What is Haakon VII?
{{Infobox Royalty | name = Haakon VII | image = Haakon VII 1906 OB.F04662a.jpg | caption = Portrait by [[Gustav Borgen]], 1906 | succession = [[Monarchy of Norway|King of Norway]] | reign = 18 November 1905 — 21 September 1957 | coronation = 22 June 1906 | predecessor = [[Oscar II of Sweden|Oscar II]] | successor = [[Olav V of Norway|Olav V]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Maud of Wales]]|1896|1938|end=died}} | issue = [[Olav V of Norway|Olav V, King of Norway]] | issue-type = [[Issue (genealogy)|Issue]] | full name = Haakon, né Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel | house = [[House of Glücksburg|Glücksburg]] | father = [[Frederick VIII of Denmark]] | mother = [[Louise of Sweden]] | birth_name = Prince Carl of Denmark | birth_date = {{Birth date|1872|8|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Charlottenlund Palace]], Copenhagen, Denmark | death_date = {{Death date and age|1957|9|21|1872|8|3|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Royal Palace, Oslo|Royal Palace]], Oslo, Norway | burial_date = 1 October 1957 | burial_place = [[Akershus Castle]], Oslo, Norway | religion = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] | signature = }} '''Haakon VII''' ({{IPA-no|ˈhôːkʊn}}, born '''Prince Carl of Denmark'''; 3 August 1872 — 21 September 1957) was the [[Monarchy of Norway|King of Norway]] from 1905 until his death in 1957. Originally born a Danish prince, he was the son of the future King [[Frederick VIII of Denmark]] and [[Louise of Sweden]]. Prince Carl was educated at the [[Royal Danish Naval Academy]] and served in the [[Royal Danish Navy]]. After the [[Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden|1905 dissolution]] of the [[union between Sweden and Norway]], Prince Carl had an opportunity to take the Norwegian crown. Following the [[1905 Norwegian monarchy referendum|November plebiscite]], Haakon accepted the opportunity and was proclaimed king on 18 November 1905. He took the [[Old Norse]] name ''Haakon''