoug. ISBN 9788715109577.
  • Suits, Julia (2011). The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions: The Curious World of the Demoulin Brothers and Their Fraternal Lodge Prank Machi nes - from Human Centipedes and Revolving Goats to ElectricCarpets and SmokingC. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-101-54576-8.

External links

  • Official Website of the Royal House of Norway
  • King Olav – biography (Official Website of the Royal House of Norway)
  • – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
  • Newspaper clippings about Olav V of Norway in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
Olav V
Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg
Born: 2 July 1903 Died: 17 January 1991
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Norway
1957–1991
Succeeded by
Norwegian royalty
Preceded by Crown Prince of Norway
1905–1957
Succeeded by
Military offices
Preceded by Chief of Defence of Norway
1944–1945
Succeeded by

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For other kings named Olaf see King Olaf disambiguation Olav V Norwegian pronunciation ˈuːlɑːv dɛn ˈfɛ mte 1 born Prince Alexander of Denmark 2 July 1903 17 January 1991 was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991 Olav VKing Olav in 1957King of NorwayReign21 September 1957 17 January 1991Benediction a 22 June 1958PredecessorHaakon VIISuccessorHarald VPrime ministersSee list Einar GerhardsenJohn LyngPer BortenTrygve BratteliLars KorvaldOdvar NordliGro Harlem BrundtlandKare WillochJan P SyseBornPrince Alexander of Denmark 1903 07 02 2 July 1903Appleton House Sandringham Norfolk EnglandDied17 January 1991 1991 01 17 aged 87 The Royal Lodge Holmenkollen Oslo NorwayBurial30 January 1991Akershus Castle OsloSpousePrincess Martha of Sweden m 1929 died 1954 wbr IssuePrincess Ragnhild Mrs Lorentzen Princess Astrid Mrs Ferner Harald V of NorwayNamesOlav ne Alexander Edward Christian FrederikHouseGlucksburgFatherHaakon VII of NorwayMotherMaud of WalesSignatureSports careerMedal record SailingRepresenting NorwayOlympic Games1928 Amsterdam 6 m mixed5 5 Metre World Championship1971 Seawanhaka 5 5m1976 Hanko 5 5mOlav was the only child of King Haakon VII of Norway and Maud of Wales He became heir apparent to the Norwegian throne when his father was elected King of Norway in 1905 He was the first heir to the Norwegian throne to be brought up in Norway since Olav IV in the fourteenth century and his parents made sure he was given as Norwegian an upbringing as possible In preparation for his future role he attended both civilian and military schools In 1929 he married his first cousin Princess Martha of Sweden During World War II his leadership was much appreciated and he was appointed Norwegian Chief of Defence in 1944 Olav became king following the death of his father in 1957 Owing to his considerate down to earth style King Olav was immensely popular resulting in the nickname Folkekongen The People s King In a 2005 poll by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Olav was voted Norwegian of the Century 2 Contents 1 Birth and early life 2 World War II 3 Reign 4 Illness and death 4 1 Funeral 5 Legacy 5 1 In popular culture 6 Honours 6 1 National honours and medals 6 2 Foreign honours 6 3 Other honours 7 Issue 8 Gallery 9 Notes 10 References 11 Bibliography 12 External linksBirth and early life Edit The Norwegian Royal Family in 1921 Olav was born as Prince Alexander Edward Christian Frederik in Appleton House on the royal Sandringham Estate Flitcham United Kingdom 3 His parents were Prince Carl second son of Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark later King Frederick VIII and Princess Maud youngest daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom who was the eldest son of Britain s Queen Victoria In 1905 Carl was elected King of Norway and took the name Haakon VII On the day Haakon was crowned he gave his two year old son the Norwegian name Olav after Olaf Haakonsson king of Norway and Denmark 4 Olav was thus the first heir to the throne since the Middle Ages to have been raised in Norway Unlike his father who was a naval officer Olav chose to complete his main military education in the army He graduated from the three year Norwegian Military Academy in 1924 with the fourth best score in his class Olav then went on to study jurisprudence and economics for two years at Balliol College Oxford 5 During the 1930s Crown Prince Olav was a naval cadet serving on the minelayer cadet training ship Olav Tryggvason 6 Olav moved up the ranks of the Norwegian armed forces rising in the army from an initial rank of first lieutenant to captain in 1931 and colonel in 1936 7 He was an accomplished athlete Olav jumped from the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo and competed in sailing regattas He won a gold medal in sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics 8 in Amsterdam and remained an active sailor into old age On 21 March 1929 in Oslo he married his first cousin Princess Martha of Sweden with whom he had two daughters Ragnhild and Astrid and one son Harald As exiles during World War II Crown Princess Martha and the royal children lived in Washington D C where she struck up a close friendship with Franklin D Roosevelt She died in 1954 before her husband ascended the throne The British Film Institute houses an early film made in 1913 in which a miniature car a baby Cadillac commissioned by Queen Alexandra for Crown Prince Olav tows a procession of Londoners through the streets of the capital before being delivered to a pair of royal testers of roughly Olav s age 9 The car is a battery powered one third size replica on a four foot wheelbase and is on permanent loan to the Norsk Teknisk Museum in Oslo 10 World War II Edit King Haakon VII Crown Prince Olav and Hans Reidar Holtermann in Scotland during World War II As Crown Prince Olav had received extensive military training and had participated in most major Norwegian military exercises Because of this he was perhaps one of the most knowledgeable Norwegian military leaders citation needed and was respected by other Allied leaders for his knowledge and leadership skills During a visit to the United States before the war he and his wife had established a close relationship with President Roosevelt These factors would prove to be important for the Norwegian fight against the attacking German forces In 1939 Crown Prince Olav was appointed an admiral of the Royal Norwegian Navy and a general of the Norwegian Army 7 During World War II Olav stood by his father s side in resisting the German occupation of Norway During the campaign he was a valuable advisor both to civilian and military leaders When the Norwegian government decided to go into exile he offered to stay behind with the Norwegian people but this was declined He reluctantly followed his father to the United Kingdom where he and his staff and servants and aides continued to be a key advisor to the government in exile and his father One source states that Olav helped to build and lead a free fighting force and made radio broadcasts while in England 11 Olav made several visits to Norwegian and Allied troops in the United Kingdom Canada and the United States In 1944 he was appointed to the post of Norwegian Chief of Defence and after the war he led the Norwegian disarmament of the German occupying forces On 13 May 1945 Crown Prince Olav and five government ministers returned to a liberated Norway The arrival was documented in a newsreel by British Pathe News 12 His war decorations from other nations including the War Crosses of Norway France Greece and the Netherlands the US Legion of Merit and the French Medaille Militaire are testament to the international recognition of his contribution to the war against Hitler Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha with their children Princess Astrid Princess Ragnhild and Prince Harald at their exile home Pook s Hill in Bethesda MarylandReign Edit King Olav V at Holmenkollen in 1975 Haakon was injured in an accident in 1955 his son Olav served as regent until his death 13 Haakon died at the Royal Palace in Oslo on 21 September 1957 He was 85 years old After his death Olav succeeded him as Olav V Olav reigned as a People s King and became extremely popular despite the fact that he had no queen consort he was a widower throughout his reign He liked to drive his own cars and would drive in the public lanes even though as a monarch he was allowed to drive in bus lanes When driving was restricted during the 1973 energy crisis King Olav who could have driven legally wanted to lead by example while preparing for a skiing trip he dressed up in his skiing outfit and boarded the Holmenkollbanen suburban railway carrying his skis on his shoulder 14 When later asked how he dared to go out in public without bodyguards he replied that he had 4 million bodyguards the population of Norway was at the time 4 million For his athletic ability and role as King Olav earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1968 the Medal for Outstanding Civic Achievement in 1970 and was made Name of the Year in 1975 He had a strong interest in military matters and took his role as titular Commander in Chief very seriously As well as his ceremonial roles in the Norwegian Army he also served as Colonel in Chief of the Green Howards Alexandra Princess of Wales s Yorkshire Regiment the British regiment named for his grandmother Queen Alexandra The King represented Norway extensively abroad during his reign conducting state visits to both neighbouring countries and more distant destinations such as Ethiopia and Iran King Olav V opened the 14th World Scout Jamboree in July 1975 in the presence of 17 259 Scouts from 94 countries Although the constitution nominally vested Olav with executive power he was not responsible for exercising it One source states that his duties were largely ceremonial 15 His acts were not valid without the countersignature of a minister usually the Prime Minister who then became politically responsible for the act in question He had the right to appoint the government but in practice it was not possible for him to keep a government in office against the will of the Storting Thus in practice his role was mostly representative in nature Nonetheless like his father before him he commanded great moral authority as a symbol of the nation s unity Illness and death EditDuring the summer of 1990 the King suffered from health problems but recovered somewhat during Christmas the same year At the age of 87 on 17 January 1991 while residing in the Royal Lodge Kongsseteren in Oslo he became ill and died in the evening of a myocardial infarction An interview given by King Harald V and hints in a biography by Jo Benkow who was the President of the Storting at that time mention the possibility that King Olav suffered great trauma upon learning of the outbreak of the first Gulf War which began on the day he died Olav s son Harald V succeeded him as King On the night of his death and for several days up until the state funeral Norwegians mourned publicly lighting hundreds of thousands of candles in the courtyard outside the Royal Palace in Oslo with letters and cards placed amongst them 16 The National Archives have preserved all these cards Funeral Edit The state funeral of King Olav V was held on 30 January 1991 During the funeral procession from the Royal Palace to Oslo Cathedral over 100 000 people lined up along Karl Johans gate to pay their respects 17 Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland gave the eulogy at the funeral before the casket was moved to Akershus Fortress where a private service was held 18 Olav was finally laid to rest next to his wife Martha in the green sarcophagus of the Royal Mausoleum 19 Legacy EditKing Olav s leadership during the Second World War made him a symbol of Norwegian independence and national unity As King Olav s wife Princess Martha died of cancer the King Olav V s Prize for Cancer Research was established in 1992 A 2005 poll by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation named King Olav Norwegian of the Century 2 In popular culture Edit Viktor Andersen portrayed the two year old Prince Alexander Olav in the 2009 NRK drama series Harry amp Charles Actor Anders Baasmo Christiansen was chosen to portray Crown Prince Olav in the 2016 drama The King s Choice while Tobias Santelmann portrayed Olav in the 2021 NRK drama Atlantic Crossing Honours EditNational honours and medals Edit Norway Recipient of the War Cross Recipient of the Medal for Outstanding Civic Achievement in gold Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav 18 November 1905 20 Grand Master 21 September 1957 Founder of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit 1985 Recipient of the St Olav s medal Recipient of the Haakon VII Coronation Medal Recipient of the War Medal Recipient of the Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal Recipient of the King Haakon VII 1905 1955 Jubilee MedalForeign honours Edit Argentina Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martin Austria Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria Belgium Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold Brazil Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Rose Chile Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Merit of Chile Denmark Knight of the Elephant 13 August 1921 21 Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog 13 August 1921 21 Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog 11 September 1958 21 Recipient of the King Christian X s Liberty Medal 21 Recipient of the Commemorative Medal for King Christian IX s 100th birthday 21 Recipient of the Commemorative Medal for King Frederik VIII s 100th birthday 21 Ethiopia Grand Cross of the Order of Solomon Finland Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose France Grand Cross of the Order of Legion of Honour Recipient of the Croix de guerre Recipient of the Medaille militaire Germany Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Greece Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer Grand Cross of the Order of St George and St Constantine Recipient of the War Cross Recipient of the Commemorative Badge of the Centenary of the Royal House of Greece Iceland Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Falcon 1961 Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon 1955 Iran Grand Cordon of the Order of Pahlavi Commemorative Medal of the 2500th Anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire 14 10 1971 22 Italy Knight Grand cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1965 Japan Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum Luxembourg Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau Mexico Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle Netherlands Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Grand Cross of the Order of the House of Orange Recipient of the War Cross Recipient of the Queen Juliana Juliana Inauguration Medal 1948 Peru Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun Portugal Grand Cross of the Military Order of Aviz Grand Collar of the Order of Saint James of the Sword Romania Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star Saxony Grand Cross of the Ernestine Order Saxony Germany Spain Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece Collar of the Order of Charles III Sweden Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim 1 November 1926 23 Recipient of the 70th Birthday Medal of King Gustaf V 1928 Recipient of the 90th Birthday Medal of King Gustaf V 1948 King Gustaf V s 90th Anniversary Medal Thailand Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri 19 September 1960 24 Knight Grand Cordon Special Class of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao Tunisia Grand Cross of the Order of Independence Vatican City Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IX 1967 United Kingdom Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter 29 May 1959 25 Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle 26 Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Recipient of the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal Recipient of the King George VI Coronation Medal Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal United States Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit Yugoslavia Great Star of the Order of the Yugoslav Star 27 Other honours Edit Norway A 180 000 km2 area Prince Olav Coast and the Prince Olav Mountains in Antarctica are named in his honour Norway Olav V Land on Svalbard is named in his honour Norway In 1961 the King was a laureate of the Nansen Refugee Award Norway In 1968 he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal Norway In 2005 Olav was proclaimed the Norwegian of the Century with 41 percent of the tele votes in a popular competition held by NRK United Kingdom In 1959 Olav was granted the honorary rank of Air Chief Marshal in the Royal Air Force 28 United Kingdom In 1958 Olav was granted the honorary rank of Admiral in the Royal Navy 29 and in 1988 he was granted the honorary rank of Admiral of the Fleet 30 United Kingdom Honorary Freeman of Richmond United Kingdom Honorary Freedom of Newcastle upon Tyne 31 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Prince Olav Harbour on South Georgia is also named in his honour Norway Member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 32 Skopje SR Macedonia In 1966 Olav became an honorary citizen 33 Issue EditChildren Birth Death Married Grandchildren Great Grandchildren Great Great GrandchildrenPrincess Ragnhild of Norway 9 June 1930 16 September 2012 married 1953 Erling Lorentzen Haakon Lorentzen b 23 August 1954 Ingeborg Lorentzen Ribeiro b 27 February 1957 Ragnhild Lorentzen Long b 8 May 1968 Olav Lorentzen b 11 July 1985 Christian Lorentzen b 23 May 1988 Sophia Lorentzen b 28 Jun 1994 Victoria Ribeiro Falcao b 19 December 1988 Alexandra Long b 14 December 2007 Elizabeth Long b 2011 Frederik Falcao b 28 September 2016 Alice Falcao b 21 October 2022 Princess Astrid of Norway 12 February 1932 married 1961 Johan Ferner Cathrine Ferner Johansen b 22 July 1962 Benedikte Ferner Stange b 27 September 1963 Alexander Ferner b 15 March 1965 Elisabeth Ferner Beckmann b 30 March 1969 Carl Christian Ferner b 22 October 1972 Oslo Sebastian Johansen b 9 March 1990 Madeleine Johansen b 7 March 1993 Edward Ferner b 28 March 1996 Stella Ferner b 23 April 1998 Benjamin Beckmann b 25 April 1999 Fay Ferner b 10 July 2018 Fam Ferner b 28 January 2021 Nicoline Johansen b 2019 Ferdinand Johansen b 2021 Harald V of Norway 21 February 1937 married 1968 Sonja Haraldsen Princess Martha Louise of Norway b 22 September 1971 Crown Prince Haakon Magnus b 20 July 1973 Maud Behn b 29 April 2003 Leah Behn b 8 April 2005 Emma Behn b 2008 Princess Ingrid Alexandra b 21 January 2004 Prince Sverre Magnus b 3 December 2005 Gallery Edit Crown Prince Olav arrives in Norway in 1905 on his father s arm and is greeted by Prime Minister Christian Michelsen Drawing 1906 by Andreas Bloch Martha and Olav on the cover of Time on the occasion of their wedding Crown Prince Olav and his father King Haakon VII take shelter under birch trees as the German Luftwaffe bombs Molde Martha and Olav in 1950 Olav in 1921 as Crown Prince Haakon VII of Norway Maud of Wales and Crown Prince Olav on 17 July 1913 in NorwayNotes Edit Coronation discarded by constitutional amendment in 1908 Olav V instead received benediction in Nidaros Cathedral References Edit Berulfsen Bjarne 1969 Norsk Uttaleordbok in Norwegian Oslo H Aschehoug amp Co W Nygaard pp 64 91 232 a b Folkekongen ble arhundrets nordmann Aftenposten in Norwegian 17 December 2005 Retrieved 14 July 2011 Sandelson Michael 28 October 2011 Norway s Queen Maud in euthanasia speculations The Foreigner Retrieved 9 July 2013 Olav to Martha Time Magazine 21 January 1929 Archived from the original on 10 February 2009 Retrieved 17 January 2009 Benkow 1991 pp 97 108 Bratli amp Schau 1995 p 93 a b Dahl 1982 p 48 Flint 1991 F S Bennett Director 1913 The Smallest Car in the Largest City in the World motion picture London England British Film Institute Archived from the original on 7 November 2021 Retrieved 15 May 2017 via YouTube Morton Ian 30 August 2003 Right Royal Fun in a Baby Cadillac The Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 Retrieved 15 May 2017 The Real Historical People of the New Drama Atlantic Crossing WTTW PBS 6 April 2021 Retrieved 13 April 2021 Olav V Arrives In Norway 1945 British Pathe Retrieved 12 April 2021 Olav V king of Norway Britannica Retrieved 13 April 2021 Article from NRK on the king Featuring a photo of the event and explanatory text in Norwegian Retrieved 24 November 2006 Olav V king of Norway Britannica Retrieved 13 April 2021 Tronskiftet 1991 www kongehuset no in Norwegian Retrieved 13 April 2018 AS TV 2 I dag er det 25 ar siden kong Olav dode TV 2 in Norwegian Retrieved 13 April 2018 Berge Jorgen Gro Jeg hadde et naert forhold til kong Olav Nettavisen in Norwegian Retrieved 13 April 2018 Dahlmann L A The secret journey of Queen Maud s coffin norwegianhistory no 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Father in law of Europe and his descendants in Danish 2nd ed Copenhagen Forlaget Forum ISBN 87 553 1843 6 Bratli Kjell Arne Schau Oyvind 1995 Sjooffiser og samfunnsbygger Vernepliktige sjooffiserers forening 100 ars jubileumsbok 1895 1995 in Norwegian Hundvag Sjomilitaere Samfund ved Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjovesen ISBN 82 91008 09 4 Dahl Hans Fredrik 1982 Norge under Olav V in Norwegian Oslo Cappelen ISBN 8202090520 Flint Peter B 18 January 1991 Olav V Norway s King 33 Years And Resistance Hero Dies at 87 New York Times Lerche Anna Mandal Marcus 2003 A royal family the story of Christian IX and his European descendants Copenhagen Aschehoug ISBN 9788715109577 Suits Julia 2011 The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions The Curious World of the Demoulin Brothers and Their Fraternal Lodge Prank Machi nes from Human Centipedes and Revolving Goats to ElectricCarpets and SmokingC Penguin Publishing Group p 53 ISBN 978 1 101 54576 8 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related 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