Crown of Norway
The crown of the Kingdom of Norway was made at the beginning of the 19th century, when Norway was in 1814 connected with Sweden in a personal union.
The crown is made of gold, various gemstones, pearls and enamel. The golden hoop is covered with golden oak leaves, acorns than sit at small intervals 24 beads in the middle. On the front is a vertical seamed large oval tourmaline. Along the Mature sit more gems three amethysts, two Chrysoprase, a topaz and alexandrite. Between them there are three beads on the hoop. The far- projecting versions of the stones are decorated with Lorbeergerank. About the hoop runs a golden garland, whose tips lead to eight large and eight small prongs. The garland is rolled out to the little prongs on both sides volutenhaft to small leaves, which are inspired by small stalk. These carry two oak leaves and in the middle of a pearl as acorn. The large tines are similar vine leaves and bear in the middle of a gemstone. From the large tines the eight clips rise to volutenhaft and models to vertex slightly towards one. Four clips are occupied wide with oak leaf clusters, five amethysts, tourmalines five, three Alexandrite, two Chrysoprase, a ruby , a sapphire, an emerald and an opal and 48 wear beads as acorns. The other clips are formed of laurel vines. The globe is made of blue enamel with gold stars on it, run at the equator and over the upper half of pearls. The cross consists of six amethysts. The Kronhaube is made of red velvet and covered with 48 beads and goldbrodierten crowns.
The royal crown of Norway was made by the court jeweler Erik Adolf Zethelius and pioneered by Charles III. Johann 1818 and worn in the wake of all the kings of Sweden to Oscar II in her capacity as King of Norway. After the independence of Norway Haakon VII was crowned in 1906 with her. Then the Krönungsseremonie was abolished and deleted from the Constitution. Since then, the crown is at the blessing ceremonies at the accession of the kings of Norway on the altar.
The crown with the other regalia are exhibited in the archiepiscopal palace at the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.