Crown Princess Martha … Of SwedenAge: 531901–1954
- Name
- Crown Princess Martha … Of Sweden
- Given names
- Martha
- Name prefix
- Crown Princess
- Name suffix
- Of Sweden
| Birth | 1901 40 23 |
| Australian History | 1901 Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 12 months) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
| Australian History | 1903 (Age 2) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 3) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Birth of a sister | 17 November 1905 (Age 4)
younger sister -
Princess Astrid … Of Sweden
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 5) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 8 December 1907 (Age 6) Stockholm, Sweden
paternal grandfather -
Oscar II … King Of Sweden
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 7) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 8) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 9) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Birth of a brother | 10 January 1911 (Age 10)
younger brother -
Prince Carl Gustaf Oscar … Of Sweden
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| Australian History | 1911 (Age 10) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 14 May 1912 (Age 11) Hamburg, Germany
maternal grandfather -
Frederick VIII … King Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1912 (Age 11) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 30 December 1913 (Age 12) Stockholm, Sweden
paternal grandmother -
Sophia …
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| Australian History | 1913 (Age 12) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 12) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 13) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 14) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 15) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 16) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 17) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Marriage of a sister | Margaretha … - View family 1919 (Age 18)
brother-in-law -
Axel … Of Denmark
elder sister -
Margaretha …
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| Australian History | 1919 (Age 18) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 19) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 20) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 21) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 22) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 20 March 1926 (Age 25) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
maternal grandmother -
Louise … Of Sweden
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| Marriage of a sister | Princess Astrid … Of Sweden - View family 10 November 1926 (Age 25) Brussels, Belgium
younger sister -
Princess Astrid … Of Sweden
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| Australian History | 1926 (Age 25) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 26) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 27) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
| Marriage | Olav V … King Of Norway - View family 1929 (Age 28) |
| Australian History | 1929 (Age 28) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 1930 (Age 29) Oslo, Norway
daughter -
Ragnhild Alexandra … Princess
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| Australian History | 1930 (Age 29) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 30) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1932 (Age 31)
daughter -
Astrid Maud Ingeborg … Princess
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| Australian History | 1932 (Age 31) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 32) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Death of a sister | 29 August 1935 (Age 34) Kussnacht, Switzerland
younger sister -
Princess Astrid … Of Sweden
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| Australian History | 1936 (Age 35) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Birth of a son #3 | 21 February 1937 (Age 36) Skaugum, Near Oslo, Norway
son -
Harald … Crown Prince
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| Marriage of a brother | Prince Carl Gustaf Oscar … Of Sweden - View family 1937 (Age 36)
younger brother -
Prince Carl Gustaf Oscar … Of Sweden
sister-in-law -
Countess Elsa Von Rosen
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| Australian History | 1937 (Age 36) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 37) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 38) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires |
| Australian History | 1940 (Age 39) Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean. |
| Australian History | 1941 (Age 40) Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa. Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk. Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45. |
| Australian History | 1942 (Age 41) Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia. Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua) Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay. Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies. Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure. Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws. |
| Australian History | 1943 (Age 42) Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary. Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula. |
| Australian History | 1944 (Age 43) Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW. Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians. Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville. Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians |
| Australian History | 1945 (Age 44) Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader. Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time |
| Australian History | 1946 (Age 45) Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council. |
| Australian History | 1948 (Age 47) Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly. Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| Australian History | 1949 (Age 48) Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections. Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements. Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government. |
| Australian History | 1950 (Age 49) Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea. Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party |
| Death of a father | 1951 (Age 50)
father -
Prince Charles … Of Sweden
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| Australian History | 1951 (Age 50) Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand |
| Australian History | 1952 (Age 51) Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Ragnhild Alexandra … Princess - View family 1953 (Age 52)
son-in-law -
Erling Lorentzen
daughter -
Ragnhild Alexandra … Princess
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| Marriage of a brother | Prince Carl Gustaf Oscar … Of Sweden - View family 1954 (on the date of death)
younger brother -
Prince Carl Gustaf Oscar … Of Sweden
sister-in-law -
Ann Larsson
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| Australian History | 1954 (on the date of death) Note: Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party |
| Death | 1954 (Age 53) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Prince Charles … Of Sweden
Birth 1861 31 24 Death 1951 (Age 90) Loading...
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17 years mother |
Ingeborg … Of Denmark
Birth 1878 34 26 Death 1958 (Age 80) Loading...
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Marriage: 1897 |
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2 years #1 elder sister |
Margaretha …
Birth 1899 38 21 Death 1977 (Age 78) Loading...
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2 years #2 herself |
Crown Princess Martha … Of Sweden
Birth 1901 40 23 Death 1954 (Age 53) Loading...
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5 years #3 younger sister |
Princess Astrid … Of Sweden
Birth 17 November 1905 44 27 Death 29 August 1935 (Age 29) Kussnacht, Switzerland Loading...
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5 years #4 younger brother |
Prince Carl Gustaf Oscar … Of Sweden
Birth 10 January 1911 50 33 Death yes Loading...
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| Family with Olav V … King Of Norway - View family |
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Olav V … King Of Norway
Birth 2 July 1903 31 33 Appleton House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 17 January 1991 (Age 87) Norway Loading...
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-3 years herself |
Crown Princess Martha … Of Sweden
Birth 1901 40 23 Death 1954 (Age 53) Loading...
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Marriage: 1929 |
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1 year #1 daughter |
Ragnhild Alexandra … Princess
Birth 1930 26 29 Oslo, Norway Death yes Loading...
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2 years #2 daughter |
Astrid Maud Ingeborg … Princess
Birth 1932 28 31 Death yes Loading...
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5 years #3 son |
Harald … Crown Prince
Birth 21 February 1937 33 36 Skaugum, Near Oslo, Norway Death yes Loading...
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Crown Princess Martha … Of Sweden has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (8)
Parents Gustav V … King Of Sweden + … …
Parents Oscar … Count Of Wisborg + Ebba Munck Of Fulkila
Mother's family (8)
Parents Christian X … King Of Denmark + Alexandrine … Of Mecklenburg- Schwerin
Parents Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway + Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
Parents Harold … + Helene … Of Schleswig- Holstein
Extra information
Internal reference
I6517
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