Monarchy of Norway Haakon, a traditional name used by Norwegian kings. The last king with that name had been Haakon VI, who died in the year 1380. Thus the new king became Haakon VII, King of Norway. His two-year-old son Alexander, the heir apparent, was renamed Olav and became Crown Prince Olav. The new royal family arrived in the capital Kristiania (later Oslo) on 25 November. Haakon VII was sworn in as king of Norway on 27 November. The early years of the new Norwegian monarchy were marked by a shortage of funds. The Norwegian state was poor and funds were needed elsewhere
Capital punishment in Norway Capital punishment in Norway Capital punishment in Norway () has been constitutionally prohibited since 2014. Before that, it had been fully abolished in 1979, and earlier, from 1905 the penal code had abolished capital punishment in peacetime. In practice the last execution in peacetime was carried out on 25 February 1876, when Kristoffer Nilsen Grindalen was beheaded in Løten, but several people, mainly Norwegians and Germans, were executed after the Second World War and the years of Nazi occupation; among them Vidkun Quisling. In addition to the usual capital crimes of murder and treason, medieval Norwegian law demanded execution also