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Olav V of Norway

Appleton House, 2 Jul 1903 – The Royal Lodge, Holmenkollen, 17 Jan 1991

13 facts3 sources

Facts and their sources

  • Born2 Jul 1903, Appleton Housenot verified1 source
  • MarriedPrincess Märtha of Swedennot verified1 source
  • TitlePrince of Denmark, 1903–1905or crown prince, 1905–1957 · Chief of Defence of Norway, 1944–1945 · Monarch of Norway, 1957–1991not verified1 source
  • Titlecrown prince, 1905–1957or Prince of Denmark, 1903–1905 · Chief of Defence of Norway, 1944–1945 · Monarch of Norway, 1957–1991not verified1 source
  • TitleChief of Defence of Norway, 1944–1945or Prince of Denmark, 1903–1905 · crown prince, 1905–1957 · Monarch of Norway, 1957–1991not verified1 source
  • TitleMonarch of Norway, 1957–1991or Prince of Denmark, 1903–1905 · crown prince, 1905–1957 · Chief of Defence of Norway, 1944–1945not verified1 source
  • Died17 Jan 1991, The Royal Lodge, Holmenkollennot verified1 source
  • FatherHaakon VII of Norwaynot verified1 source
  • MotherMaud of Walesnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1903–1905

    Prince of Denmark

  2. 2 Jul 1903

    Born in Appleton House

  3. 1905–1957

    Crown prince

  4. 1930–1937

    3 children are born

  5. 1944–1945

    Chief of Defence of Norway

  6. 1957–1991

    Monarch of Norway

  7. 17 Jan 1991

    Dies in The Royal Lodge, Holmenkollen, aged 87

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 3

During his lifetime

He lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Appleton House.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1900s · Olav V is born in Appleton House

In the news1908

Old Age Pensions Introduced in 1908

In 1908, Parliament approved means-tested old age pensions of up to five shillings a week for people over 70.

Getting around

Horses ruled the early 1900s streets

Before World War One, horses dominated town streets, pulling everything from carriages and taxicabs to delivery carts and buses.

At the table

Common Drink Adulteration and Reuse

Tea was frequently re-used until all flavour was extracted, and milk was sometimes adulterated with chalk and water.

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.Around the world · 1903–1906

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (credited as photographers) [1], [2] · public domain

What people wore

Working-class menswear habits

Working-class men often wore their father's old suits for manual labor, leading to common sights of mismatched coats and trousers.

Music

Affordable dance halls in the 1920s

During the 1920s in Glasgow, young people flocked to dance halls where they could dance for six hours for the price of sixpence. These halls were known for being fiercely respectable, and participants focused on skill and style.

Daily life

Lighting in the home was rarely electric

Most late-Victorian and Edwardian families lacked electricity and relied on gas, or in rural areas, oil lamps and homemade rushlights.