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You are now standing in front of the sculpture of King Olav V, who was the King of Norway from 1957 to 1991. He was a very popular king and always had an amusing story to share. The King always stood by the people, and when the oil crisis paralyzed Norway, he left his limousine in the garage and took the tram like any ordinary person. He was the son of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud and was baptized Alexander Edward Christian Frederik and was the Prince of Denmark. When his father was crowned king after the dissolution of the union with Sweden in 1905, the Prince was only two years old and took the name Crown Prince Olav. The Crown Prince was then the first Norwegian heir to the throne to grow up in Norway since the Middle Ages. He developed an early interest in sports and was an active sailor for over 70 years. The highlight of his sports career was when he won an Olympic gold in Amsterdam in 1928. The year after, Crown Prince Olav married Princess Märtha of Sweden and they had three children together. Monarchy has always been strong in Norway. The motto for the Norwegian kings has been "Alt for Norge" (Everything for Norway). Approachability, warmth, and empathy in good times, and decisive action in bad times, are descriptions that contribute to the Norwegian people not only standing behind our own king but also looking up to and admiring him.
Peter Wessel Tordenskiold was an admiral in the Danish-Norwegian fleet and born in Trondheim in 1690. His father was a loyal man and was both a merchant, councilor and ship owner. He had a total of 18 children. Peter hired his father's boat at an early age and as a 15-year-old he served on several slave ships before starting the sea cadet school in Copenhagen. Peter Wessel Tordenskiold was an admiral in the Danish-Norwegian fleet and was born in Trondheim in 1690. His father was a wealthy man who was a merchant, councilman, and shipowner. He had a total of 18 children. Peter started working on his father's boat at a young age and at the age of 15, he served on several slave ships before he started at the naval cadet school in Copenhagen. His path to the navy was short from there and he quickly rose in rank, eventually becoming an admiral. Peter was known as an excellent sailor and is often described as courageous, quick-thinking, and cunning. As the commander-in-chief, he led the fleet to several victories in battles against the Swedes and is credited with sinking the entire Swedish fleet in Gothenburg. This was also a significant factor in the Swedish King Karl XII giving up his attempts to conquer Norway. Perhaps he was sometimes a little too overconfident. He died in Germany in 1720, at just 30 years old, where he lost a duel with a sword.