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Karl August Haraldsen

1889–1959

Born
5 Apr 1889, Solum Municipality
Country of birth
Norway
Died
9 Mar 1959, Oslo
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  • Birth5 Apr 1889, Solum MunicipalityProbable1 source
  • Death9 Mar 1959, OsloProbable1 source

A life in time

  1. Born · Solum Municipality

    Birth, Solum Municipality

  2. Child born: Queen Sonja of Norway

    Birth, Oslo

  3. Died · Oslo

    Death, Oslo

What was it like?

The world around Solum Municipality, 1889: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Karl was born the same year as Charlie Chaplin, Jean Cocteau, and Gabriel Marcel.

Known for

Sonja is a member of the Norwegian royal family who was Queen of Norway from 1991 to 2026 as the wife of King Harald V. She is the mother of Haakon VIII, the current king of Norway.

Born the same year

  • Charlie Chaplin

    English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

  • Jean Cocteau

    French writer and film director (1889–1963)

  • Gabriel Marcel

    French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist (1889-1973)

  • Jawaharlal Nehru

    Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964

  • Ludwig Wittgenstein

    Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

  • Martin Heidegger

    German philosopher (1889–1976)

Family

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Ancestors and children

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Four generations back to the right, the children to the left. The number beside a child counts the generations of descendants known after them.