Durek Verrett Remembers Princess Astrid
Princess Astrid, sister of King Harald V, dies at 94; Norway plans a state-funded burial to honor her service to the Royal House and nation.
- Princess Astrid of Norway died on Friday at age 94, marking the passing of the last of King Olav V's three children who reigned from 1957 to 1991.
- Her death follows that of her brother, King Harald V, by two weeks; in August, she received a pacemaker, just like her brother.
- The government has confirmed a state-funded burial to honour her many years of service to the nation and the Royal House. National flags will fly at half-mast across Norway.
- Meanwhile, the Norwegian Home Guard began Exercise Capital 2026 today, involving nearly 5,000 soldiers in Oslo and Akershus; The Armed Forces stressed the routine nature of the drill.
- Other national developments include new government screen time advice for users under 18 and a rare Venus occultation visible in Southern Norway this afternoon.
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Only shortly after the state funeral of King Harald, the Norwegian court reports the death of Princess Astrid. King Haakon and her children send personal words to the public.
King Haakon of Norway has had a difficult time - his father Harald V and his aunt Princess Astrid died just two weeks apart.
Norway mourns again: Princess Astrid (†94) died on Friday, September 11, 2026, shortly after noon at the Rikshospitalet in Oslo. The palace made the news public on the weekend. Particularly moving: only two days before her death, the princess had said goodbye to her younger brother, King Harald V. (†89). Despite her old age and health problems, she had to be brought to the church in a wheelchair to be present at the funeral. Harald had died only…
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Princess Astrid had participated in her brother's funeral in a wheelchair, Harald, who died on 28 August at 89 years of age.
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