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Famous Norwegian Women on Stamps
CROWN PRINCESS MÄRTHA (1901-1954)
Click to enlargeMärtha Sofia Lovisa Dagmar Thyra was born in Stockholm as Princess of Click to enlarge Sweden. In 1929 she married her cousin, the Norwegian Crown Prince Olav (later King Olav V). They got 3 children: Ragnhild, Astrid and Harald (the present King Harald V). After attended courses in first aid and nursing she was appointed as a Red Cross Nurse Honoris Causa. During the German occupation of Norway in World War II she had to stay in USA together with her Click to enlargechildren. These years she traveled around being a good spokesman for Norwegian interests. In 1945 she returned to Norway together with her children and Click to enlargefather-in-law, King Haakon VII. On the two lower stamps we can see the arrival to Oslo. She died in 1954, too early to become Queen of Norway.