Editing Haakon VII (section)

==Post-war years==
[[File:56255 Haakon VII trontalen 1950.jpg|thumb|King Haakon VII reading the [[Speech from the Throne]] to the [[Storting]] in 1950, Crown Prince Olav on his right side|right]]
After his return, Haakon did not continue the political role that he had played during the war, and limited himself to his constitutional duties as head of state. In the late summer of 1945 he went on an extensive tour of Norway to examine the war damage and to give consolation to the population. Because of his role during the war and his personal integrity, Haakon VII was considered the highest moral authority in the country and enjoyed great esteem in all classes of the population.

In 1947, the Norwegian people, by public subscription, purchased the royal yacht [[HNoMY Norge|''Norge'']] for the King.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kongehuset.no/|title=Drømmen om Norge|website=kongehuset.no|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221095809/https://www.kongehuset.no/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1952, he attended the funeral of his wife's nephew King [[George VI]] and openly wept.

The King's granddaughter, [[Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen|Princess Ragnhild]], married businessman [[Erling Lorentzen]] (of the [[Lorentzen family]]) on 15 May 1953, being the first member of the new Norwegian royal family to marry a commoner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paperdiscoverycenter.org/halloffame/2018/12/31/erling-sven-lorentzen|title=Erling Sven Lorentzen|website=paperdiscoverycenter.org|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=17 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117195738/https://www.paperdiscoverycenter.org/halloffame/2018/12/31/erling-sven-lorentzen|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Haakon lived to see two of his great-grandchildren born; Haakon Lorentzen (b. 23 August 1954) and Ingeborg Lorentzen (b. 3 February 1957).

[[Princess Märtha of Sweden|Crown Princess Märtha]] died of cancer on 5 April 1954.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kongehuset.no/artikkel.html?tid=28675|title=Crown Princess Märtha (1901–1954)|website=kongehuset.no|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=6 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106120613/https://www.kongehuset.no/artikkel.html?tid=28675|url-status=live}}</ref>

King Haakon VII fell in his bathroom at the [[Bygdøy Royal Estate]] (''Bygdøy kongsgård'') in July 1955. This fall, which occurred just a month before his eighty-third birthday, resulted in a fracture to the [[thighbone]] and, although there were few other complications resulting from the fall, the King was left using a wheelchair. The once-active King was said to have been depressed by his resulting helplessness and began to lose his customary involvement and interest in current events. With Haakon's loss of mobility, and as his health deteriorated further in the summer of 1957, Crown Prince Olav appeared on behalf of his father on ceremonial occasions and took a more active role in state affairs.
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snl.no/Bygd%C3%B8y_kongsg%C3%A5rd|title=Bygdøy kongsgård|website=Store norske leksikon|author=Jon Gunnar Arntzen|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=19 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619163810/https://snl.no/Bygd%C3%B8y_kongsg%C3%A5rd|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Norwegian Post Office issued three sets of commemorative postage stamps to honour their King:

1952 – Two stamps issued 2 August to celebrate the King's 80th birthday.
1955 – Two stamps issued 25 November to celebrate the King's 50 years on the throne.
1957 – Two stamps issued 3 August to celebrate the King's 85th birthday.

An additional set was issued in 1972 to commemorate the late King's 100th anniversary of his birth.<ref>Norgeskatalogen, Oslo Filatelistklubb.</ref>

=== Death and succession ===
[[File:Kong Haakons gravferd 1. oktober 1957, Robert Charles Wilse, Oslo Museum, OB.A01141.jpg|thumb|300px|Funeral procession of King Haakon VII with [[Olav V of Norway|King Olav V]] and [[Harald V of Norway|Crown Prince Harald]] at the front, followed by (from left) King [[Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden]] and King [[Frederik IX]] of Denmark.]]
Haakon died at the [[Royal Palace, Oslo|Royal Palace]] in Oslo on 21 September 1957. He was 85 years old. At his death, Olav succeeded him as [[Olav V]]. Haakon was buried on 1 October 1957 alongside his wife in the white sarcophagus in the [[Royal Mausoleum (Norway)|Royal Mausoleum]] at [[Akershus Fortress]]. He was the last surviving son of King [[Frederick VIII of Denmark]].