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Proudly last week all Norway celebrated the kingdom's "Silver Jubilee," the 25th anniversary of the ascension of a 100% Norwegian throne by His Majesty Haakon VII. The last exclusively Norwegian King, Haakon VI, died 550 years...
...Mighty Britain, niece of Colossal Russia? In a second plebiscite 259,563 Norwegians voted for the young man who used to darn socks, sew on buttons; 69,264 voted against him. He was proclaimed King of Norway just 25 years ago last week, changing his name from Carl to Haakon...
...Oslo last week King Haakon and Queen Maud had among their Jubilee guests his elder brother, King Christian X of Denmark; and Prince George, youngest son of her brother King-Emperor George V. Beginning with a simple, solemn Lutheran service in Our Saviour's Church, the Jubilee became joyous as Their Majesties left the church amid a rousing 21-gun salute, clattered off to the Palace where King Haakon addressed his people and all Scandinavia by radio...
...Geographical obstructions* have thus far prevented the Queen and me from making the acquaintance of our whole people," said Haakon VII, "but I say with conviction that in no part of our country do the Queen and I any longer feel as strangers...
...Their Majesties reverse the usual royal tactics of courting popularity and employing journalists to puff them, if King Haakon with excessive modesty is still self-conscious in Norway after reigning securely for a quarter-century, if Queen Maud goes about her shopping in Oslo completely unattended and sometimes unrecognized, this strange royal conduct seems to be exactly what Norwegians like. A quaint, possibly significant scrapbook is kept by Their Majesties. She pastes into the section headed We Never Did or Said This newsclippings of that sort. The rest of the scrapbook, much the larger section, bears mute but gracious royal...