Haakon VII (other)
Haakon VII (1872–1957) was King of Norway from 1905 to 1957. Haakon VII or King Haakon VII or ''variation'', may also refer to: Ships * HNoMS ''King Haakon VII'', a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship in commission from 1942 to 1951 * HNoMS ''Haakon VII'' (A537), a Royal Norwegian Navy training ship in commission from 1958 to 1974 Places Norway * Haakon VII Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway * Haakon VII street, Trondheim, Norway * Haakon VII Toppen (Haakon VII Peak), a peak on Beerenberg, Jan Mayan, Norway Antarctica * King Haakon VII Vidde (Haakon VII Plateau), a plateau in Antarctica * King Haakon VII Sea, East Antarctica, Southern Ocean See also * * Haakon (other) Haakon may refer to: Given names * Haakon (given name) * Håkon, modern Norwegian spelling of the name * Håkan, Swedish spelling of the name * Hakon, Danish spelling of the name People Norwegian royalty * Haakon I of Norway (c. 920–961), th ...

Haakon VII
Haakon VII (; born Prince Carl of Denmark; 3 August 187221 September 1957) was the King of Norway from November 1905 until his death in September 1957. Originally a Danish prince, he was born in Copenhagen as the son of the future Frederick VIII of Denmark and Louise of Sweden. Prince Carl was educated at the Royal Danish Naval Academy and served in the Royal Danish Navy. After the 1905 dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway, Prince Carl was offered the Norwegian crown. Following a November plebiscite, he accepted the offer and was formally elected King of Norway by the Storting. He took the Old Norse name ''Haakon'' and ascended to the throne as Haakon VII, becoming the first independent Norwegian monarch since 1387. As king, Haakon gained much sympathy from the Norwegian people. Although the Constitution of Norway vests the King with considerable executive powers, in practice Haakon confined himself to non-partisan roles without interfering in politics, a practi ...
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HNoMS King Haakon VII
HNoMS ''King Haakon VII'' was a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship during World War II, named after King Haakon VII of Norway. She was given to the RNoN by the United States on 16 September 1942, in the presence of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha.Hansen 2005: 149 Handover ceremony The original intention of the US authorities had been to hand over the warship to the exiled Norwegians on 3 August 1942, on the 70th birthday of King Haakon VII. This plan could however not be carried out as Crown Princess Märtha was going spend that day with her father-in-law the King in London and the handover date was postponed. During the handover ceremony Roosevelt delivered his famous "Look to Norway" - speech. ''King Haakon VII'' was formerly part of the U.S. Navy as USS ''PC 467''. The ship was built in Neponset, Massachusetts where she was launched on 29 April 1942. Norwegian service HNoMS ''King Haakon VII'', under her first commander kapteinløytnant ...
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HNoMS Haakon VII (A537)
USS ''Gardiners Bay'' (AVP-39) was a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1945 to 1958 that saw service in the latter stages of World War II and in the Korean War. After her decommissioning, she was transferred to Norway, and she served in the Royal Norwegian Navy as the training ship HNoMS ''Haakon VII'' (A537) from 1958 to 1974. Construction and commissioning ''Gardiners Bay'' was launched on 2 December 1944 at Houghton, Washington, by the Lake Washington Shipyard, sponsored by Mrs. George L. Richard. She commissioned at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Washington, on 11 February 1945. United States Navy service World War II ''Gardiners Bay'' departed Seattle, Washington, on 1 March 1945 for shakedown out of San Diego, California, which she completed on 20 April 1945. She then proceeded via Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands to tend the seaplanes of Patrol Bombing Squadron 19 ( VPB-19) in a 10-day training period, the ...
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