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King Haakon V!! XO Royal Reserve - taste notes

KIing Haakon VII - (Former Prince Carl of Denmark) Prince Carl was educated at the Royal Danish Naval Academy and visited the Danish West Indies twice when he was part of the crew on board Royal Danish Navy vessels.

Albert Riise further secured his business by sending his son Valdemar (1853-1914) to Denmark at the age of 9. Valdemar was later trained both as a pharmacist and in agricultural institutions in Leipzig, Dresden and Paris. In 1878 Valdemar was fully qualified to start work in the most well assorted pharmacyin West Indies. Like his father, Valdemar was greatly respected in the local community, member of the Colonial Advisisory Board, Churchwarden and Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Danish West Indian National Bank.

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