Word: haakon
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...famed as the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna of all the Russias, widow of the Tsar Alexander III, mother of the executed Tsar Nicholas II, sister of the assassinated King George of Greece, venerable aunt of the British King-Emperor George V, of Danish King Christian X, of Norwegian King Haakon...
...Locarno: Sir Austen Chamberlain (Britain), Aristide Briand (France), Gustav Stresemann (Germany). All four recipients received their prizes by proxy at Oslo, the Capital of Norway, last week. By the will of Swedish dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel, the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) awards the Nobel Peace Prizes. Last week King Haakon VII and Crown Prince Olaf presided, as the Ministers of the U.S., Britain, France and Germany, received the Nobel diplomas and medals for transmission to the recipients. Explorer Dr. Fridtjof Nansen spoke: "Justice... fairness... good faith... high results achieved... recognition... hope for universal peace...
...party intime, which preceded the wedding of Astrid and Leopold last week, were the bride's parents: Prince Carl, Duke of Vastergötland, brother of King Gustaf V of Sweden; and his wife, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, sister of both King Christian X of Denmark and King Haakon VII of Norway. (The three last named were children of King Frederik VIII of Denmark.) Bourgeois Stockholmers nodded approval at this celebration of Leopold's birthday not at the Royal Palace but in the quietly sumptuous apartment of Prince Carl...
...Princess Astrid is also a niece of King Christian X of Denmark and of King Haakon VII of Norway, since her mother, Princess Ingeborg, is their sister...
...Haakon VII (Norway...