Talk:Olav V of Norway

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Should we add something about the new evidence that Olav was likely to have been fathered through artificial insemination, with the semen of the doctor's son? This is more than just a rumour, for sure. Kvaks 08:48, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Sure this should be added. It has been the big thing the whole day

I think it is a bit silly that the bit about the rumor of the artificial insemination is bigger than the rest of the article about King Olav...This was never an issue during his life and was only a big thing in Norway for a few months when Bomann-Larsen was promoting his book. As far as I know Bomann-Larsen is not an educated historian (he is an author and comic book artist) and as the sourcing for his claims have been very criticized by educated historians it really isn't relevant any more. But someone has obviously done a lot of work on it in this article so maybe it can be moved to a seperate article about the book which it was presented in...Inge 17:02, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think that both Haakon VII's and Olav V's articles need a lot more information, and I agree that the artificial insemination story, though fascinating, is completely irrelevant to the king's historical legacy. --Leifern 18:34, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

Now another review of Boman-larsen's claims has been produced by Bodil Katarina Nævdal at the university of Uppsala. She really has very little good to say about his work. Another historian is also critical. This theory is totally disproved. This part of the article should be moved or removed. Inge 20:34, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

I agree with Inge, true or not true, this story belongs in the tabloids. Another good point that seems to not be mentioned here, is the kings dislecsy which clearly is a heredetary problem. King Haakon had it, so did King Olav and so do King Harald.

The matter should be mentioned in one sentence only. It's far too dominant now.

Contents 1 Show the Photos, if you got them 2 de Beauharnais 3 Press release in Norwegian 4 Photo of Olav V Statue ,too cold 5 Olav on the tram

[edit] Show the Photos, if you got them

Will the Olav V of Norway site, post the photos (if you can get them) ,of the Doctor or Doctor's son , put the photo next to King Olav V photo ,so us Wiki readers could see the claimed physical resemblances? And thus make are own conclusions? 23 October 2005

This is exactly why Boman-Larsen used the photoes. People think it is a good proof of kinship. Maybe because we are accustomed to look at old pictures of grandparents and great grandparents to find out who we ourselves can contribute our looks to. But if you have done this you might have noticed that sometimes you might see more simmilarities in some pictures than in others. You might also have noticed that sometimes it seems like you don't even "look like yourself" in some pictures of yourself. And add to that that you sometimes find people hwo you are not related to but still might share many of your features. This might be why so many scholars are very critical of Boman-Laren when he claims the pictures as proof. I have seen the pictures and the two men look similar. But in my oppinion this is much because of the similar hairline and hairdo, posture, clothing and the quality of the pictures. Now this is the only picture I have seen of the doctors son, but I have seen many pictures of King Olav from the same period and the resemblance isn't very strong in those. In addition I can mention that I have a picture of my great uncle where he looks very much like Olav and the doctor's son in these pictures. So am I related to King Olav or the doctor? Hmmm....:)Inge 13:26, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

happy times

[edit] de Beauharnais

I fail to see the relevance of Empress Josephine de Beauharnais in this article. She had nothing whatsoever to do with Norwegian succession nor any other items relevant to Olav and Märtha.

They have thousands of common ancestors, and undoubtedly all such should be mentioned, if Josephine is mentioned.

Therefore, I ask further reasons why just Josephine is highlighted here.

(Besides, if Olav was not biologically son of Haakon, then he is NOT a descendant of Josephine de Beauharnais, since Haakon's mother was his only link to Josephine. His wife undoubtedly is.) 62.78.121.189 11:15, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Press release in Norwegian

Here's the press release in Norwegian. I couldn't find an English version. [1]

14.10.2004

H.M. Kongens kommentar til ny kongebok

Enhver forfatter er i sin fulle rett til å presentere sin forståelse av historien, sier H.M. Kongen. Det gjelder selvsagt også for Tor Bomann Larsens biografi om Kong Haakon og Dronning Maud.

Kongen har ingen opplysninger som skulle tilsi at Kong Olav ikke skulle være sønn av Kong Haakon. Prins Carl ble etter folkeavstemningen i 1905 valgt av Stortinget til Norges konge som Kong Haakon VII, med sin hustru Maud som dronning og deres sønn Olav som kronprins.

[edit] Photo of Olav V Statue ,too cold

Maybe I'm being picky but, I think a photo of King Olav V would be more appropiate for this article. There's something cold about the statue, it shouldn't be the top (only) photo of the article. Just my opinion User:GoodDay 21:29, 18 November 2005 (UTC).

[edit] Olav on the tram

Could someone post a picture of Olav when he is on the tram? I think it is a very good picture that really shows what kind of man he was. http://www.nrk.no/underholdning/store_norske/4544536.html This is a link to the picture and an interview with the girl who sat next to him on the tram, but I dont know how to add it to the article nor do I know the copyright laws, so instead of pissing anyone off I'm asking if any of you can.

It seems that photo is owned by Scanpix.Inge 08:57, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Isn't there a norwegian stamp with Olav skijumping in Holmenkollen? A picture of that stamp would be great in this article. I've searched the net, but cannot find it anywhere.