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Norway’s King Harald V dead at 89, his son succeeds as Haakon VIII

Global News World · August 28, 2026 at 8:12 a.m.

Norway’s King Harald V dead at 89, his son succeeds as Haakon VIII

The popular king modernized the royal house but refused to follow in the footsteps of other aging monarchs who have abdicated in recent times.

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