By Unknown photographer - Oslo Museum: image no. OB.FS0332, via digitaltmuseum.no., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Christmas tends to be a pleasant time, especially for the royals. When it comes to the Norwegian Royal Family, they have many good Christmas traditions that make Christmas a pleasant time. There is, however, a period when Christmas for the Royal Family from Norway was not very pleasant, namely during World War II.
Germany invaded Norway on 9 April 1940. This led to a five-year occupation. While some of the Norwegian Royal Family were living in exile in the United States, King Haakon VII and Crown Prince Olav stayed in London to continue the fight to liberate Norway from Nazism.