The Washington times., 1906-06-22
HAAKON VII CROWNED As KING

royal residence. and the largest wooden
building In Norway. and drove in a state
carriage about a half nile along the
| Munke Gaden 10 the cathedral The lit
/ tie street was densely packed with peo-
4 pie. who cheered enthUsiastically as
/ their majesties passed along.
The simplicity and democracy Of the
| proceedings was especially commented
upon by the foreigners present who
| had anticipated seeing a somewhat gor-
/ geous pageant. There was an utter alb
| sence Of all pomp and luxuriousness and
! there was no impressiveness in Il at all.
| IT was more as II the King and Queen
! had gone out for an ordinary carriage
| ride through the city rather than an Of
/ hcial coronation journey
! King Haakon seemed 10 be the head or
| a simple republic rather than the ruler
| or a country whose people only few
months ago had voted for the estab-
1 lishment OF a monarchy and had de-
elined 70 consider themselves repuo-
| licans.
There were five carriages in the pro-
! cession- The first four, drawn by two
horses each. contained officials. Then
| came the royal escort Of cavalry cadets
| and after them rode the King and
| Queen in a fOur-hOrse coach OF black
! This coach was built especially for the
! occasion IN Christiania. All the ENJOYS
drove to the cathedral separately.
Greeted With Bishops Blessing.
When Haakon and Queen Maud ar
rived at the church they were received
In the special reception pavilion at the
west side Of the entrance by representa-
tives Of the TrondhJem municipality and
by the chief officials Of the government
] and the court.
I Awaiting them at the church entrance
were Bishop Bang Of Christiania, Bishop
! Wexelsen, Of ThondhJem, and Bishop
! Ericsen, Of Bergen, dressed IN yeIoW
silk ecclesticial robes, accompanied oy
! fifty white rObed ministers Bishop
| Wexelsen greeted the monarchs, saying,
] God bless the entrance and exit OF your
majesties. now and forever.
The royal couple were escorted UP
/ the cathedral steps, and entered tne
! church to the strains Of coronat1on
/ march. specially composed by Ole
Olesen. musical director Of the Tor
| wegian army. The procession, hei-deG
| by the bishops and priests. then the
( King and Queen. accompanied by tnelr
suites including CHEZ Cnamoerlalh
/ Rustad and the Queens principal al
/ tendants proceeded toward the altar
] The ecclesiastics ascended the altar
while King Haakon and Queen Maud
main tower in the center Of the church,
4 whe~e thei- thrones had been placed
in the midst OF decorations Of red velvet
| embroidered with gold
Church Decorations Plain.
The church decorations were plain.
The floor was covered with a red car
pet. and half OF the ceiling was conceal
/ ed from view by white cheese-cloth TO
shut out the signs Of decay. The coat
of-arms OF the five chief Norwegian
cities were placed IN front OF the gal
! lery. Around the throne were grouped
/ the various royalties and other digni-
taries. This formed the central point
/ from which professions were made 10
and from the altar by the King. On
the throne dias the Norwegian state
banner was borne alternately by Gen.
/ Ole Hansen and Admiral Spare
When the King entered. the church
was densely crowded with about 200
invited guests. They had arrived about /
an hour before and occupied every tnch !
OF the available suacn The mem be-s OF 4
( the permanent diplomatic corps at Chris !
tiania were seated on the left OF the /
nave and the special ambassadors on the |
/ right a delegation OF university men
rom denmark was given q position or Z
honor near the special ENJOYS, owing 70 1
the fact that HaakOn is q member Of the I
Danish royal house Government ofn- /
ctals and members OF the Norwegian Il
stOrIning occupied the rest OF the space 1
under the nave A special storthlng del /
egatOn OF twelve sat near the alta-. and i
next 10 them were three Official repre- \
sentatives Of the cabinet. Premier Mich \
elsen. Foreign Minister LoVeland, and /
Afinister OF Commerce Arctander- Nearly 4
100 newspaper men were admitted into 1
the cathedral
Everyone in the church wore evening |
dress or court costume. The most bril- /
liant OF the uniforms were those worn /
by the special foreign ENJOYS. The
women wore almost entirely light cos
tunes. an order having been issued that 1
those appearing in black must decorate |
their dresses or trim them In white. The /
cathedral, which IS about LOO years old. /
and Is the most famous church In Scan |
dinavia- is very drafty. and the tenn /
degrees Fahrenheit The government /
issued a warning concerning the draft 4
and low temperature OF the cathedral 4
and advised the guests 20 wear warm 4
underclOthing, 50 aS not 10 catch cold /
The authorities also gave permission TO I
the women 70 wear high or low-necked 4
gowns, as they preferred
As the King and Queen entered the /
church the congregation arose and re- 4
mained standing until the royal pai- 4
reached the nave. The coronation cere-
mony which lasted an hour. then began. /
II was more ike religious service than /
4 regal state affair.
After a coronation ceremony by Bishop i
Bang from Joel. chapter ?, VerSe >, and 1
the singing OF several Norwegian hymns 4
by the choir and congregation. King /
Haakon. accompanied by his aides. and l
preceded by the chief chamberlain and 4
standard-bearer who carried the state {
flag. walked TO the altar. where Bishop 4
WeXelsen anointed him on the forehead |
and wrist. The prayers IN connection 4
with this part Of the ceremony were /
similar to those used in. the coronation I
OF King Oscar II. in 1872. although more /
simple state symbols were used.
Handed Crown and Scepter.
These symbols were laid on the altar
and were handed 10 the King in the fol
lowing order:
Premier Nicholson and Bishop wexel-
sen took the crown from the altar and {
placed it on Haakons head; Foreign I
Minister Loveland handed him the
scepter, and Minister of Commerce Arc
tander presented the state orb. General I
OLSEN. minister Of war. then presented |
a drawn sword 10 the King.
A special PRAYER was said in connec- /
ton with the presentation Of each ar