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| Famous Norwegian Women on Stamps |
QUEEN MAUD (1869-1938) Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria
was born in England as the youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of
Britain.  In 1896 she married Prince
Carl of Denmark. And in 1905, after Carl was offered the Norwegian Crown (and took the
name King Haakon VII) she became Queen of Norway and they moved to Oslo.  We can see their arrival on
the red stamp. The following year, the coronation of King Haakon and Queen Maud took place
in the Nidaros  Cathedral in
Trondheim. (See the two blue stamps). Without big publicity Queen Maud carried out a lot
of charity work in her new country and "Queen Maud's Relief Foundation" carries
her name.  The same does the
"Norwegian" sector of Antarctic: Queen Maud
Land. Her monument is placed outside the Royal Palace in Oslo. In 1938, during a stay
at her estate in England, Appleton House, she died 69 years old. Her only child was Prince
Olav, who later became King Olav V. |
