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Word: haakon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...tory belonged to the U.S. radio. The U.S. slept on, but the radio worked as if it had the biggest audience in history. First, from London, came the rolling, authoritative voice of General Eisenhower, reading his proclamation to the people of Western Europe; then Norway's King Haakon and Belgian Premier Hubert Pierlot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Invasion: This is It | 6/12/1944 | See Source »

...Life. To King Haakon in London, Norwegian underground leaders addressed this appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Fighting Hearts | 5/29/1944 | See Source »

...these demands, King Haakon's Government gave an unqualified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Fighting Hearts | 5/29/1944 | See Source »

...Yugoslavia, in the light blue uniform of his air force. Other limousines brought the witnesses: Britain's George VI, the bridegroom's godfather, and Greece's George II, the bride's uncle. Among the guests: Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Norway's King Haakon, Holland's Queen Wilhelmina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The King Takes a Wife | 3/27/1944 | See Source »

Sweden might be asked to neutralize the Narvik area to hold back the Allies in return for a German promise to leave the earth unscorched. That could be done only with the approval of the British and of exiled Norwegian King Haakon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: Shadow over Sweden | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

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