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Olav was son of Haakon VI Of Norway and Margaret Of Denmark . Haakon was son of King Magnus II Of Sweden and Margaret daughter of King Waldemar Atterdag Of Denmark . After Olav, no Norwegian king was to be born on Norwegian soil for more than 550 years, until prince Harald was born in 1937 . His death was also the end of the male line of the Folkung dynasty in Sweden . Olav inherited the Danish throne through his mother and the Norwegian throne from his father. He was formally elected as King of Sweden in 1385, although he was just a teenager and his mother was probably the acting regent. Following his premature death in 1387 , his mother Margaret was able to unite the three Scandinavian kingdoms in personal union under one crown, by the Kalmar Union in 1389 .
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