King Harald V of Norway, Europe’s oldest monarch, dies after 35 years on the throne
The palace said he died after weeks of treatment for haemolytic anaemia and a blood infection, and Crown Prince Haakon immediately succeeded him.
- On Friday, August 28, 2026, King Harald V of Norway died peacefully at age 89 at Oslo University Hospital, the Royal Palace announced. Crown Prince Haakon immediately acceded to the throne.
- The monarch had been receiving treatment for haemolytic anaemia since August 17, but doctors diagnosed a secondary bacterial infection in his blood that led to deterioration despite aggressive antibiotic therapy.
- During his 35-year reign, King Harald became a unifying figure widely respected as the "People's King" for modernizing the monarchy and breaking with tradition by marrying a commoner.
- Formal succession will be finalized through a proclamation before the Council of State and an oath in Parliament, while Crown Princess Mette-Marit becomes Queen Consort as the nation enters official mourning.
- Princess Ingrid Alexandra, the eldest child of the new King and Queen, is now heir apparent to the Norwegian throne as the royal house navigates this transition.
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King Harald V, Norway’s reform-minded head of state, dies at 89
Norway’s King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved, extrovert father over more than three decades on the throne, died on Friday at the age of 89, the royal palace said, at a time of multiple crises for the Norwegian royal family. “King Harald passed away peacefully at Oslo University Hospital […]
Royal who graduated Oxford University dies aged 89
King Harald V of Norway, who graduated Oxford University, went into exile as a child during the Nazi occupation of his homeland and refused a string of European noblewomen in order to marry his school sweetheart, has died aged 89.
King Harald V of Norway has died at the age of 89 on Friday, August 28 at 6:35 a.m. local time.
King Harald V of Norway is dead, he makes known the Norwegian royal house. The sovereign died at 6:35 this morning at the age of 89. The most...
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