Editing Haakon VII (section)

===Norwegian campaign===
{{main|Norwegian campaign}}
[[File:Kongebjorka.jpeg|thumb|300px|King Haakon VII and Crown Prince Olav seeking shelter on the outskirts of Molde during a German bombing raid on the city in April 1940.]]

The following morning, 11 April 1940, in an attempt to wipe out Norway's unyielding king and government, {{lang|de|[[Luftwaffe]]}} bombers attacked [[Nybergsund]], destroying the small town where the Government was staying. Neutral Sweden was only {{convert|16|mi|km|order=flip}} away, but the Swedish government decided it would "detain and incarcerate" King Haakon if he crossed their border (which Haakon never forgave).<ref>Sir [[:sv:Gustaf von Platen|Gustaf von Platen]] in ''Bakom den gyllene fasaden'' [[Bonniers]] {{ISBN|9100580481}} pp. 445–446</ref> The Norwegian king and his ministers took refuge in the snow-covered woods and escaped harm, continuing farther north through the mountains toward [[Molde (town)|Molde]] on Norway's west coast. As the British forces in the area lost ground under Luftwaffe bombardment, the King and his party were taken aboard the British cruiser [[HMS Glasgow (C21)|HMS ''Glasgow'']] at Molde and conveyed a further {{convert|1000|km|mi}} north to [[Tromsø (city)|Tromsø]], where a provisional capital was established on 1 May. Haakon and Crown Prince Olav took up residence in a forest cabin in [[Målselvdalen]] valley in inner [[Troms]] County, where they would stay until evacuation to the United Kingdom.

The Allies had a fairly secure hold over northern Norway until late May. The situation was dramatically altered, however, by their deteriorating situation in the [[Battle of France]]. With the Germans rapidly overrunning France, the Allied high command decided that the forces in northern Norway should be withdrawn. The royal family and Norwegian government were evacuated from Tromsø on 7 June aboard [[HMS Devonshire (39)|HMS ''Devonshire'']] with a total of 461 passengers.  This evacuation became extremely costly for the Royal Navy when the German warships [[German battleship Scharnhorst|''Scharnhorst'']] and [[German battleship Gneisenau|''Gneisenau'']] attacked and sank the nearby aircraft carrier [[HMS Glorious|HMS ''Glorious'']] with its escorting destroyers [[HMS Acasta (H09)|HMS ''Acasta'']] and [[HMS Ardent (H41)|HMS ''Ardent'']]. ''Devonshire'' did not rebroadcast the enemy sighting report made by ''Glorious'' as it could not disclose its position by breaking radio silence. No other British ship received the sighting report, and 1,519 British officers and men and three warships were lost.  ''Devonshire'' arrived safely in London and King Haakon and his Cabinet set up a Norwegian [[government in exile]] in the British capital.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kongehuset.no/tale.html?tid=29225&sek=26947|title=Mine plikter – "Kongens andre nei"|website=kongehuset.no|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102150123/https://www.kongehuset.no/tale.html?tid=29225&sek=26947|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FGLOR|title=The Tragedy of HMS Glorious|website=cam.ac.uk|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=17 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717071251/https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FGLOR|url-status=live}}</ref>