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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Tens of thousands line the streets as Norway bids farewell to King Harald V

The coffin of Norway's King Harald is taken to the royal mausoleum in the crypt at Akershus Castle after the funeral ceremony in Oslo Cathedral, Norway, 9 September 2026.
King Harald is taken to the royal mausoleum in the crypt at Akershus Castle after the funeral ceremony in Oslo. Photograph: Terje Pedersen/EPA

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.

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