Norway bids farewell to King Harald V, 'grandfather' of the nation
- On Wednesday, Norway bade farewell to King Harald with a state funeral in Oslo attended by royalty and leaders from more than 20 countries, including Prince William and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- King Harald, who died August 28 aged 89, was Europe's oldest monarch and had reigned for 35 years; he modernized the royal house but refused to follow aging monarchs who recently abdicated.
- A 21-gun salute marked the start of the funeral procession from the royal palace to Oslo Cathedral, where over 46,000 people had visited the chapel during the week the late king lay in state.
- Norway's parliament speaker, Masud Gharahkhani, said at the service that King Harald was "close to the people" and "wasn't afraid to meet people in his rubber boots," honoring his accessible approach to monarchy.
- King Haakon VIII, who took an oath of allegiance to Norway's constitution last week, succeeds his father and maintains the monarchy's symbolic role in promoting the wealthy Scandinavian nation globally.
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Norway fired King Harald V with a State funeral attended by thousands of people and members of European royalty
Today at 13 a.m. for a few minutes Norway stopped to pay homage, with a long moment of silence and commemoration, to King Harald V, who passed away last August 28...
He was the oldest monarch in Europe and received a Hungarian state decoration in 2002.
A mourning farewell ceremony with Norwegian monarch Harald V, who died at the end of August after a long illness, was officially concluded in the Fortress of Akershus in Oslo. The Monarchs betrayed the land in the Norwegian capital, handed over to RIA News. "Flags have been raised. After the final salutation from the Fortress of Ackershus, the funeral of King Harald and the national mourning officially ended," says NRK. The farewell ceremony too…
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