The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-04

OF interest because Of the visit of
this Royal Norwegian Couple is the
following short life story Of the
Crown Prince and Crown Princess.
The Couple arrived in New York
April 9th aboard the Oslofjord,
Flagship of the Norwegian-Ameri-
can Line, and were guests of the
President and his wife for several
days before starting their trip
across the United States and return.
The Crown Prince was born at
Sandringham, England, July 2, 1908.
He is the son of the present King
of Norway Haakon VII and the late
Queen Maud, who died on Novem-
Der Goth last, and who was a sister
of the late King George V Of Great
Britain.
Crown Prince Olav went to school
and college in Norway and received
full education at the Military
Academy of Oslo. He is now a col
onel in the Norwegian Army. The
| Crown Prince also studied for 2
years at Balliol College, Oxford.
Tall and blond, strongly built and
handsome, the Crown Prince is the
type of a Nordic out-of-door man.
Since his earliest youth he has been
a keen and intrepid skier and par
| ticipated in many ski-events, among
them the famous Holmenkollen
jumping competition. Besides ski
ing, the greatest sport interest of
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which he is an expert. His fam
our six meter yachts have won a
great number of national and in
ternational races with the Crown
| Prince at the Helm.
In 1929 Crown Prince Olav was
married to Princess Martha, daugh-
ter of Prince Carl, brother of King
Gustav of Sweden. She is a sister
of the late Queen Astrid of Belgium.
The Crown Prince could hardly
have made a happier match. Prin-
cess Martha, generally considered
one of the most beautiful of Euro
pean princesses, tall and slender
with dark hair and a fine COM
plexion, belonging to a people with
which Norway is so intimately re-
lated, was received in Norway with
| great enthusiasm and her popular
ity has been growing ever since.
Princess Martha is greatly interest
ed in arts and crafts and a patron
ess of great number of associa-
tons, exhibitions, etc., for the pro-
motion of handicraft industry. A
sewing school in Oslo bears her
name.
The Crown Prince and Crown
Princess have three lovely children
They are Princess Raynhild, born
1880, Princess Astrid, named after
the late Queen Astrid of the Bel,
gians, born 1882, and Prince Har-
old, born 1887, successor to the
throne. The birth of Prince Har.
old was an event of the highest
Importance to Norway where nc
prince has been born since 1870.
Crown Prince Olav and his fam.
lily live happy life at their estate
Skaugum, situated in beautiful sur
roundings in the hills outside OF
Oslo, overlooking the ford. They
participate in great number of all
kinds of events in Norway and are
often seen at theatres, concerts and
etc.
On their trip to the West Coast
and return, which included the visit
at Alexandria, the Royal Couple
will be accompanied by Ambassa
dor Wilhelm Morgenstierno, photo
graphers, correspondents, secretar
les and servants. At Alexandria
Governor Harold Stassen, Senator
Shipstead, Congressman Anderson
and Harold Knutson of st. Cloud
and many other prominent people
from this section of Minnesota will
participate in the Civic Luncheon
and program with the Roya
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