Haakon VII of Norway - Honours

Honours

The King Haakon VII Sea in East Antarctica is named in the king's honour as well as the entire plateau surrounding the South Pole was named King Haakon VII Vidde by Roald Amundsen when he in 1911 became the first human to reach the South Pole. See Polheim. In 1914 Haakon County in the American state of South Dakota was named in his honor.

Two Royal Norwegian Navy ships – King Haakon VII, an escort ship in commission from 1942 to 1951, and Haakon VII, a training ship in commission from 1958 to 1974—have been named after King Haakon VII.

For his struggles against the Nazi regime and his effort to revive the Holmenkollen ski festival following World War II, King Haakon VII earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1955 (Shared with Hallgeir Brenden, Veikko Hakulinen, and Sverre Stenersen), one of only eleven non-Nordic skiers to earn this honour. The others are Norway's Stein Eriksen, Borghild Niskin, Inger Bjørnbakken, Astrid Sandvik, King Olav V (his son), Erik Håker, Jacob Vaage, King Harald V (his paternal grandson), and Queen Sonja (his paternal granddaughter-in-law), and Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark.

His father-in-law King Edward VII appointed him Honorary Lieutenant in the British Fleet shortly after succeeding in February 1901.

Other honours:

  • Norway War Cross with sword
  • Norway Medal for Outstanding Civic Achievement in gold
  • Norway Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav (later Grand Master)
  • Austria Grand Cross of the Decoration of Honour for Merit
  • Czechoslovakia Grand Cross of the Order of the White Lion
  • Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Freedom Cross
  • Denmark Knight of the Elephant
  • Denmark Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
  • Denmark Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog
  • Denmark King Christian X's Freedom Medal
  • Denmark Commemorative medal for King Christian IX and Queen Louise's golden wedding anniversary
  • Denmark Commemorative medal for King Christian IX's 100th birthday
  • Denmark Commemorative medal for King Frederik VIII's 100th birthday
  • Ethiopia Grand Cross of the Order of Solomon
  • Finland Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose
  • France Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur
  • France Croix de guerre
  • France Médaille Militaire
  • Greece Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
  • Greece War Cross
  • Iceland Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Falcon (1955)
  • Italy Grand Cross of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
  • Japan Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
  • German Empire Grand Cross of the House Order of the Wendish Crown (Mecklenburg, Germany)
  • Netherlands Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
  • Peru Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun
  • Poland Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle
  • Portugal Grand Cross of the Order of Christ
  • Portugal Grand Cross of the Order of St. Bento d'Aviz
  • Portugal Grand Cross of the Order of St. James of the Sword
  • Portugal Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword
  • Prussia Grand Cross of the Order of the Black Eagle (Prussia, Germany)
  • Prussia Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia, Germany)
  • Romania Grand Cross of the Order of Carol I
  • Russian Empire Order of St. Andrew
  • Russian Empire Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
  • Russian Empire Order of St. Anna, First degree
  • Russian Empire Order of the White Eagle
  • Russian Empire Order of Saint Stanislaus, First degree
  • Spain Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece
  • Sweden Knight of the Seraphim
  • Thailand Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri
  • Ottoman Empire Grand Cross in Brilliants of the Osminieh Order
  • United Kingdom 833rd Knight of the Garter in 1906.
  • United Kingdom Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  • United Kingdom Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  • United Kingdom Royal Victorian Chain
  • United Kingdom Baliff Grand Cross of the Venerable Order of Saint John
  • United Kingdom Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal
  • United Kingdom King Edward VII Coronation Medal
  • United Kingdom Honorary citizen of Largs, Scotland

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