Sarah, Duchess of York is at this moment on the Norwegian-Swedish talk show "Skavlan" flattering Norwegians by describing how kind King Olav was and how he put her at ease when she met him as a rather nervous, freshly minted princess.
(For those who wonder: She was interviewed in English, as she does not speak Norwegian (or Swedish), though she might have: As you may have heard there was speculation whether she would marry a certain Norwegian frozen fish tycoon and become Mrs. Frantzen! Unfortunately noble titles were abolished in Norway a long time ago, so no chance of her exchanging the Dukedom of York with an Earldom of Lofoten or Vesterålen (important fishing regions up north, the latter one the home region of Geir Frantzen and both places to which he has taken Sarah for both Christmas and other visits.)
This has some relevance to King Olav, as I seem to remember from the new Haakon & Maud biography that in the patriotic fever in 1905-1906 there was some suggestion to revive ancient medieval noble titles for younger members of the new dynasty à la Britain and Sweden. Earl of Lofoten (earl, in Norwegian jarl, is an old Norse title equivalent to duke) was one suggested title, but it was quickly dismissed as somewhat ridiculous and not in tune with a modern, sleek, semi-republican monarchy.
