Category:Funeral of Haakon VII of Norway

English: The funeral of Haakon VII, who became Norway's king in 1905 and died at the age of 85 on September 21, 1957, took place in Oslo, Norway on Tuesday, October 1.

• The funeral procession went from the Royal Palace to Oslo Cathedral and then to Akershus Fortress. There was a huge crowd of onlookers along the route of the funeral procession and significant traffic problems in the capital city that lasted well into the evening.
• Among those in the procession behind the coffin were King Olav, Crown Prince Harald, King Gustav Adolf of Sweden, King Frederik of Denmark, Prince Alexander of Greece, President Kekkonen, President Asgeirson, Prince Felix, Prince Bernhard, King Paul I, and King Bauduin.

Persons at the forefront of the funeral procession from the Royal palace to Akershus Fortress in downtown Oslo:

• Olav V (born Prince Alexander of Denmark; 1903 – 1991), King of Norway 1957 – 1991
• Prince Harald of Norway (born 1937)
• Nikolai Ramm Østgaard (1885 – 1958), Norwegian military officer, aide-de-camp for Olav V of Norway
• Frederik IX of Denmark (1899–1972), King of Denmark 1947 – 1972
• Gustaf VI Adolf (1882 – 1973), King of Sweden 1950 – 1973
• Urho Kekkonen (1900 – 1986), president of Finland 1956 – 1982
• Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894 – 1972), president of Iceland 1952 – 1968
• Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (later Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands 1911 – 2004), Prince of the Netherlands 1948 – 1980 as the husband of Queen Juliana.
• Baudouin of Belgium (1930 – 1993), King of the Belgians 1951 – 1993
• Paul of Greece (1901 – 1964), King of Greece 1947 – 1964
• Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1919 –1964), husband of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
• Prince Alexander Desta (died 1974), Grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.

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