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Haakon VII, born 3 August, 1872 ; second son of Frederik VIII. King of Denmark, elected King of Norway by the Storting, 18 November, 1905; accepted the crown, 18 November, 1905; landed in Norway, 25 November, 1905 ; married, 22 July, 1896, to Princess Maud, bom 26 November, 1869 (died 20 November, 1938), the third daughter of the late Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Books of Reference concerning Norway
1. Official Publications
Statistisk Aarbok lor Norge. (Statistical Annual of Norway.)
Statistisk-Økonomisk oversikt. (Statistical and economic survey.)
Norges Statekalender. Annual. Oslo.
Kongeriket Norges civile, geistlige, rettslige og militaere inndeling. Utgitt av det Statistiske Sentralbyrå. Oslo, 1941.
Statistiske Meddcleiser. Utgitt av det Statistiske Sentralbyrå. Oslo, from 1882.
Norges Land og Folk. I. Smaalenenes Amt. II. Akerahus Amt. III. Kristiania: IV. Hedemarkens Amt. V. Kristians Amt. VI. Buskeruds Amt. VII. Jarlsberg og Larviks Amt. VIII. Bratsberg Amt. IX. Nedenes Ant. X. Lister og Mandal Amt. XI Stavanger Amt. XII. Söndre Bergenhus Amt. XIII. Bergens by. XIV. Nordre Bergenhus Amt. XV. Romsdals Amt. XVI. Söndre Trondhjems Amt. XVII. Nordre Trondhjems Amt. XVIII. Nordlands Amt. XIX. Tromsö Amt. XX. Finmarkens Amt. Kristiania, 1885–1916.
The Northern Countries in World Economy. (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden.) Delegations for the Promotion of Economic Co-operation between the Northern Countries. Oslo, 1937.
Norway. A Handbook. Compiled by the Royal Norwegian Government. London, 1944.
All for Norway. An illustrated book about Norway, containing articles issued on the occasion of King Haakon’s 70th birthday. London, 1942.
2. Non-Official Publications
Norway. National Travel Association of Norway. Oslo, 1946.
Norway Tear Book, The. Oslo, 1938.
Norwegian Export Review. Oslo, 1948.
Braekstad (H. L.), The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway. London, 1905.
Christensen (S.), Norway is My Country. London, 1943.
Cook (T.), Guide to Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. 17th edition. London, 1939.
Eriksen (Sigurd), Norge, Schären, Fjorde und Sonne. Hamburg, 1930.
Grimley (O. B.), The New Norway. Oslo, 1939.
Hambro (C. J.), I saw it happen in Norway. London, 1940.
Harriman (Mrs.), Mission to the North. New York, 1941.
Harris (G. R.), Progressive Norway. Washington, 1939.
Keilhau (W.), Norway in World History. (‘Cross Road’ Series.) London, 1944.
Lehmkuhl (H. K.), The Invasion of Norway. London, 1940.—Hitler Attacks Norway. London, 1943.
Lyle (A.), Die Iudustrialisierung Norwegens. Jena, 1939.
Nordskog (J. E.), Social Reform in Norway; A Study of Nationalism and Social Democracy. Los Angeles, 1935.
Reusch (Hans), Norges Geografi. I. Naturen og Folket. Oslo, 1927.
Rothery (Agnes), Norway: Changing and Changeless. London, 1939.
Schiwitters (Ernst), This Norway London, 1944.
Seaton (G. W.), What to See and Do in Scandinavia. New York, 1939.
Slingsby (W. C.), Norway: The Northern Playground. Oxford, 1940.
Steffens (H. K.), Den norske Centraladministrations histoire, 1814–1914. Kristiania, 1914.
Sund (T.) and Sömme (A.), Norway in Maps. 2 vols. Bergen, 1947.
Vidnes (J.), La Norvège. Oslo, 1934.
Warbey (W. N.), Look to Norway. London, 1946.
Wereriskiold (W.) (editor), Norge vårt land. Oslo, 1936.
3. Spitsbergen
Oxford University Expedition to Spitsbergen. 3 vols. 1921–24.
Spitsbergen Papers. 2 vols. London, 1925–29.
Norges Svalbard og Ishavs-undersökelser. Oslo, from 1929.
Glen (A. R.), Young Men in the Arctic. London, 1935.
Holtedahl (Olaf), Notes on the Geology of North-western Spitsbergen. Oslo, 1926.
Nansen (Fridtjof), En ferd til Spitsbergen. Kristiania, J 920.—Spitsbergen. Leipzig, 1921.
Rudmorse Brown (R. M.), Spitsbergen: An Account of Exploration, Hunting, the Mineral Riches and Future Potentialities of an Arctic Archipelago. London, 1920.
Staël von Holstein (L. F. W.), Norway in the Arctic. London, 1932.
Stefansson (V.), Arctic Manual. New York, 1944.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1949). Norway. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270787_51
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