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{{Infobox royalty
|name = Harald V
|image = H.M. Kong Harald taler (10308347696)- edit.jpg
|caption = King Harald V in 2013
|succession = [[List of Norwegian monarchs|King of Norway]]
|reign = 17 January 1991 – present
|cor-type = Benediction
|coronation = 23 June 1991<ref>Coronation discarded by constitutional amendment in 1908. Harald V swore the Royal Oath in the [[Storting]] on 21 January 1991 and received the benediction in the [[Nidaros Cathedral]] on 23 June 1991.</ref>
|predecessor = [[Olav V of Norway|Olav V]]
|suc-type = Heir apparent
|successor = [[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway|Crown Prince Haakon]]
|reg-type = {{nowrap|[[Prime Minister of Norway|Prime Ministers]]}}
|regent = {{List collapsed|title=''See list''|1=[[Gro Harlem Brundtland]]<br>[[Thorbjørn Jagland]]<br>[[Kjell Magne Bondevik]]<br>[[Jens Stoltenberg]]<br>[[Erna Solberg]]}}
|spouse = {{marriage|[[Queen Sonja of Norway|Sonja Haraldsen]]| 29 August 1968}}
|issue-link = #Issue
|issue = [[Princess Märtha Louise of Norway|Princess Märtha Louise]]<br>[[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway|Crown Prince Haakon]]
|house = [[House of Glücksburg|Glücksburg]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Royal Family|url=http://www.royalcourt.no/seksjon.html?tid=28435&sek=27259|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref>
|father = [[Olav V of Norway]]
|mother = [[Princess Märtha of Sweden]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|2|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Skaugum]], [[Akershus]], [[Norway]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|religion = [[Church of Norway]]
|signature = Harald V of Norway Signature.svg
|}}
{{Norwegian Royal Family}}

'''Harald V''' ({{IPA-no|ˈhɑrːɑɫ}}; born 21 February 1937) is the [[List of Norwegian monarchs|King of Norway]]. A member of the [[House of Glücksburg]], a house originally from Northern Germany, Harald became the first Norwegian-born prince since [[Olav IV of Norway|Olav IV]], who was born in 1370. He succeeded to the throne upon the death of his father [[Olav V of Norway|Olav V]] on 17 January 1991.

In 1968, he married [[Queen Sonja of Norway|Sonja Haraldsen]] with whom he has two children, [[Princess Märtha Louise of Norway|Princess Märtha Louise]] (b. 1971) and [[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway|Crown Prince Haakon]] (b. 1973), heir-apparent to the Norwegian throne.

==Childhood and education==
===Birth===
Prince Harald was born in [[Skaugum]] and was baptized in the Royal Chapel in the Royal Palace in Oslo on 31 March 1937 by Bishop Johan Lunde. His godparents were: his paternal grandparents, the [[Haakon VII of Norway|King]] and [[Maud of Wales|Queen of Norway]]; his maternal grandparents, the [[Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland|Duke]] and [[Princess Ingeborg of Denmark|Duchess of Västergötland]]; his maternal uncle, the [[Leopold III of Belgium|King of Belgium]]; his first cousin once removed, the [[George VI|King of the United Kingdom]]; his paternal grandaunt, [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary of the United Kingdom]]; and his second cousin, the [[Ingrid of Sweden|Crown Princess of Denmark]]. His parents already had two daughters, [[Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen|Princess Ragnhild]] and [[Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner|Princess Astrid]].

===Second World War===
[[File:Crown Prince Harald of Norway.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Prince Harald in 1955]]

In 1940 the entire royal family had to flee their homes because of the [[Operation Weserübung|German invasion]]. The dramatic journey northbound was marked by the Germans' repeated attempts to kill [[Haakon VII|the King]] through bombing. It was deemed safer for the family to split up. The King and Crown Prince Olav would remain in Norway and the Crown Princess was to make her way to Sweden with the three children. The latter party reached Sweden on the night of 10 April, but although Crown Princess Märtha was Swedish-born, they encountered problems at the border station. According to Princess Astrid and others who were present, they were admitted only after the driver threatened to ram the border gate. Another account does not describe the escape so dramatically.<ref name="Hegge">[[Per Egil Hegge|Hegge, Per Egil]]; Harald V, En biografi; N.W. Damm & Søn AS; 2006.</ref> However, when the King and Crown Prince inquired of Swedish foreign minister [[Christian Günther]] whether they could sleep one night in Sweden without being interned, they were denied.<ref name="Hegge"/>

Harald spent the following days in [[Sälen]] before relocating to [[Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland|Prince Carl Bernadotte's]] home in [[Frötuna]] on 16 April. On 26 April the group moved to [[Drottningholm]] in Stockholm. [[Gustaf V of Sweden|King Gustaf V]] has been accounted to have had an amicable relationship with his Norwegian guests, but the topic of the war in Norway was not to be raised. However, influential Swedish politicians including Minister of Justice [[Karl Gustaf Westman|Westman]] wanted the Crown Princess and Prince Harald to be sent back to Norway so he could be proclaimed King by the Germans.<ref name="Hegge"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764542,00.html|title=Kidnapper Foiled?|work=Time|date=2 September 1940|accessdate=17 January 2009}}</ref> After the King and Crown Prince had to leave Norway on 7 June they felt Sweden might not be the best place for the rest of the family. They started planning for them to be relocated to the United States. On 17 August the Crown Princess and her children left for the United States from [[Pechengsky District|Petsamo]], Finland, aboard the United States Army transport ship {{SS|American Legion|1919|2}}.<ref name="Hegge"/>

Harald and his mother and sisters lived in Washington, D.C., during the war,<ref>{{cite news|title=Non-Political Campaign |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764591-2,00.html|work=Time Magazine|page=2|date=9 September 1940|accessdate=17 January 2009}}</ref> while his father, Crown Prince Olav, and his grandfather, King Haakon, stayed in London with the Norwegian government-in-exile. One of the notable events he remembers from that time is standing behind [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] when he was sworn in for his fourth term on the South Portico of the [[White House]] in 1945. Such childhood experiences are reflected in a trace of an American accent when he speaks English.<ref name="nyt1971">[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10C14F83D591A7493C6A8178AD95F458785F9&scp=1&sq=akihito%20%20and%20Windsor&st=cse "Those Apprentice Kings and Queens Who May – One Day – Ascend a Throne,"] ''New York Times.'' 14 November 1971.</ref> The Doris Kearns Goodwin book ''No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Home Front in World War II'' contains a picture of the King (then Prince) playing with FDR's dog, [[Fala (dog)|Fala]], on the [[North Lawn (White House)|North Lawn]] of the White House in 1944.

Harald visited Norwegian servicemen on training in the United States. The prince also made visits outside America, travelling north to visit Norwegian personnel at the training base "[[Little Norway]]" in Ontario, Canada. He attended The [[White Hall Country School]] from 1943. Prince Harald returned to Norway along with his family at the war's end in 1945.

===Return===
In the autumn of 1945 he was enrolled in third grade of [[Smestad skole]] as the first member of the royal family to attend public school. Amidst this, in 1954 tragedy struck as he lost his mother to cancer and 4 years later in 1958 he would lose his maternal grandmother [[Princess Ingeborg of Denmark]]. In 1955 he graduated from [[Oslo katedralskole]] and in the autumn of that year, Harald began studies at the [[University of Oslo]]. Later he attended the Cavalry Officers' Candidate School at [[Trandum]]<!--in [[Ullensaker]], but we should write a small article about Trandum as well-->, followed by enrolment at the [[Norwegian Military Academy]], from which he graduated in 1959.

In 1960, Harald entered [[Balliol College, Oxford]] where he studied history, economics and politics.<ref name="nyt1971"/> He was a keen [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] during his student days at Oxford and was taught to row by fellow student and friend [[Nick Bevan]], later a leading British school rowing coach. In 1960, he also made his first official journey abroad, visiting the United States in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the [[The American-Scandinavian Foundation|American Scandinavian Foundation]].

==Adult life==
[[File:2-Kings.jpg|thumbnail|King [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]] on visit in Norway (2006)]]
Harald attended the Council of State for the first time on 27 September 1957 and took the oath to the Constitution of Norway on 21 February 1958. In the same year, he also served as regent in the King's absence for the first time.

Harald married a [[commoner]], [[Queen Sonja of Norway|Sonja Haraldsen]], at [[Oslo Domkirke]] in Oslo on 29 August 1968, a marriage that sparked much public controversy at the time. The couple have two children, [[Princess Märtha Louise of Norway|Princess Märtha Louise]] and [[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway|Crown Prince Haakon]], [[heir apparent]] to the Norwegian throne.

The King heads the Council of State at Oslo Palace every Friday. He also has weekly meetings with the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister. He receives foreign envoys, and opens parliament every October. According to the Norwegian constitution, he appoints his government. Since 1884 parliamentarism has been in place in Norway, so the government has to have support from Parliament. The King appoints the leader of the parliamentary bloc with majority as prime minister. When the parliamentary situation is unclear the king relies on the advice of the president of Parliament and the sitting prime minister. He travels extensively throughout Norway and makes official [[List of state visits made by King Harald V of Norway|state visits]] to other countries.

Until 2012, the King of Norway was, according to the constitution, the formal head of the [[Church of Norway]]. The constitutional amendment of 21 May 2012 made the King no longer the formal head but is still required to be of the Evangelical Lutheran religion.

An avid sailor,<ref>{{cite news|title=Victory by Design |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875198,00.html |work=Time Magazine |page=1 |date=27 September 1963 |accessdate=17 January 2009 }}</ref> Harald represented Norway in the [[yachting]] events of [[Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964]]<ref>{{cite news|title=HP-Time.com|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898168-2,00.html |work=Time Magazine|page=2|date=26 June 1964|accessdate=17 January 2009}}</ref> and in [[Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Mexico City in 1968]]<ref name="nyt1971"/> and the [[Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972]]. The Crown Prince carried the Norwegian flag at the opening parade of the [[1964 Summer Olympics]]. In 1994, both the King and Crown Prince Haakon played roles during the opening ceremony of the [[1994 Winter Olympics|Lillehammer Olympics]]. The King opened the games, while the Crown Prince [[List of people who have lit the Olympic Cauldron|lit the cauldron]], paying tribute to both the King and his [[Olav V of Norway|grandfather]] as Olympians. The King has also represented Norway at opening ceremonies of Olympic Games, among them [[2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|Torino]] and [[2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|Beijing]]. However, he wasn't present in [[2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|Vancouver]], the Crown Prince attended instead, with the King and Queen attending later in the games.

With his sailing crew he won World Championship bronze, silver and gold medals, in 1988, 1982 and 1987, respectively. In July 2005, the King and his crew aboard the royal sailboat ''Fram XV'' won the gold medal at the European Championships in Sweden. In the 2007 World Championship the King obtained a sixth place.<ref>[http://www.sb.no/article/20070818/NTBS/2098715440 Sandefjords Blad on the King's performance in the World Championship] {{no icon}} Retrieved 10 September 2007. {{Dead link|date=December 2015}}</ref>

Twice since the start of the twenty-first century King Harald was unable to perform his monarchical duties [[#Health|due to ill-health]]: in December 2003 to mid-April 2004 due to urinary [[bladder cancer]], and in April to early June 2005 due to [[aortic stenosis]]. Crown Prince Haakon served as the country's [[regent]] on both occasions.

In 2015, he became the world's first reigning monarch to visit [[Antarctica]], specifically the [[Dependencies of Norway|Norwegian dependency]] [[Queen Maud Land]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20150210/king-harald-to-see-antarctic-coast-that-bears-his-name|work=[[The Local]]|title=King Harald visits Antarctic namesake|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=15 February 2015}}<br/>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsinenglish.no/2015/02/11/sun-shines-for-king-in-antarctica/|website=newsinenglish.no|title=Sun shines for king in Antarctica|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=15 February 2015}}<br/>{{cite news|url=http://www.norwaypost.no/index.php/news/latest-news/30607|title=King Harald begins Antarctic visit|work=The Norway Post|agency=NRK/Aftenposten|date=11 February 2015|accessdate=15 February 2015}}</ref>

==Patronages==
{{prose|date=May 2016}}

Harald V is Honorary President of the [[Offshore Racing Congress]]<ref>[http://www.orc.org/congress.htm ORC web site. Committees.] Retrieved November 2010.</ref> and the Co-President of Honour of the [[International Sailing Federation]] with King [[Constantine II of Greece]].<ref>http://www.sailing.org/26220.php</ref> He is also patron of the [[Norwegian-American Foundation]] (''Norge-Amerika Foreningen'') and the [[Norse Federation]] (''Nordmanns-Forbundet'') in the United States.

*The [[Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters]]
*The National Rifle Association of Norway
*The Norwegian Association of UN Veterans
*The Norwegian Reserve Officers’ Federation
*Norges Militære Kameratforeningers Forbund ("The Norwegian Federation of Military Associations")
*The [[Norse Federation]]
*The [[Norway-America Association]]
*Det Nasjonale Aldershjem for Sjømenn ("The Norwegian Seamen’s Retirement Home")
*Norsk Anchorite Klubb ("The Norwegian Anchorite Club")
*The Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers
*The Norwegian Bible Society
*[[Sjømannskirken|The Norwegian Seamen’s Church]] – Church of Norway Abroad
*The Offshore Northern Seas Foundation
*The [[Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra]]
*The Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences
*[[Bergen International Festival]]
*The Norwegian Cancer Society
*[[Lions Clubs International|Lions Clubs International – Norway]]
*Nasjonalforeningen for folkehelsen ("The National Association for Public Health")
*The Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
*The Norwegian Choir Association
*The Norwegian Forestry Society
*[[Friends of the Earth Norway]]/Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature
*Ridderrennet ("The Knights’ Race", a Norwegian skiing event for the blind and mobility impaired)
*The [[Norsk Selskab til Skibbrudnes Redning|Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue]]
*The [[Sons of Norway|Sons of Norway Foundation]]
*The [[The American-Scandinavian Foundation|American-Scandinavian Foundation]]
*[[Anglo-Norse Society in London|The Anglo-Norse Society]]
*The [[Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church (Minneapolis)|Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church]], Minneapolis, [[Minnesota]]<ref>[http://www.kongehuset.no/c27280/artikkel/vis.html?tid=28735 Royal House web page on the King's patronages] Retrieved 7 November 2007</ref>
*[[Skogfjorden]], the Norwegian language program of [[Concordia Language Villages]], [[Bemidji, Minnesota]]
*[[Oslo Militære Samfund]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oslomilsamfund.no/oms/oms_historie.html |title=Oslo Militære Samfunds historie |accessdate=5 February 2009 |work=[[Oslo Militære Samfund]] |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==Titles, styles, arms==
===Titles===
*'''21 February 1937 – 21 September 1957:''' ''His Royal Highness'' Prince Harald of Norway
*'''21 September 1957 – 17 January 1991:''' ''His Royal Highness'' The Crown Prince of Norway
*'''17 January 1991 – present:''' ''His Majesty'' The King of Norway

===Symbols===
<gallery>
File:Royal CoA of Norway.svg|[[Coat of arms of Norway|Royal coat of arms]]
File:Kongeflagg.svg|[[Royal Standard of Norway|Royal standard]]
File:Royal Monogram of King Harald V of Norway.svg|Royal monogram
</gallery>

==Honours and medals==
''See also [[List of honours of the Norwegian Royal Family by country]]''

The King is a [[Norwegian military ranks|four-star general]], an [[Norwegian military ranks|admiral]], and formally the Supreme Commander of the [[Military of Norway|Norwegian Armed Forces]]. The infantry battalion [[Hans Majestet Kongens Garde|His Majesty the King's Guard]] are considered the King's and the Royal Family's bodyguards. They guard the Royal residences, including the [[Royal Palace, Oslo|Royal Palace]], the Crown Prince Residence at [[Skaugum]], and the [[Royal Mausoleum (Norway)|Royal Mausoleum]] at [[Akershus Fortress|Akershus Castle]].

===National honours and medals===
The King is Grand Master of [[the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav]] and the [[Royal Norwegian Order of Merit]].
{{MedalTableTop|name=}}
{{Medal|Sport|Sailing}}
{{Medal|Comp|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|1987 World Championship|Sailing}}
{{Medal|Silver|1982 World Championship|Sailing}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1988 World Championship |Sailing}}
{{Medal|Comp|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2005 European Championship|Sailing}}
{{MedalBottom}}

*{{flag|Norway}} – Grand Master of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav – Grand Cross with collar of [[the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav]]°
*{{flag|Norway}} – Grand Master of [[the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit]] – Grand Cross°
*{{flag|Norway}} – [[St Olav's medal]]°
*{{flag|Norway}} – [[Defence Service Medal with Laurel Branch]]°
*{{flag|Norway}} – [[Royal House Centennial Medal]]°
*{{flag|Norway}} – [[King Haakon VII Commemorative Medal]] 1. October 1957°
*{{flag|Norway}} – [[King Haakon VII 1905–1955 Jubilee Medal]]°
*{{flag|Norway}} – [[Haakon VIIs Centenary Medal]]°
*{{flag|Norway}} – [[Olav Vs Commemorative Medal of 30. January 1991]]°
*{{flag|Norway}} – [[Olav Vs Jubilee Medal]]°
*{{flag|Norway}} – [[Olav Vs Centenary Medal]]°
*{{flag|Norway}} – [[Defence Service Medal]] with three stars°
*{{flag|Norway}} – [[National Service Medal (Norway)|Army National Service Medal with three stars]]°
*{{flag|Norway}} – Krigsdeltakerforbundet Badge of Honour°
*{{flag|Norway}} – Norwegian Red Cross Badge of Honour°
*{{flag|Norway}} – Norwegian Reserve Officers Federal Badge of Honour°
*{{flag|Norway}} – The Naval Society Medal of Merit in gold°
*{{flag|Norway}} – Norwegian Shooting Society Badge of Honour°
*{{flag|Norway}} – The Norwegian Confederation of Sports Centenary Medal°
*{{flag|Norway}} – Norwegian Shooting Society Commemorative Medal in gold°
*{{flag|Norway}} – Oslo Military Society Badge of Honour in Gold°

<center>
[[File:St Olavs Orden storkors stripe.svg|100x30px|Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav]]
[[File:Den kongelige norske fortjenstorden storkors stripe.svg|100x30px|Royal Norwegian Order of Merit]]
[[File:St. Olavsmedaljen stripe.svg|100x30px|St Olav's medal]]

[[File:Forsvarsmedaljen med laurbærgren stripe.svg|100x30px|Defence Service Medal with Laurel Branch]]
[[File:Kongehusets 100-årsmedalje stripe.svg|100x30px|The Royal House Centenary Medal]]
[[File:Haakon VIIs minnemedalje stripe.svg|100x30px|Haakon VIIs Commemorative Medal 1. October 1957]]
[[File:Haakon VIIs jubileumsmedalje 1905-1955 stripe.svg|100x30px|Haakon VIIs Jubilee Medal 1905–1955]]

[[File:Haakon VIIs 100-årsmedalje stripe.svg|100x30px|Haakon VIIs Centenary Medal]]
[[File:Olav Vs minnemedalje stripe.svg|100x30px|Olav Vs Commemorative Medal of 30. January 1991]]
[[File:Olav Vs jubileumsmedalje 1957-1982 stripe.svg|100x30px|Olav Vs Jubilee Medal]]
[[File:Olav Vs 100-årsmedalje stripe.svg|100x30px|Olav Vs Centenary Medal]]

[[File:Forsvarsmedaljen med 3 stjerner stripe.svg|100x30px|Defence Service Medal]]
[[File:Vernedyktighetsmedaljen Hæren med 3 stjerner.svg|100x30px|National Service Medal]]
[[File:Krigsdeltagerforbundets hederstegn stripe.svg|100x30px|Krigsdeltakerforbundet Badge of Honour]]
[[File:Norges Røde Kors hederstegn stripe.svg|100x30px|Norwegian Red Cross Badge of Honour]]

[[File:Norske reserveoffiserers forbunds hederstegn stripe.svg|100x30px|Norwegian Reserve Officers Federal Badge of Honour]]
[[File:Sjømilitære Samfunds fortjenstmedalje stripe.svg|100x30px|The Naval Society Medal of Merit in gold]]
[[File:Norges skytterforbunds hederstegn stripe.svg|100x30px|Norwegian Shooting Society Badge of Honour]]
[[File:Oslo militære samfunds hederstegn stripe.svg|100x30px|Oslo Military Society Badge of Honour in Gold]]
</center>

=== Foreign honours ===
In the [[British Army]], Harald V was the final [[Colonel-in-Chief]] of the [[Green Howards]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=52834 |date=14 February 1992 |startpage=2582 |supp=yes |accessdate=15 September 2015 |nolink=yes}}</ref> He is also an honorary Colonel in the British [[Royal Marines]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=48634 |date=9 June 1981 |startpage=7795 |supp=yes |accessdate=15 September 2015 |nolink=yes}}</ref> He is patron of the [[Anglo-Norse Society in London]], together with Queen [[Elizabeth II]], his second cousin. As he is a direct descendant of King [[Edward VII]] of the United Kingdom, Harald is the 73rd in the [[line of succession to the British throne]].<ref>[http://www.britroyals.com/succession.htm Line of Succession to the British Throne]</ref> He is the first foreign monarch in the British line of succession. He is a Stranger [[Order of the Garter|Knight of the Garter]], an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the [[Royal Victorian Order]], and a Recipient of the [[Royal Victorian Chain]], as well as numerous other orders of chivalry.

==== Northern European countries ====
*{{flag|Iceland}} – Grand Cross with Collar of the [[Order of the Falcon]] °
*{{flag|Sweden}} – Knight with Collar of the [[Order of the Seraphim]] °<ref>[http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/nr01/2010/06/les-invites-royaux-au-mariage-princier-suite-2/ "Noblesse et Royautés"], Guests to Victoria of Sweden's wedding, [http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/nr01/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/w13.jpg Photo]</ref>
*{{flag|Sweden}} – Gustaf Vs 90th Anniversary Medal °
*{{flag|Sweden}} – HM King Carl XVI Gustaf 50th Anniversary Medal
*{{flag|Denmark}} – Knight with Collar of the [[Order of the Elephant]] °
*{{flag|Denmark}} – Grand Commander of the [[Order of the Dannebrog]] °
*{{flag|Finland}} – Commander Grand Cross of the [[Order of the White Rose of Finland]] ° <ref>[http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/nr01/2012/10/diner-en-lhonneur-du-president-de-finlande-au-palais-royal-doslo/ Noblesse et Royautés] (French), State visit of President of Finland in Norway, 2012, [http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/nr01/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/puku1_1010JID_vi.jpg Photo]</ref>
*{{flag|Estonia}} – Collar of the [[Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana]] °
*{{flag|Latvia}} – Commander Grand Cross with Chain of the [[Order of the Three Stars]] °
*{{flag|Lithuania}} – Grand Cross (1998) with Golden Chain (2011) of the [[Order of Vytautas the Great]] °<ref>[http://www.lrp.lt/lt/prezidento_veikla/apdovanojimai/apdovanojimai_256/p40.html Lithuanian Presidency] {{wayback|url=http://www.lrp.lt/lt/prezidento_veikla/apdovanojimai/apdovanojimai_256/p40.html |date=20140419000000 |df=y }}, Lithuanian Orders searching form</ref><ref>[http://theroyalcorrespondent.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/1302033364000_20110405-_4_3718912698x698r.jpg Photo] of a State visit of Lithuania to Norway, March 2011</ref>
*{{flag|United Kingdom}} – Recipient of the [[Royal Victorian Chain]] (1994) °
*{{flag|United Kingdom}} – Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] (1955) °
*{{flag|United Kingdom}} – Stranger Knight of the [[Order of the Garter]] (990th member; 2001) °
*{{flag|United Kingdom}} – [[Freedom of the City|Honorary Freedom]] of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]<ref>{{cite news|title=King of Norway awarded Honorary Freedom of Newcastle |url=http://www.norway.org.uk/norwayuk/news/newcastle.htm|work=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway)|Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]|accessdate=18 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Rolleiv|last=Solholm|title=King Harald receives honorary title |url=http://www.norwaypost.no/Culture/King-Harald-receives-honorary-title/menu-id-32.html|work=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]|publisher=Norway Post|date=14 November 2008|accessdate=14 November 2008}} {{Dead link|date=December 2015|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

====Other countries====
*{{flag|Austria}} – Grand Star of the [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria]] (1964) ° <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | title = Reply to a parliamentary question|language=German|page=170|format=PDF | accessdate = 8 October 2012 }}</ref>
*{{flag|Belgium}} – Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]] ° <ref name="BelPiNOR">Belga Pictures, State visit of Norway in Belgium, May 2003, [http://6.t.cdn.belga.be/picture:1278978:preview:watermark Group photo], [http://2.t.cdn.belga.be/picture:1279014:preview:watermark Harald V & Paola], [http://2.t.cdn.belga.be/picture:1279009:preview:watermark?m=klpfghcp Albert II & Sonja]</ref>
*{{flag|Brazil}} – Grand Collar of the [[Order of the Southern Cross]] °
*{{flag|Bulgaria}} – Cordon of the [[Order of Stara Planina]] °
*{{flag|Croatia}} – [[Grand Order of King Tomislav]]°
*{{flag|France}} – [[Légion d'honneur|Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur]] °
*{{flag|Germany}} – Grand Cross 1st class of the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] °
*{{flag|Greece|royal}} – Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Redeemer]] °
*{{flag|Greece|royal}} – The Royal House of Greece Centenary Medal °
*{{flag|Hungary}} – Grand Cross with Collar of the [[Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary]] °
* [[File:Olympic flag.svg|25px|border]] [[IOC]] – [[Olympic Order|The Golden Olympic order]] °
*{{flag|Italy}} – Knight Grand Cross (06/1965) with Collar (10/2001) of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] °<ref>Italian Presidency website, decorations – Harald V : [http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=33500 Grand Cross] – [http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=48714 Collar]</ref>
*{{flag|Japan}} – Grand Cordon with Collar of the [[Order of the Chrysanthemum]] °
*{{flag|Jordan}} – Grand Cross with Collar of the [[Order of al-Hussein bin Ali]] °
*{{flag|Yugoslavia}} – [[Order of the Yugoslav Great Star]] °
*{{flag|Luxembourg}} – Grand Cross of the [[Order of Adolph of Nassau]] °
*{{flag|Luxembourg}} – Knight of the [[Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau]]°
*{{flag|Luxembourg}} – Medal to commemorate the wedding of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte °
*{{flag|Netherlands}} – Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Netherlands Lion]] °
*{{flag|Netherlands}} – Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Crown (Netherlands)|Order of the Crown]] °
*{{flag|Netherlands}} – Commander of the [[Order of the Golden Ark]] °
*{{flag|Netherlands}} – Medal to commemorate the enthronement of Queen Beatrix °
*{{flag|Poland}} – Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the White Eagle (Poland)|Order of the White Eagle]] °
*{{flag|Portugal}} – Grand Cross of the [[Order of Aviz|Military Order of Aviz]] (05/11/1980) ° <ref name="PORT">Portuguese presidential website, [http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154 Orders search form]</ref>
*{{flag|Portugal}} – Grand Collar of the [[Order of Prince Henry|Order of Infante Dom Henrique]] (13 February 2004) ° <ref name="PORT" />
*{{flag|Portugal}} – Grand Cross with Collar of the [[Order of St. James of the Sword]] (26 May 2008) °<ref name="PORT" />
*{{flag|Romania}} – Sash Rank of the [[Order of the Star of Romania]] °
*{{flag|Slovakia}} : Grand Cross (or 1st Class) of the [[Order of the White Double Cross]] (2010) ° <ref>Slovak republic website, [http://www.slovak-republic.org/symbols/honours/ State honours] : 1st Class received in 2010 (click on "Holders of the Order of the 1st Class White Double Cross" to see the holders' table)</ref>
*{{flag|Spain}} – 1,192nd [[Knight]] and Collar of the [[Order of the Golden Fleece]] (21 April 1995) ° <ref>[http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1995/04/25/pdfs/A12158-12158.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado]</ref>
*{{flag|Spain}} – [[Order of Charles III|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III]] (12/04/1982) ° <ref>[http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1982/05/27/pdfs/A14036-14036.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado]</ref>
*{{flag|Spain}} – [[Order of Charles III|Collar of the Order of Charles III]] (30 June 2006) ° <ref>[http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2006/07/01/pdfs/A24877-24877.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado]</ref>
*{{flag|South Africa}} – Grand Cross of the [[Order of Good Hope]] °
*{{flag|Thailand}} – Knight Grand Cordon (First Class) of the [[Order of Chula Chom Klao]] °
*{{flag|Turkey}} – First Class of the [[Order of the State of Republic of Turkey]] ° <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tccb.gov.tr/images/photoalbum/2013-konuk/k-20131105-norvec-19-karsilama.jpg|title= Official State visit of Norway (Photo of Order of State and Order of St. Olaf)|publisher=[[Çankaya Köşkü|Presidency of Republic of Turkey]]|date=5 November 2013|accessdate=11 November 2013}}</ref>

The mark ° shows honours mention on his official website [http://www.kongehuset.no/c27011/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27940 page about decorations]

===Miscellaneous honours===
Harald V received an honorary degree of [[Doctor of Civil Law]] from Oxford University in 2006 (as did his father, King Olav, in 1937, and his grandfather, King Haakon, in 1943).<ref>[http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=147553 Article in VG on the honorary doctorate] {{no icon}}</ref> The King also received honorary doctorates from [[Heriot-Watt University]] in Scotland in 1994,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.hw.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-graduates.htm|title=Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates|last=webperson@hw.ac.uk|website=www1.hw.ac.uk|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> the [[University of Strathclyde]] in Scotland in 1985, [[Waseda University]] in Japan in 2001, and [[Pacific Lutheran University]] in Tacoma, Washington, in 2015. He is also an honorary fellow at [[Balliol College, Oxford]].

*{{flag|Ireland}} – Freedom of the City of [[Cork (city)|Cork]].
*Spirit of Luther Award, awarded by [[Luther College (Iowa)|Luther College]] of [[Decorah, IA]]
*A 230,000&nbsp;km² area in [[Antarctica]] is named [[Prince Harald Coast]] in his honour.
*In 2007 King Harald was awarded the [[Holmenkollen medal]] with [[Simon Ammann]], [[Frode Estil]], [[Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset]], and his wife [[Queen Sonja of Norway|Queen Sonja]].
*{{flag|Portugal}} – Key of Honor to the City of [[Lisbon]], on 28 May 2008 <ref>{{cite web|title=State Visit continues|url=http://www.royalcourt.no/nyhet.html?tid=72220|publisher=The Royal House of Norway|accessdate=16 March 2014}}</ref>
*In 2013, a 6,500&nbsp;km² area in [[Svalbard]] was named Harald V Land.<ref>{{cite news |title=New land area named after King Harald |url=http://www.norwaypost.no/index.php/news/latest-news/28999-new-land-area-named-after-king-harald|agency=[[NRK]]|newspaper=The Norway Post|date=23 September 2013|accessdate=11 October 2013}}</ref>

==Ancestry==
He is closely related to other European monarchs. He is the first cousin once removed of King [[Philippe of Belgium]] and [[Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg]], the second cousin of Queen [[Margrethe II of Denmark]] and Queen [[Elizabeth II]] of the United Kingdom, and the second cousin once removed of King [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden]].

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|14= 14. [[Frederick VIII of Denmark]] (=8)
|15= 15. [[Louise of Sweden|Princess Louise of Sweden]] (=9)
|16= 16. [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (=28)
|17= 17. [[Louise of Hesse-Kassel|Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel]] (=29)
|18= 18. [[Charles XV of Sweden]] (=30)
|19= 19. [[Louise of the Netherlands|Princess Louise of the Netherlands]] (=31)
|20= 20. [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
|21= 21. [[Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom]]
|22= 22. [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (=16)
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===Patrilineal descent===

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Harald's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son.

[[Patrilineal descent]] is the principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations – which means that if Harald V were to choose an historically accurate house name it would be [[House of Oldenburg|Oldenburg]], as all his male-line ancestors have been of that house.

'''House of Oldenburg'''
# [[Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg|Egilmar I of Lerigau]], dates unknown
# [[Elimar II, Count of Oldenburg|Egilmar II of Lerigau]], d. 1142
# [[Christian I, Count of Oldenburg]], d. 1167
# [[Maurice, Count of Oldenburg|Moritz of Oldenburg]], d. 1209
# [[Christian II, Count of Oldenburg]], d. 1233
# [[John I, Count of Oldenburg]], d. 1275
# [[Christian III, Count of Oldenburg]], d. 1285
# [[John II of Oldenburg|John II, Count of Oldenburg]], d. 1314
# [[Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg]], 1300–1347
# [[Christian V, Count of Oldenburg]], 1340–1423
# [[Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg]], 1398–1440
# [[Christian I of Denmark]], 1426–1481
# [[Frederick I of Denmark]], 1471–1533
# [[Christian III of Denmark]], 1503–1559
# [[John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg]], 1545–1622
# [[Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg]], 1573–1627
# [[August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck]], 1612–1675
# [[Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck]], 1653–1728
# [[Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck]], 1696–1775
# [[Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck]], 1727–1759
# [[Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck]], 1757–1816
# [[Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]], 1785–1831
# [[Christian IX of Denmark]], 1818–1906
# [[Frederick VIII of Denmark]], 1843–1912
# [[Haakon VII of Norway]], 1872–1957
# [[Olav V of Norway]], 1903–1991
# Harald V of Norway, b. 1937
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== Issue ==
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! rowspan="2" | Birth
! colspan="3" | Marriage
|-
! Date !! Spouse !! Issue
|-
| [[Princess Märtha Louise of Norway|Princess '''Märtha Louise''']]
| {{dts|1971|9|22}}
| {{dts|2002|5|24}}
| [[Ari Behn]]
| {{plainlist|
**Maud Angelica Behn, born 29 April 2003
**Leah Isadora Behn, born 8 April 2005
**Emma Tallulah Behn, born 29 September 2008
}}
|-
| [[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway|Crown Prince '''Haakon''' Magnus]]
| {{dts|1973|7|20}}
| {{dts|2001|8|25}}
| [[Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway|Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby]]
| {{plainlist|
**[[Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway|Princess Ingrid Alexandra]], born 21 January 2004
**[[Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway|Prince Sverre Magnus]], born 3 December 2005
}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.royalcourt.no/ Official website of the Norwegian Royal Family]
*[http://www.kongehuset.no/seksjon.html?tid=28730&sek=27271 Official website of the Norwegian Royal Family: biography of the King]
*[http://www.reisenett.no/facts/government/king_harald.html Summary biography of the King]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090211070656/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2741143.ece The Royals] – Regularly updated news coverage of the Norwegian royal family (''[[Aftenposten]]'')
*[http://www.kongehuset.no/c28559/artikkel/vis.html?tid=28662 The Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav]
*[http://www.saintolav.com The Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav – H.M. King Harald V the Grand Master of the Order]
*{{no icon}} [http://www.holmenkollen-worldcup.no/index.aspx?article=92639&mid=92639 Announcement of King Harald V & Queen Sonja's awarding of the Holmenkollen medal] – Accessed 18 March 2007
*{{no icon}} [http://www.garden.no His Majesty The King's Life Guard]

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Harald V
King Harald V in 2013
King of Norway
Reign17 January 1991 – present
Benediction23 June 1991[1]
PredecessorOlav V
Heir apparentCrown Prince Haakon
Prime Ministers
See list
Born (1937-02-21) 21 February 1937 (age 87)
Skaugum, Akershus, Norway
Spouse
​
(m. 1968)​
Issue
Detail		Princess Märtha Louise
Crown Prince Haakon
HouseGlücksburg[2]
FatherOlav V of Norway
MotherPrincess Märtha of Sweden
ReligionChurch of Norway
SignatureHarald V's signature
Norwegian royal family
* Member of the Norwegian Royal House

Harald V (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈhɑrːɑɫ]; born 21 February 1937) is the King of Norway. A member of the House of Glücksburg, a house originally from Northern Germany, Harald became the first Norwegian-born prince since Olav IV, who was born in 1370. He succeeded to the throne upon the death of his father Olav V on 17 January 1991.

In 1968, he married Sonja Haraldsen with whom he has two children, Princess Märtha Louise (b. 1971) and Crown Prince Haakon (b. 1973), heir-apparent to the Norwegian throne.

Childhood and education

Birth

Prince Harald was born in Skaugum and was baptized in the Royal Chapel in the Royal Palace in Oslo on 31 March 1937 by Bishop Johan Lunde. His godparents were: his paternal grandparents, the King and Queen of Norway; his maternal grandparents, the Duke and Duchess of Västergötland; his maternal uncle, the King of Belgium; his first cousin once removed, the King of the United Kingdom; his paternal grandaunt, Queen Mary of the United Kingdom; and his second cousin, the Crown Princess of Denmark. His parents already had two daughters, Princess Ragnhild and Princess Astrid.

Second World War

Prince Harald in 1955

In 1940 the entire royal family had to flee their homes because of the German invasion. The dramatic journey northbound was marked by the Germans' repeated attempts to kill the King through bombing. It was deemed safer for the family to split up. The King and Crown Prince Olav would remain in Norway and the Crown Princess was to make her way to Sweden with the three children. The latter party reached Sweden on the night of 10 April, but although Crown Princess Märtha was Swedish-born, they encountered problems at the border station. According to Princess Astrid and others who were present, they were admitted only after the driver threatened to ram the border gate. Another account does not describe the escape so dramatically.[3] However, when the King and Crown Prince inquired of Swedish foreign minister Christian Günther whether they could sleep one night in Sweden without being interned, they were denied.[3]

Harald spent the following days in Sälen before relocating to Prince Carl Bernadotte's home in Frötuna on 16 April. On 26 April the group moved to Drottningholm in Stockholm. King Gustaf V has been accounted to have had an amicable relationship with his Norwegian guests, but the topic of the war in Norway was not to be raised. However, influential Swedish politicians including Minister of Justice Westman wanted the Crown Princess and Prince Harald to be sent back to Norway so he could be proclaimed King by the Germans.[3][4] After the King and Crown Prince had to leave Norway on 7 June they felt Sweden might not be the best place for the rest of the family. They started planning for them to be relocated to the United States. On 17 August the Crown Princess and her children left for the United States from Petsamo, Finland, aboard the United States Army transport ship American Legion.[3]

Harald and his mother and sisters lived in Washington, D.C., during the war,[5] while his father, Crown Prince Olav, and his grandfather, King Haakon, stayed in London with the Norwegian government-in-exile. One of the notable events he remembers from that time is standing behind Franklin D. Roosevelt when he was sworn in for his fourth term on the South Portico of the White House in 1945. Such childhood experiences are reflected in a trace of an American accent when he speaks English.[6] The Doris Kearns Goodwin book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Home Front in World War II contains a picture of the King (then Prince) playing with FDR's dog, Fala, on the North Lawn of the White House in 1944.

Harald visited Norwegian servicemen on training in the United States. The prince also made visits outside America, travelling north to visit Norwegian personnel at the training base "Little Norway" in Ontario, Canada. He attended The White Hall Country School from 1943. Prince Harald returned to Norway along with his family at the war's end in 1945.

Return

In the autumn of 1945 he was enrolled in third grade of Smestad skole as the first member of the royal family to attend public school. Amidst this, in 1954 tragedy struck as he lost his mother to cancer and 4 years later in 1958 he would lose his maternal grandmother Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. In 1955 he graduated from Oslo katedralskole and in the autumn of that year, Harald began studies at the University of Oslo. Later he attended the Cavalry Officers' Candidate School at Trandum, followed by enrolment at the Norwegian Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1959.

In 1960, Harald entered Balliol College, Oxford where he studied history, economics and politics.[6] He was a keen rower during his student days at Oxford and was taught to row by fellow student and friend Nick Bevan, later a leading British school rowing coach. In 1960, he also made his first official journey abroad, visiting the United States in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the American Scandinavian Foundation.

Adult life

King Juan Carlos I of Spain on visit in Norway (2006)

Harald attended the Council of State for the first time on 27 September 1957 and took the oath to the Constitution of Norway on 21 February 1958. In the same year, he also served as regent in the King's absence for the first time.

Harald married a commoner, Sonja Haraldsen, at Oslo Domkirke in Oslo on 29 August 1968, a marriage that sparked much public controversy at the time. The couple have two children, Princess Märtha Louise and Crown Prince Haakon, heir apparent to the Norwegian throne.

The King heads the Council of State at Oslo Palace every Friday. He also has weekly meetings with the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister. He receives foreign envoys, and opens parliament every October. According to the Norwegian constitution, he appoints his government. Since 1884 parliamentarism has been in place in Norway, so the government has to have support from Parliament. The King appoints the leader of the parliamentary bloc with majority as prime minister. When the parliamentary situation is unclear the king relies on the advice of the president of Parliament and the sitting prime minister. He travels extensively throughout Norway and makes official state visits to other countries.

Until 2012, the King of Norway was, according to the constitution, the formal head of the Church of Norway. The constitutional amendment of 21 May 2012 made the King no longer the formal head but is still required to be of the Evangelical Lutheran religion.

An avid sailor,[7] Harald represented Norway in the yachting events of Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964[8] and in Mexico City in 1968[6] and the Munich 1972. The Crown Prince carried the Norwegian flag at the opening parade of the 1964 Summer Olympics. In 1994, both the King and Crown Prince Haakon played roles during the opening ceremony of the Lillehammer Olympics. The King opened the games, while the Crown Prince lit the cauldron, paying tribute to both the King and his grandfather as Olympians. The King has also represented Norway at opening ceremonies of Olympic Games, among them Torino and Beijing. However, he wasn't present in Vancouver, the Crown Prince attended instead, with the King and Queen attending later in the games.

With his sailing crew he won World Championship bronze, silver and gold medals, in 1988, 1982 and 1987, respectively. In July 2005, the King and his crew aboard the royal sailboat Fram XV won the gold medal at the European Championships in Sweden. In the 2007 World Championship the King obtained a sixth place.[9]

Twice since the start of the twenty-first century King Harald was unable to perform his monarchical duties due to ill-health: in December 2003 to mid-April 2004 due to urinary bladder cancer, and in April to early June 2005 due to aortic stenosis. Crown Prince Haakon served as the country's regent on both occasions.

In 2015, he became the world's first reigning monarch to visit Antarctica, specifically the Norwegian dependency Queen Maud Land.[10]

Patronages

Harald V is Honorary President of the Offshore Racing Congress[11] and the Co-President of Honour of the International Sailing Federation with King Constantine II of Greece.[12] He is also patron of the Norwegian-American Foundation (Norge-Amerika Foreningen) and the Norse Federation (Nordmanns-Forbundet) in the United States.

Titles, styles, arms

Titles

  • 21 February 1937 – 21 September 1957: His Royal Highness Prince Harald of Norway
  • 21 September 1957 – 17 January 1991: His Royal Highness The Crown Prince of Norway
  • 17 January 1991 – present: His Majesty The King of Norway

Symbols

Honours and medals

See also List of honours of the Norwegian Royal Family by country

The King is a four-star general, an admiral, and formally the Supreme Commander of the Norwegian Armed Forces. The infantry battalion His Majesty the King's Guard are considered the King's and the Royal Family's bodyguards. They guard the Royal residences, including the Royal Palace, the Crown Prince Residence at Skaugum, and the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Castle.

National honours and medals

The King is Grand Master of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.

Medal record
Sailing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 World Championship Sailing
Silver medal – second place 1982 World Championship Sailing
Bronze medal – third place 1988 World Championship Sailing
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 European Championship Sailing

Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav Royal Norwegian Order of Merit St Olav's medal

Defence Service Medal with Laurel Branch The Royal House Centenary Medal Haakon VIIs Commemorative Medal 1. October 1957 Haakon VIIs Jubilee Medal 1905–1955

Haakon VIIs Centenary Medal Olav Vs Commemorative Medal of 30. January 1991 Olav Vs Jubilee Medal Olav Vs Centenary Medal

Defence Service Medal National Service Medal Krigsdeltakerforbundet Badge of Honour Norwegian Red Cross Badge of Honour

Norwegian Reserve Officers Federal Badge of Honour The Naval Society Medal of Merit in gold Norwegian Shooting Society Badge of Honour Oslo Military Society Badge of Honour in Gold

Foreign honours

In the British Army, Harald V was the final Colonel-in-Chief of the Green Howards.[15] He is also an honorary Colonel in the British Royal Marines.[16] He is patron of the Anglo-Norse Society in London, together with Queen Elizabeth II, his second cousin. As he is a direct descendant of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, Harald is the 73rd in the line of succession to the British throne.[17] He is the first foreign monarch in the British line of succession. He is a Stranger Knight of the Garter, an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, and a Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain, as well as numerous other orders of chivalry.

Northern European countries

Other countries

The mark ° shows honours mention on his official website page about decorations

Miscellaneous honours

Harald V received an honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law from Oxford University in 2006 (as did his father, King Olav, in 1937, and his grandfather, King Haakon, in 1943).[33] The King also received honorary doctorates from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland in 1994,[34] the University of Strathclyde in Scotland in 1985, Waseda University in Japan in 2001, and Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, in 2015. He is also an honorary fellow at Balliol College, Oxford.

Ancestry

He is closely related to other European monarchs. He is the first cousin once removed of King Philippe of Belgium and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, the second cousin of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and the second cousin once removed of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Family of Harald V
16. Christian IX of Denmark (=28)
8. Frederick VIII of Denmark (=14)
17. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (=29)
4. Haakon VII of Norway
18. Charles XV of Sweden (=30)
9. Princess Louise of Sweden (=15)
19. Princess Louise of the Netherlands (=31)
2. Olav V of Norway
20. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
10. Edward VII of the United Kingdom
21. Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom
5. Princess Maud of Wales
22. Christian IX of Denmark (=16)
11. Princess Alexandra of Denmark
23. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (=17)
1. Harald V of Norway
24. Oscar I of Sweden
12. Oscar II of Sweden
25. Josephine of Leuchtenberg
6. Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
26. William, Duke of Nassau
13. Princess Sophia of Nassau
27. Princess Pauline of Württemberg
3. Princess Märtha of Sweden
28. Christian IX of Denmark (=16)
14. Frederick VIII of Denmark (=8)
29. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (=17)
7. Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
30. Charles XV of Sweden (=18)
15. Princess Louise of Sweden (=9)
31. Princess Louise of the Netherlands (=19)

Patrilineal descent

Issue

Name Birth Marriage
Date Spouse Issue
Princess Märtha Louise September 22, 1971 May 24, 2002 Ari Behn
    • Maud Angelica Behn, born 29 April 2003
    • Leah Isadora Behn, born 8 April 2005
    • Emma Tallulah Behn, born 29 September 2008
Crown Prince Haakon Magnus July 20, 1973 August 25, 2001 Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby

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Harald V
Born: 21 February 1937
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Norway
1991–present 		Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Crown Prince Haakon
Norwegian royalty
Preceded by Crown Prince of Norway
1957–1991 		Succeeded by
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