2 Krone Kingdom of Norway (1905 - ) Silver Haakon VII of Norway ( ...

1914, Kingdom of Norway, Haakon. Silver 2 Kroner “Constitution Centennial” Coin.

Mint Year: 1914
Reference: KM-377.

Denomination: 2 Kroner - Centennial of the Constitution of Norway.
Diameter: 31mm
Material: Silver
Weight: 15gm

Obverse: Standing female elder female figure right, surrounded by nordic lanscape.

Reverse: Crowned coat-of-arms of the Kingdom of Norway above snowy pines. Value above, flanked by anniversary dates.

Legend: 1814 – 2 KRONER – 1914 / NORGE

The Constitution of Norway (complete name: The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway; Danish: Kongeriget Norges Grundlov; Norwegian Bokmål: Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov; Norwegian Nynorsk: Kongeriket Noregs Grunnlov) was adopted on 16 May and signed on 17 May 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll. The latter date is the National Day of Norway; it marks the establishment of the constitution. It is considered one of the world’s most liberal and democratic constitutions. It is the fourth oldest written single-document national constitution in Europe after the Constitution of Poland, the French constitution of 1791, and the Spanish Constitution of 1812. The document is also the second oldest working national constitution in the world, after the Constitution of the United States. In May 2014, the Storting passed the most substantial changes since 1814, particularly by including paragraphs on human rights.

Haakon VII  (Prince Carl of Denmark and Iceland, born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel) (3 August 1872 –  21 September 1957), known as Prince Carl of Denmark until 1905, was the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the personal union with Sweden. He was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. As one of the few elected monarchs, Haakon quickly won the respect and affection of his people and played a pivotal role in uniting the Norwegian nation in its resistance to the Nazi invasion and subsequent five-year-long occupation of his country during World War II.

In Norway, Haakon is regarded as one of the greatest Norwegians of   the twentieth century and is particularly revered for his courage during   the German invasion—he threatened abdication if the government cooperated with the invading Germans—and for his   leadership and preservation of Norwegian unity during the Nazi   occupation. He died at the age of 85 on 21 September 1957, after having   reigned for nearly 52 years.