Norwegian royal family

Norwegian Royalty
House of Oldenburg
(Glücksburg branch)
Haakon VII
Children
Olav V
Olav V
Children
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner
Harald V
Harald V
Children
Princess Märtha Louise
Crown Prince Haakon
Grandchildren
Princess Ingrid Alexandra
Prince Sverre Magnus
The Norwegian royal family—King Haakon VII, Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olav in 1913

Members of the Norwegian royal family are people related to King Harald V of Norway or former Norwegian monarchs who are royals and who hold royal titles. The term does not include non-royal relatives. The current family who holds the throne are members of the House of Glücksburg[1] who ascended to the Norwegian throne after the election of Prince Carl of Denmark as King of Norway (regnal name Haakon VII) during the dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union in 1905.

The Norwegian monarch holds the title King of Norway while his Royal consort is Queen of Norway with the style Majesty. The heir apparent to the Norwegian throne holds the title Crown Prince of Norway while his wife is Crown Princess of Norway with the style Royal Highness. The children of the reigning Monarch and the children of the heir apparent are granted the title Prince of Norway or Princess of Norway. Only the eldest child is a Royal Highness, while the others do not have any styles in Norwegian, although the style of Highnesses may be used informally in foreign languages.

In Norway there is traditionally no distinction between the royal house (kongehuset) and the royal family (kongelige familie). Both are informal terms. The Constitution specifically recognizes only those who hold royal titles such as prince or princess, or those who are in the line of succession. Since the 2000s, the term royal house has been used on the website of the royal family to refer only to the monarch and his spouse, the heir apparent and his spouse, and the heir apparent's eldest child. The royal family was from the same time used to refer to other princes or princesses, but did not include untitled relatives of the royal family.[2] In the 2020s, the royal family's association with American conspiracy theorist Durek Verrett has been cited as contributing to a deterioration in its reputation and popularity.[3] Political scientist Torvald Valland Therkildsen described the royal family as a parody that is a source of embarrassment for Norway.[4]

  1. ^ "History". www.royalcourt.no. Norwegian Royal Court. Archived from the original on 2014-10-25.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kongefamilien was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference nzz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Jeg er flau over å være norsk". BT. Retrieved 3 September 2024.