Haakon says Norwegians want him on the throne

July 8, 1940

King Haakon of Norway, now in exile in Great Britain, "asserted in a broadcast from Buckingham Palace that in refusing to abdicate he felt certain that he was acting 'in conformity with the wishes of the Norwegian people, '" according to an AP dispatch.
"my motto has always been and forever will be everything for Norway.
:It would grieve me deeply if I were to separate from Norway," but he added that he would abdicate only if he believed that "was the wish of Norwegian people and the Norwegian government."
The present German dominated administration in Oslo has demanded the king's resignation, but Haakon said that the government "did not represent the will of the people."