Oscar II of Sweden
Royal coronations in Norway
...XV and Queen Louise in 1860. This was the first coronation of a Norwegian queen in several centuries. King Oscar II and Queen Sophie were crowned in 1873. King Haakon VII and Queen Maud...
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John Filip Nordlund
...of May 17th. Nordlund had the possibility of writing a letter to the king, Oscar II , to plead for mercy, which he chose not to do. Strangely enough, he took the time to write a...
Lea Ahlborn
...Columbus' discovery of America in 1892. In 1892, she was given the medal Illis Quorum by king Oscar II of Sweden. Her sister, Carolina Weidenhayn, (1822-1902), became the first...
Claes Adelskold
...Sigtuna Municipality, where he led an extensive social life with people that included Prince Oscar (the future Oscar II ). He sold the castle in 1973 and in 1876 repurchased the...
Royal Palace, Oslo
King Charles III of Norway never saw his Palace completed, but his successors Oscar I, Charles IV and Oscar II used it regularly during their stays in Christiania (now Oslo). They...
Oscar II of Sweden
...dying, he requested that the theatres not be closed on account of his death. His wishes were respected. King Oscar II was an enthusiast of Arctic exploration. Along with Swedish...
Grense Jakobselv
...public border crossing at this point. In the village there is a stone chapel built in 1869 called King Oscar II's Chapel. The church was built to reinforce Norway's territorial claim to...
Sweden in Union with Norway
...dissolution of the union The relations with Norway during the reign of King Oscar II had great influence on political life in Sweden, and more than once it seemed as if the union...
Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner
...passed in what has been called a "foreplay of parliamentarism". In May 1875, July 1875 and 1881 King Oscar II (whom Haffner had formerly tutored) appointed Haffner an acting member...
King Oscar Fjord
...Southwest. It was named by A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition as Konung Oscars Fjord for Oscar II , King of Sweden from 1872-1907. Antarctic Havn, a former trapper's cabin on the...
Raudvatnet
...on the Swedish side of the border in 1867. The situation in northern Sweden was so critical that King Oscar II of Sweden visited Mo i Rana on July 13, 1873, discussing the needs of a...
Knud Bergslien
...esteemed order of Knighthood, for his 1875 painting titled The Crowning of King Oscar II in the Nidaros Cathedral (Norwegian: Kong Oscar II's kroning i Nidarosdomen). Bergslien's work is...
