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Princess Märtha of Sweden

1901 - 1954

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Princess Märtha of Sweden (Märtha Sofia Lovisa Dagmar Thyra; 28 March 1901 – 5 April 1954) was Crown Princess of Norway as the spouse of the future King Olav V from 1929 until her death in 1954. As Olav only became king in 1957, Märtha never became Queen of Norway. Her son, Harald V, is the current king of Norway. Princess Märtha was also an elder sister of Queen Astrid of Belgium and a maternal aunt of Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg and Kings Baudouin and Albert II of Belgium. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Princess Märtha of Sweden is the 70th most popular nobleman (down from 48th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Nobleman.

Princess Märtha of Sweden was the youngest daughter of King Gustaf V of Sweden and Princess Margaret of Connaught. She was the sister of King Gustaf VI Adolf and sister-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II. In 1939, she married Prince Harald of Norway, who became King Harald V of Norway in 1957.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Princess Märtha of Sweden ranks 70 out of 1,415. Before her are Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Edgar Ætheling, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Raynald of Châtillon, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, and Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. After her are Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Giuliano de' Medici, Mariana of Austria, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Princess Märtha of Sweden ranks 17. Before her are Fulgencio Batista, Clark Gable, Linus Pauling, Leopold III of Belgium, Ngo Dinh Diem, and Gary Cooper. After her are Magda Goebbels, Paul of Greece, Ernest Lawrence, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Giacometti, and André Malraux. Among people deceased in 1954, Princess Märtha of Sweden ranks 8. Before her are Henri Matisse, Alan Turing, Enrico Fermi, Heinz Guderian, Robert Capa, and Otto Diels. After her are Colette, Gideon Sundback, André Derain, Getúlio Vargas, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Princess Märtha of Sweden ranks 43 out of 1,879. Before her are Gustaf Dalén (1869), Charles IX of Sweden (1550), Allvar Gullstrand (1862), Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (1906), Pär Lagerkvist (1891), and Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844). After her are John III of Sweden (1537), Emanuel Swedenborg (1688), Benny Andersson (1946), Oleg of Novgorod (900), Björn Ulvaeus (1945), and Raoul Wallenberg (1912).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Sweden

Among noblemen born in Sweden, Princess Märtha of Sweden ranks 2. Before her are Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (1906). After her are Haakon VI of Norway (1340), Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (1584), Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912), Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (1977), Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden (1001), Catherine Vasa of Sweden (1539), Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899), Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (1973), Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (1979), and Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982).

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