Figure 1.--Here we see Prince Olav dressed in what looks like a reefer jacket and turtle neck sweater. This photograph was taken in 1912 when Prince Olav was 9 years old.

We do not know a great deal about how Prince Olav was dressed as a boy. We have a few images of the Prince in our archive. We do note him often wearing sailor suits like his English cousins. They were very traditional styled sailor suits. The ones we note are white suits, but we assume he also wore blue suits. We also see him as a younger boy wearing kneepants with leggings and a heavy coat with a sailor cap. We also note him weaing what I first thought was a dark suit, but was probably a reefer jacket (figure 1). He also wears a turtle neck sweater. Unfortunately many of the images that we have are not dated.

Sailor Suits

We do note Prince Olav often wearing sailor suits like his English cousins. They were very traditional styled sailor suits. The suits look like British Royal Navy sailor suits. Norway had a very small navy, more of a coast guard force. We do not know to what extent their unifirms differed from the British Royal Navy and if any such difference was reflected in Olav's sailor suits. The ones we note are white suits with long pants. These would presumably be Summer suits. Portraits taken inside, however, do not indicate seasonality. We assume he also wore blue suits during the Winter months. We are unsure what sort of headwear he wore with these suits.

Coats

Kneepants

We also see him as a younger boy wearing kneepants with leggings and a heavy coat.

Reefer Jacket

We also note him weaing what I first thought was a dark suit, but was probably a reefer jacket (figure 1). He also wears a turtle neck sweater. This photograph was taken in 1912 when Prince Olav was 9 years old.

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