The Royal mottos () of the
Norwegian monarchs
The list of Norwegian monarchs ( or ''kongerekka'') begins in 872: the traditional dating of the Battle of Hafrsfjord, after which victorious King Harald Fairhair Unification of Norway, merged several Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms int ...
are an old tradition of
Norway
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, permanent since the reign of
Christian II of Denmark and Norway. The latest three kings have adopted the same motto as their personal motto, , that has a particularly high standing as it became one of the main symbols of the Norwegian struggle during the
German occupation in
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
; by coincidence, these are also all three kings since the
dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden
The dissolution of the union (; ; Høgnorsk, Landsmål: ''unionsuppløysingi''; ) between the kingdoms of Norway and Sweden under the House of Bernadotte, was set in motion by a resolution of the Storting on 7 June 1905. Following some months of ...
, so modern independent Norway has never had another royal motto.
List
See also
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List of Norwegian monarchs
The list of Norwegian monarchs ( or ''kongerekka'') begins in 872: the traditional dating of the Battle of Hafrsfjord, after which victorious King Harald Fairhair Unification of Norway, merged several Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms int ...
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Royal mottos of Swedish monarchs The royal motto of the Swedish monarch is a Swedish royal tradition stemming from the early 16th century. All reigning monarchs of Sweden, beginning with Gustav I, have had their own mottos during their respective periods of reign. The Swedish roya ...
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Royal mottos of Danish monarchs
Footnotes and references
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Monarchy of Norway
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...