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{{Short description|King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 to 1872}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Charles XV and IV
| image        = Karl XV 1865 fotograferad av Mathias Hansen.jpg
| caption      = Formal portrait, 1865
| reign        = 8 July 1859 – 18 September 1872
| succession   = [[King of Sweden]] and [[King of Norway|Norway]]
| coronation   = 3 May 1860, [[Stockholm]]<br />5 August 1860, [[Trondheim]]
| full name    = Carl Ludvig Eugen
| predecessor  = [[Oscar I of Sweden|Oscar I]]
| successor    = [[Oscar II of Sweden|Oscar II]]
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Louise of the Netherlands]]|1850|1871|end=d}}
| issue        = {{Plainlist|
* [[Louise of Sweden|Louise, Queen of Denmark]]
* [[Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland]]
}}
| religion     = [[Church of Sweden]]
| house        = [[House of Bernadotte|Bernadotte]]
| father       = [[Oscar I of Sweden]]
| mother       = [[Josephine of Leuchtenberg]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1826|05|03|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Stockholm]], Sweden
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1872|09|18|1826|05|03|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Malmö]], Sweden
| burial_date  = 9 October 1872
| burial_place =[[Riddarholmskyrkan]]
| module = {{Infobox person | embed=yes
| education = [[Uppsala University]]
| signature = Official signature of Charles XV of Sweden.svg
}}
}}
'''Charles XV and IV''' (''Carl Ludvig Eugen''; [[Swedish language|Swedish]] and [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] officially: ''Karl''; 3 May 1826 – 18 September 1872) was [[King of Sweden]] and [[King of Norway]], there often referred to as '''Charles IV''', from 8 July 1859 until his death in 1872. Charles was the third Swedish monarch from the [[House of Bernadotte]]. He was the first one to be born in Sweden, the first to grow up speaking Swedish as his first language, and the first to be raised from birth in the [[Church of Sweden|Lutheran]] faith.

==Biography==
{{more citations needed section|date=July 2014}}
[[File:Ryttarporträtt av Kiörboe föreställande Karl XV, 1860 - Livrustkammaren - 5309.tif|thumb|left| An equestrian portrait of Charles XV, painted by [[Carl Fredrik Kiörboe]], circa 1860]]
[[File:Statue of Charles XV in Stockholm 01.JPG|thumb|left| Statue of Charles XV in Stockholm]]
[[File:Charles XV of Sweden and Prince Oscar with Adjutants.jpg|thumb|[[Adjutant]] [[Daniel Nordlander]] (upper left), with Adjutant [[Fritz von Dardel]], Ordonnance Officer [[Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin]], [[General]] [[Henri-Pierre Castelnau]], King Charles XV of Sweden and Prince Oscar, future King [[Oscar II of Sweden]], at the [[International Exposition (1867)]] in [[Paris]], [[France]].]]

===Early life===
He was born in [[Stockholm Palace]], Stockholm, in 1826 and dubbed [[Scania#Dukes|Duke of Scania]] at birth. Born the eldest son of [[Oscar I of Sweden|Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden]] and his wife [[Josephine of Leuchtenberg|Crown Princess Josephine]], he would be second in line to the throne of his grandfather, the ruling King [[Charles XIV John of Sweden]]. During his childhood he was placed in the care of the royal governess, Countess Christina Ulrika Taube.<ref>Gustaf Elgenstierna, Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. 1925–36.</ref> When he was 15, he was given his first officer's commission in 1841 by his grandfather the king.

===Crown Prince===
The aging King Charles XIV John would suffer a stroke on his 81st birthday in 1844, dying little more than a month later. His successor would be his son, Charles's father Oscar, who ascended the throne as King Oscar I of Sweden. Upon his father's accession to the throne in 1844, the youth Charles was made a chancellor of the universities of [[Uppsala University|Uppsala]] and [[Lund University|Lund]], and in 1853 chancellor of [[Royal Swedish Academy of Arts]]. On 11 February 1846, he was made an honorary member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|url=     https://nbl.snl.no/Karl_4|title= Karl 4, Konge (1826–1872)|publisher =  Norsk biografisk leksikon|author=Lars Roar Langslet|access-date= September 1, 2016}}</ref>

The Crown Prince was [[List of Prime Ministers of Norway|Viceroy of Norway]] briefly in 1856 and 1857. He became Regent on 25 September 1857, and king on the death of his father on 8 July 1859.<ref name=EB1911/> As grandson of [[Augusta of Bavaria]], he was a descendant of [[Gustav I of Sweden]] and [[Charles IX of Sweden]], whose Vasa blood returned to the throne after being lost in 1818 when [[Charles XIII of Sweden]] died.

On 19 June 1850, he married in Stockholm [[Princess Louise of the Netherlands|Louise of the Netherlands]], niece of [[William II of the Netherlands]] through [[Prince Frederick of the Netherlands|her father]] and niece of [[William I, German Emperor|William I of Prussia]], [[German Empire|German Emperor]], through [[Princess Louise of Prussia (1808-1870)|her mother]]. The couple was personally quite dissimilar; Louise was a cultured and refined woman, however, she was considered to be quite plain and Charles was disappointed with her appearance. Louise was in love with her husband, whereas he preferred other women, saddening her deeply. His well-known mistresses included the actress [[Laura Bergnéhr]], the countess [[Josephine Sparre]], [[Wilhelmine Schröder]] and the actresses [[Hanna Styrell]] and [[Elise Hwasser]], and the Crown Prince neglected his shy wife. On the other hand, his relationship to his only daughter, [[Lovisa of Sweden|Louise]], was warm and close.<ref>{{cite web|url=     https://nbl.snl.no/Karl_4|title= Karl 4, Konge (1826–1872)|publisher =  Norsk biografisk leksikon|access-date= September 1, 2016}}</ref>

===Reign===
[[File:Carl XV of Sweden c 1870.jpg|thumb|left|Photograph of Charles XV in coronation robes]]
As Crown Prince, Charles's brusque manner had led many to regard his future accession with some apprehension, yet he proved to be one of the most popular of Scandinavian kings and a constitutional ruler in the best sense of the word. His reign was remarkable for its manifold and far-reaching reforms. Sweden's existing municipal law (1862), ecclesiastical law (1863) and criminal law (1864) were enacted appropriately enough under the direction of a king whose motto was: ''Land skall med lag byggas'' – "With law shall the land be built".<ref name=EB1911/> Charles also helped [[Louis De Geer (1818-1896)|Louis De Geer]] to carry through his reform of the [[Parliament of Sweden]] in 1866. He also declared the freedom of women by passing the law of [[legal majority]] for unmarried women in 1858 – his sister [[Princess Eugenie of Sweden|Princess Eugenie]] became the first woman who was declared mature.<ref>{{cite web|url=    https://snl.no/Karl_4%2F1826-72
|title= Karl 4 – 1826–72|publisher= Store norske leksikon|author=  Erik Opsahl|access-date= September 1, 2016}}</ref>

Though known as King Charles XV (15th) in Sweden (and also on contemporary Norwegian coins<ref>[http://www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/kvitt_eller_dobbelt/1.6314451 Example]</ref>), he was actually the ninth Swedish king by that name, as his predecessor [[Charles IX of Sweden|Charles IX]] (reigned 1604–1611) had adopted a numeral according to a fictitious history of Sweden.<ref>Article [https://runeberg.org/nfbm/0500.html Karl] in [[Nordisk familjebok]]</ref>

Charles, like his father Oscar I, was an advocate of [[Scandinavianism]] and the political solidarity of the three northern kingdoms, and his friendship with [[Frederick VII of Denmark]], it is said, led him to give half promises of help to Denmark on the eve of the [[Second Schleswig War|war of 1864]], which, in the circumstances, were perhaps misleading and unjustifiable. In view, however, of the unpreparedness of the Swedish army and the difficulties of the situation, Charles was forced to observe a strict neutrality.<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911|wstitle=Charles XV.|volume=5|last=Bain |first=Robert Nisbet |authorlink=Robert Nisbet Bain|page=932|short=1}}</ref> On behalf of Charles, [[Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek]], Dutch diplomat in Japan, concluded a "Vänskaps-, handels- och sjöfartstraktat" ("Friendship, Trade and Maritime Treaty") between Sweden-Norway and Japan on 11 November 1868 (see the [[Treaty of Yokohama]]). The treaty opened [[Hakodate]], [[Yokohama]], [[Nagasaki]], [[Kobe]] and [[Osaka]] to trade for Swedish and Norwegian traders (Article 3). The treaty also gave Sweden-Norway the opportunity to send consuls to the newly opened ports, where they were given the right to exercise jurisdiction over Swedes and Norwegians ([[consular court|consular jurisdiction]]).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eRswEAAAQBAJ&dq=dirk+de+Graeff+van+Polsbroek+meiji&pg=PT27 Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War: 1931–1945, by Pascal Lottaz, Ingemar Ottosson]</ref> 

Plagued by ill-health for the last years of his life, Charles succumbed to [[abdominal tuberculosis]] in [[Malmö]] on 18 September 1872.<ref>{{cite book|author=Cronholm, Neander N. |title=A History of Sweden from the Earliest Times to the Present Day|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924071200822|year=1902}} ch 41 pp 289–99</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lindqvist |first=Herman |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/on1371246021 |title=Oscar II: den konungsligaste av alla kungar |date=2022 |publisher=Albert Bonniers förlag AB |isbn=978-91-0-018884-9 |location=Stockholm |pages=128 |language=sv |oclc=on1371246021}}</ref>
[[File:Carl XV(III) & Louise coronation medal 1860.jpg|thumb|Coronation medal for Charles and Louise 1860]]

He was followed on the thrones of both Norway and Sweden by his brother, crowned Oscar II.

===Personal life===
Charles XV attained some eminence as a painter<ref name=EB1911/> and as a poet. In 1872, Charles XV had controversial plans to enter a [[Morganatic marriage|non-morganatic marriage]] with the Polish countess [[Marya Krasińska|Maria Beatrix Krasińska]] through the assistance of [[Ohan Demirgian]], plans that aroused opposition both in the [[House of Bernadotte|Royal house]] and [[Government of Sweden|Government]] and which were interrupted only by his death.<ref>Ohan Demirgian, urn:sbl:17456, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Carl-Gustaf Thomasson.), hämtad 2014-12-13.</ref>

Charles's popularity often had him referred to [[wikt:colloquial|colloquially]] as "Kron-Kalle" (''Crown-Charlie'').<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kungligaslotten.se/ur-arkivet/svenska-regenter/2018-02-20-karl-xv-1859-1872.html | title=Karl XV 1859–1872 }}</ref>

==Issue==
By his wife, [[Louise of the Netherlands]], Charles had two children, a son who died in infancy and a daughter who married the King of Denmark. The early death of Charles's only legitimate son meant that he was succeeded on the thrones of Sweden and Norway by his younger brother Oscar II.
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|[[Louise of Sweden|''Louise'' Josephine Eugenie]]||31 October 1851||21 March 1926||married, 1869, [[Frederik VIII of Denmark]]; had issue (including [[Christian X of Denmark]] and [[Haakon VII of Norway]]).
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|[[Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland|''Carl Oscar'' Vilhelm Frederik]]||14 December 1852||13 March 1854||died in infancy of pneumonia.
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Charles also sired an illegitimate son, Carl Johan Bolander, (4 February 1854 – 28 July 1903), the father of Bishop [[Nils Bolander]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Sahlberg |first=Carl-Erik |title=Nils Bolander: diktare och predikant |year=1994 |publisher=KM-förl. |location=Aneby |language=sv |isbn=91-86112-39-2 |id={{LIBRIS|7755088}} |page=11}}</ref> and daughter, Ellen Svensson Hammar (28 October 1865 – 1931), and it has been widely rumored that Charles had many more extramarital children.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lagerqvist |first1=Lars O. |last2=Åberg |first2=Nils |last3=Hjelm |first3=Lars E. |title=Kings and rulers of Sweden: a pocket encyclopaedia |edition=2., rev. |year=2002 |publisher=Vincent |location=Stockholm |isbn=91-87064-35-9 |id={{LIBRIS|8836893}} |page=48}}</ref>

A few weeks before Charles's death, his daughter Louise (then Crown Princess of Denmark) gave birth to her second son, Prince Carl of Denmark. In 1905, Prince Carl ascended to the throne of Norway with the [[regnal name]] ''[[Haakon VII]]'', thus becoming Charles's successor in that country.<ref>{{cite web|url=     https://nbl.snl.no/Haakon_7|title= Haakon 7|publisher =  Norsk biografisk leksikon	|author=  Ole Kristian Grimnes|access-date= September 1, 2016}}</ref>

No subsequent king of Sweden to this day is Charles's descendant. However, his descendants are on the thrones of Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium and Norway.

== Honours ==
;National decorations<ref name="SNStats">{{citation|title=Sveriges och Norges Statskalender|year=1872|page=459|url=https://runeberg.org/sonkal/1872/0499.html|via=runeberg.org|access-date=2018-01-06|language=sv}}</ref>
* [[Order of the Seraphim|Knight and Commander of the Seraphim]], with Collar, ''3 May 1826''
* Knight of the [[Order of Charles XIII]], ''3 May 1826''
* [[Order of the Sword|Commander Grand Cross of the Sword]], ''3 May 1826''
* [[Order of the Polar Star|Commander Grand Cross of the Polar Star]], ''3 May 1826''
* [[Order of St. Olav|Grand Cross of St. Olav]], with Collar, ''3 May 1826''

;Foreign decorations<ref name="SNStats"/>
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* {{flag|Denmark}}:<ref name="DanskStatskalender">{{cite book |year=1872 |orig-year=1st pub.:1801 |editor1-last=Bille-Hansen |editor1-first=A. C. |editor2-last=Holck |editor2-first=Harald |title=Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1872 |trans-title=State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1872 |url=https://dis-danmark.dk/bibliotek/905189.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://dis-danmark.dk/bibliotek/905189.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |series=Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender |language=da |location=Copenhagen |publisher=J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri |pages=1, 5 |access-date=1 May 2020 |via=[[:da:DIS Danmark]]}}</ref>
** [[Order of the Elephant|Knight of the Elephant]], ''16 July 1846''
** [[Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog]], ''22 September 1856''
** [[Order of the Dannebrog|Grand Commander of the Dannebrog]], ''10 June 1860''
* {{flag|Belgium}}: Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]] (civil), ''16 September 1849''<ref>{{citation|chapter-url=https://archives.bruxelles.be/almanach/watch/AR/ALMANACH%20ROYAL%20OFFICIEL_1850_R%20208/ALMANACH%20ROYAL%20OFFICIEL_1850_R%20208#page/16|title=Almanach Royal Officiel|year=1850|chapter=Liste des Membres de l'Ordre de Léopold|language=french|via=Archives de Bruxelles|page=33}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Austrian Empire}}: [[Order of St. Stephen of Hungary|Grand Cross of St. Stephen]], ''1850''<ref>[http://tornai.com/rendtagok.htm "A Szent István Rend tagjai"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222022855/http://tornai.com/rendtagok.htm|date=22 December 2010}}</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Restoration (Spain)}}: [[Order of the Golden Fleece|Knight of the Golden Fleece]], ''26 June 1855''<ref>{{citation|chapter-url=http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0002281582&search=&lang=en|chapter=Caballeros de la insigne orden del toisón de oro|title=Guía Oficial de España|date=1864|access-date=10 December 2019|page=155|language=es}}</ref>
* {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}}: [[Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation|Knight of the Annunciation]], ''28 July 1861''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Notizia storica del nobilissimo ordine supremo della santissima Annunziata. Sunto degli statuti, catalogo dei cavalieri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2aP6enNFoYC&q=Ordine%20supremo%20della%20Santissima%20Annunziata&pg=PA110|publisher=Eredi Botta|date=1869|access-date=2019-03-04|language=it|first=Luigi|surname=Cibrario|page=118}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Anhalt}} [[Duchy of Anhalt]]: [[Order of Albert the Bear|Grand Cross of Albert the Bear]], ''5 June 1864''<ref>''Hof- und Staats-Handbuch für das Herzogthum Anhalt'' (1867), "Herzoglicher Haus-Orden Albrecht des Bären" [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012343334&view=1up&seq=38 p. 18]</ref>
* {{flag|Kingdom of Bavaria}}: [[Order of St. Hubert|Knight of St. Hubert]], ''1846''<ref name="Bayern1867">{{cite book|author=Bayern|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern: 1867|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_nTBRAAAAcAAJ|year=1867|publisher=Landesamt|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_nTBRAAAAcAAJ/page/n33 8]}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Altenburg}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Meiningen}} [[Ernestine duchies]]: Grand Cross of the [[Saxe-Ernestine House Order]], ''April 1864''<ref>''Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtums Sachsen-Altenburg'' (1869), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" [https://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/rsc/viewer/jportal_derivate_00243702/Parladrusa_Staatshandbuch_SA_166810592_1869_0035.tif?logicalDiv=jportal_jparticle_00472815 p. 21]</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg}} [[Second French Empire|French Empire]]:
** Grand Cross of the [[Legion of honour]]
** [[Médaille militaire]]
* {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} [[Kingdom of Greece]]: [[Order of the Redeemer|Grand Cross of the Redeemer]]
* {{flag|Kingdom of Hanover}}: Grand Cross of the [[Royal Guelphic Order]], ''1849''<ref name="Hannover1858">{{cite book|author=Staat Hannover|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch für das Königreich Hannover: 1858|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sgZTAAAAcAAJ|year=1858|publisher=Berenberg|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sgZTAAAAcAAJ/page/n87 70]}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Imperial Standard of Mexico (1864-1867).svg}} [[Second Mexican Empire|Mexican Empire]]: [[Mexican Imperial Orders#Imperial Order of the Mexican Eagle|Grand Cross of the Mexican Eagle]], with Collar, ''1865''<ref>{{citation|title=Almanaque imperial para el año 1866|year=1866|language=es|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VOAxAQAAMAAJ|chapter=Seccion IV: Ordenes del Imperio|page=243|access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref>
* {{flag|Nassau}}: [[Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau|Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau]], ''July 1858''<ref>{{cite book|title=Staats- und Adreß-Handbuch des Herzogthums Nassau: 1859|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IYIAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA7|year=1859|publisher=Schellenberg|page=7}}</ref>
* {{flag|Netherlands}}: [[Order of the Netherlands Lion|Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion]]
* {{flag|Luxembourg}}: [[Order of the Oak Crown|Grand Cross of the Oak Crown]]
* {{flag|Kingdom of Portugal}}: Grand Cross of the [[Sash of the Three Orders]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg}} [[Kingdom of Prussia]]:
** [[Order of the Black Eagle|Knight of the Black Eagle]], ''1 December 1846''<ref>''Liste der Ritter des Königlich Preußischen Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler'' (1851), "Von Seiner Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm IV. ernannte Ritter" [https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10362193?page=33 p. 23]</ref>
** [[Order of the Red Eagle|Grand Cross of the Red Eagle]]
* {{flag|Russian Empire}}:
** [[Order of St. Andrew|Knight of St. Andrew]]
** [[Order of St. Alexander Nevsky|Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky]]
** [[Order of the White Eagle (Russia)|Knight of the White Eagle]]
** [[Order of St. Anna|Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class]]
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg}} [[Beylik of Tunis]]: Husainid Family Order
}}

== Arms ==

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| [[File:Coat of arms of Carl Ludvig (later Charles XV and IV), Crown Prince of Sweden, Duke of Skåne (1826-1844).svg|170px]]<br />Prince of Sweden and Norway, <br />[[Scania#Dukes|Duke of Scania]] (1826–1844)
| [[File:Coat of arms of The Crown Prince of Sweden, Duke of Skåne.svg|170px]]<br />Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, <br />Duke of Scania (1844–1859)
| [[File:Armoiries des rois Oscar Ier et Charles XV de Suede.svg|150px]]<br />King Charles XV of Sweden <br />and Norway
| [[File:Royal Monogram of King Charles XV of Sweden.svg|120px]]<br />Monogram of King Charles XV<br /> of Sweden
|}

==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Charles XV of Sweden'''
|2= 2. [[Oscar I of Sweden]]
|3= 3. [[Josephine of Leuchtenberg|Princess Joséphine of Leuchtenberg]]
|4= 4. [[Charles XIV John of Sweden]]
|5= 5. [[Désirée Clary]]
|6= 6. [[Eugène de Beauharnais|Eugène de Beauharnais, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg]]
|7= 7. [[Princess Augusta of Bavaria]]
|8= 8. Jean Henri Bernadotte
|9= 9. Jeanne de Saint Vincent
|10= 10. [[François Clary]]
|11= 11. [[:fr:Françoise Rose Clary|Françoise Rose Somis]]
|12= 12. [[Alexandre de Beauharnais|Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais]]
|13= 13. [[Empress Joséphine|Joséphine de Tascher de La Pagerie]]
|14= 14. [[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria]]
|15= 15. [[Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt]]
}}

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151214082116/http://www.saintolav.com/ The Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav – Norwegian and Swedish Monarchs Grand Masters of the Order]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060210194837/http://www.kongehuset.no/popup_slektstre_eng.html Family tree of the Royal Norwegian House]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060206230112/http://www.thule.no/~larsd/kongerekka.html Kings of Norway (in Norwegian)]
*[http://www.arild-hauge.com/konger.htm Much material on early kings (in Norwegian)]
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