Editing Haakon VII (section)

=== Coronation ===
{{see also|Coronations in Norway}}
[[File:Queen Maud and King Haakon VII, 1906 crop.jpg|thumb|300px|Coronation portrait of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud, 22 June 1906]]

On 22 June 1906, King Haakon and Queen Maud were solemnly [[Coronations in Norway#The Norwegian coronation ritual from 1818 to 1906|crowned and anointed]] in the [[Nidaros Cathedral]] in [[Trondheim]] by the Bishop of Trondheim [[Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen]].<ref name="Queen"/> The coronation was in keeping with the constitutional mandate, but many Norwegian statesmen had come to regard coronation rites as "undemocratic and archaic". The coronation clause was deleted from [[Constitution of Norway|Norway's constitution]] in 1908, and although coronations are not expressly banned under current Norwegian legislation, this became the most recent coronation of a Norwegian monarch. In the period before and after the coronation, the King and Queen made an extensive coronation journey through Norway.

The King and Queen moved into the [[Royal Palace, Oslo|Royal Palace]] in [[Oslo]]. Haakon became the first monarch to use the palace permanently and the palace was therefore refurbished for two years before he, Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olav could move in. While the Royal Palace was being refurbished, the King and Queen Maud lived their first year in Norway at the ''[[Bygdøy Royal Estate]]'' in Oslo which they continued to use frequently as a summer residence.<ref name="royal residences">{{cite web|url=http://www.reisenett.no/facts/government/slott.html|title=Royal residences in Norway|first=Tor|last=Dagre}}</ref> After the coronation, King Haakon and Queen Maud also received the estate ''[[The Royal Lodge, Holmenkollen|Kongesæteren]]'' at [[Holmenkollen]] in Oslo as a gift from the Norwegian people.<ref name="royal residences"/>