Word: haakon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Balkans, the conviction spread that a fateful decision had been made and a great attack was impending; as the British-Italian trade agreement broke down; as Swedish public opinion split on the question of aid to the Finns and King Haakon of Norway hurried to Stockholm; as Premier Molotov in Moscow gave a three and one-half hour lunch to U. S. Ambassador Steinhardt; as diplomatic life all over Europe speeded up in the wake of the Welles mission, it was plain that, although Sumner Welles made no statement, raised no hopes, he looked to many a European like...
Opening Norway's Storting. King Haakon VII was less solicitous for Finland but not a jot less concerned with defense. "I hope," he said, "the new year will bring peace for all human beings, especially for our brother country in the east. . . . Training for the Army will follow the same directive as during past years, but there will be some enlargement. Naval defenses will be changed and enlarged...