17 Ocak 1991'de babası Kral V. Olav'ın ölümü üzerine tahta çıkan Norveç Kralı
General Assembly Mourns Late King of Norway, Champion of Global Cooperation
The General Assembly convened today to pay tribute to King Harald V of Norway, who died on 26 August.
Secretary-General Spotlights ‘Profound’ Empathy of King Harald V of Norway, whose Life Shaped by Exile, War, as General Assembly Pays Tribute to Late Leader
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, delivered by Chef de Cabinet Earle Courtenay Rattray, at the General Assembly’s tribute to the memory of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway, in New York today:
Norveç sarayında ikinci yas. Ağabeyinin cenazesine katıldı, iki gün sonra hayatını kaybetti
Norveç'te geçen ay hayatını kaybeden Kral Harald'ın ardından kardeşi Prenses Astrid de 94 yaşında yaşamını yitirdi. SON ETKİNLİĞİ AĞABEYİNİN CENAZESİ OLDU Norveç kraliyet ailesi kısa süre içinde ikinci kez ölüm haberiyle sarsıldı. Geçen ay 89 yaşında hayatını kaybeden Kral Harald V'nin kız kardeşi Prenses Astrid, ağabeyinin cenazesine katılmasından yalnızca iki gün sonra 94 yaşında hayatını kaybetti. Norveç Kraliyet Sarayı tarafından duyurulan ölümün ardından ülkenin yeni kralı Haakon VIII, halası Prenses Astrid'in uzun yaşamı boyunca Kraliyet Ailesi'ni “sıcak ve görev bilinci yüksek bir şekilde” temsil ettiğini söyledi. Kral Harald'ın çarşamba günü düzenlenen cenaze töreni, Astrid'in katıldığı son resmi etkinlik oldu. NORVEÇ'TE BAYRAKLAR YARIYA İNECEK Norveç Başbakanı Jonas Gahr Store, Prenses Astrid'in cenaze masraflarının devlet tarafından karşılanacağını açıkladı. Astrid'in ölümü nedeniyle ülke genelinde bayrakların yarıya indirileceği de duyuruldu. Prenses, 1957'den 1991'e kadar Norveç tahtında bulunan Kral Olav V'nin hayatta kalan son çocuğuydu. 22 YAŞINDA “FIRST LADY” OLDU Astrid, Norveç Kraliyet Ailesi'nde uzun yıllar önemli bir rol üstlendi. Annesi Veliaht Prenses Martha'nın 1954 yılında hayatını kaybetmesinin ardından henüz 22 yaşındayken Norveç'in “first lady”si görevini üstlendi. Babası Olav'ın yeniden evlenmemesi nedeniyle Astrid bu görevi yıllarca sürdürdü. Prenses, kardeşi Harald'ın 1968'de evlenmesine kadar Kraliyet Ailesi'nin önde gelen kadın temsilcisi olarak görev yaptı. SON KEZ AĞABEYİNİN CENAZESİNDE GÖRÜLDÜ Prenses Astrid'in son resmi görevi, ağabeyi Kral Harald'ın çarşamba günü düzenlenen cenaze töreni oldu. 35 yılı aşkın süre Norveç tahtında kalan Harald, geçen ay 89 yaşında hayatını kaybetmişti. Cenazeye Avrupa'daki kraliyet ailelerinden çok sayıda isim ve devlet başkanı katıldı. Katılımcılar arasında Galler Prensi William ve üç İskandinav kralı da yer aldı. Ukrayna Devlet Başkanı Volodimir Zelenski, Almanya Cumhurbaşkanı Frank-Walter Steinmeier ve beş yabancı ülkenin başbakanı da Oslo'daki törene katıldı. Kraliyet Sarayı'ndan Oslo Katedrali'ne gerçekleştirilen cenaze alayı sırasında binlerce kişi Kral Harald'a veda etmek için güzergah boyunca toplandı. KRALİYET AİLESİNDE ZOR DÖNEM Norveç Kraliyet Ailesi, Kral Harald'ın hayatının son aylarında hem sağlık sorunları hem de kamuoyuna yansıyan tartışmalarla gündeme gelmişti. Yılın başında ortaya çıkan belgeler, Kral Haakon'un eşi Kraliçe Mette-Marit'in pedofili milyarder Jeffrey Epstein ile geçmişte sık sık iletişim kurduğunu ortaya koymuştu. Mette-Marit daha sonra Epstein ile hiç tanışmamış olmayı dilediğini söylemişti. Kraliçe'nin önceki ilişkisinden olan ve kraliyet ailesinin resmi bir üyesi sayılmayan oğlu Marius Borg Høiby ise haziran ayında iki tecavüz suçundan dört yıl hapis cezasına çarptırılmıştı. Temyiz süreci devam ederken ev hapsinde tutulan Hoiby'ye Kral Harald'ın cenaze törenine katılması için izin verilmişti. Kral Harald'ın ölümünün ardından tahta geçen Haakon VIII döneminin başlamasından kısa süre sonra gelen Prenses Astrid'in ölümü, Norveç Kraliyet Ailesi'ni bir kez daha yasa boğdu.
Norveç sarayında ikinci yas. Ağabeyinin cenazesine katıldı, iki gün sonra hayatını kaybettiNorveç Kralı'na 'firavunvari' cenaze... Milyonlarca dolarlık tabut devlet bütçesinden karşılandı
Norveç, Kral V. Harald'a veda ediyor. Avrupa'daki kraliyet ailelerinin üyeleri ve devlet başkanları, çarşamba günü Oslo'da düzenlenecek cenaze töreninde bir araya gelecek.
Norway bids farewell to King Harald V as crowds gather in Oslo
Thousands gathered in Oslo as Norway held a funeral for King Harald V, with European royals and world leaders joining the final farewell to the long-serving monarch.
UK Armed Forces pay tribute to late King of Norway at his funeral in Oslo
Royal Marines and British Army personnel attended the funeral of King Harald V of Norway on Wednesday.
Tens of thousands line the streets as Norway bids farewell to King Harald V
Royals from across Europe attend church ceremony, which brings 13 days of national mourning to a close Europe live – latest updates Norway has observed a minute’s silence as it takes leave of King Harald V in a series of ceremonies, bringing to a close 13 days of national mourning that followed the popular monarch’s death last month at the age of 89. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets of Oslo and foreign heads of state and government converged on the Norwegian capital for the funeral of the late king, a light-touch and unassuming reformer who ruled for more than three decades. Continue reading...
Norway bids farewell to King Harald V, 'grandfather' of the nation
Norway observed a nationwide minute of silence on Wednesday at the funeral of King Harald V, a modern and unifying figure whose end of reign was tarnished by scandals. His son and heir King Haakon VIII, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, Britain’s Prince William and other foreign dignitaries stood in silence in the halls of Oslo’s Lutheran cathedral in memory of the late monarch, who died on August 28 aged 89. The funeral procession had left the royal palace an hour earlier, the king’s casket draped in Norway’s red royal banner and topped with white flowers. The casket of late King Harald V of Norway is transferred amid an honour guard during a royal procession from the Royal Palace Chapel to the Cathedral in Oslo, Norway on September 9, 2026. — AFP Carried on an artillery carriage, the casket was transported along the city’s main avenue, followed by the dignitaries on foot as thousands of people lined the street to pay their respects. “He was king for practically my whole life. I thought it was normal to come today, since I could,” 37-year-old municipal employee Anders Aanerud told i. Only Harald’s widow, 89-year-old Queen Sonja, and the new Queen Mette-Marit, who underwent a lung transplant in June, followed the procession in a car. Marius Borg Hoiby, Mette-Marit’s son from a previous relationship who is under house arrest pending the appeal of a rape and assault conviction, had been granted permission to attend the funeral. Sarcophagus At the end of the religious service, four F-35 fighter jets will fly over the cathedral in a “missing man” formation, as the casket is taken to the Akershus Castle chapel. There, it will be lowered into the crypt of the royal mausoleum, next to Harald’s parents and grandparents. He will be laid to rest in a $2 million sarcophagus whose design remains secret. Once the burial is completed, flags across the country, which were lowered to half-mast after Harald’s death, will once again be raised and church bells will ring for an hour. The casket of late King Harald V of Norway is carried amid an honour guard and spectators during a royal procession from the Royal Palace Chapel to the Cathedral in Oslo, Norway on September 9, 2026. — AFP Some 3,000 police and 3,500 soldiers have been deployed for the event, with exceptional airspace restrictions imposed over much of the eastern part of the country. Until his death, Harald, who ascended the throne in 1991, was the oldest reigning monarch in Europe. Despite mounting health woes in his later years, he had always ruled out abdicating and was extremely popular among his fellow Norwegians. “He struck a balance between being stately and being down-to-earth,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said in his eulogy. “He made Norway greater. He spoke of a ‘we’ in Norway where everyone is there for each other.” Seen as embodying an open and tolerant Norway, Harald made a deep impression by celebrating diversity in a 2016 speech marking the 25th anniversary of his reign. “Norwegians are girls who love girls, boys who love boys, and girls and boys who love each other,” he said, adding: “Norwegians believe in God, Allah, the Universe and nothing.” Reinvigorated monarchy More than 46,000 Norwegians filed past the king’s casket in the past week, some waiting in line for hours. The square in front of the palace has been covered with flowers, drawings and candles as Norwegians honoured the man they dubbed “the grandfather of the nation”. “He was like the beloved grandfather of a family, who embraced all his children and grandchildren, regardless of their appearance or beliefs,” student Arthur Fosheim told AFP. “He truly embodied that spirit of inclusion and a multicultural Norway.” Almost three out of four Norwegians — 72 per cent — said they support the monarchy, up by eight percentage points from a previous survey in May, in an opinion poll conducted after the king’s death and published last week. Norway’s King Haakon salutes as he walks alongside Prince Sverre Magnus and Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra during the funeral procession carrying the coffin of Norway’s King Harald, which is arriving at Oslo Cathedral, in Oslo, Norway on September 9, 2026. — Reuters Support had dropped to its lowest level in February, to 60pc. At the time, the royal family was embroiled in a series of scandals. Mette-Marit in particular was under heavy criticism for her past ties to the late convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and her son’s legal troubles. While Haakon VIII, 53, is very popular, opinions on the new queen, also 53, remain deeply divided.
Photos: Large Oslo crowd bids farewell to Norway’s King Harald V
Thousands line streets of Norway's capital as King Harald V is laid to rest during service attended by world leaders.
Norwegians bid final farewell to King Harald V, ‘grandfather of the nation’
Norway observed a nationwide minute of silence on Wednesday at the funeral of King Harald V, a modern and unifying figure whose end of reign was tarnished by scandals. His son and heir King Haakon VIII, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, Britain’s Prince William and other foreign dignitaries stood in silence in the halls of Oslo’s Lutheran cathedral in memory of the late monarch, who died on August 28 aged 89. The funeral procession had left the royal palace an hour earlier, the king’s casket...
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Press information: Guest List for the Funeral of King Harald V
The guest list for the funeral of King Harald V is now available.
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Information meeting for the media about the Funeral of King Harald V
The press is invited to an information meeting on Tuesday, 8 September at 11:00 a.m. regarding the practical arrangements for the day of the funeral.
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Allocation of Media Positions to Media Outlets for the Funeral of King Harald V
The allocation of media positions on the day of the funeral, 9 September, is now final.
Press briefing on The Church of Norway's Order of Service for Funerals
The press is invited to a briefing on Friday, 4 September at 11:00, at which the Church of Norway will provide information about the order of liturgy to be used at the funeral of His Majesty King Harald V. A representative from the Royal Household will also be present at the briefing.