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  1. King of Norway from 1905. Born Prince
  2. Charles, the second son of Frederick VIII of
  3. Denmark, he was elected king of Norway on
  4. separation from Sweden, and in 1906 he took
  5. the name Haakon. In World War II he carried
  6. on the resistance from Britain during the
  7. Nazi occupation of his country. He returned
  8. 1945.
  9.