King Harald V of Norway

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HM The King of Norway
Titles King of Norway
Reign 17 January 1991 - 16 September 2025
Coronation 23 June 1991
Predecessor Olav V
Successor Haakon VIII
Biographical Information
Born 21 February 1937

Skaugum, Norway

Died 16 September 2025 (aged 88)

Oslo, Norway

Spouse Princess Christina of Sweden

(m. 1968; d. 2025)

Issue Martha Louise, Princess of Monaco

Haakon VIII
Prince Gustaf
Prince Oscar
Prince Victor

Name Harald
House Glucksburg
Father King Olav V of Norway
Mother Princess Martha of Sweden
Religion Lutheran

King Harald V of Norway (born Prince Harald of Norway 21 February 1937 - 16 September 2025) was the King of Norway from 1991 to 2025.

Life[edit | edit source]

Harald was born the third child and only son of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Martha of Sweden.

Harald became the heir to the throne upon his grandfather's death in 1957. He ascended to the throne upon his father's death in 1991.

Harald died of natural causes on 16 September 2025.

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

Harald had a long-term relationship with a Norwegian commoner, Sonja Haraldsen, in the late fifties and early sixties, but was forbidden by his father from marrying her. In 1968, Harald relented to his father's pressure and gave up Haraldsen. Soon after, Harald's engagement to his second cousin, Princess Christina of Sweden, was announced in what was rumored to be an arranged marriage. They were married in Oslo on 29 August 1968. Harald and Christina had five children, Martha Louise, Haakon, Gustaf, Oscar, and Victor.

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Martha Louise, Princess of Monaco 22 September 1971 Albert II, Prince of Monaco (m. 2002); has issue
Haakon VIII 20 July 1973 Princess Cecilie Cornelie of Prussia (m. 2001); has issue
Prince Gustaf 8 August 1975 Princess Isabelle of Erbach-Schonberg (m. 2013); has issue
Prince Oscar 20 June 1977 Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis (m. 2011); has issue
Prince Victor 10 September 1980 Countess Stephanie of Eltz (m. 2007); has issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1937-1957 Prince Harald of Norway
  • 1957-1991 Harald, Crown Prince of Norway
  • 1991-present Harald V, King of Norway

National Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of St. Olav (1955)

Order of Merit (1968)

Foreign Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of the Seraphim (1992) (Sweden)

Order of the Polar Star (1968) (Sweden)

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
King Olav V of Norway King Haakon VII of Norway

Princess Maud of Wales

King Frederik VIII of Denmark

Princess Louise of Sweden

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Princess Alexandra of Denmark

King Christian IX of Denmark

Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel

King Charles XV of Sweden

Princess Louise of the Netherlands

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

King Christian IX of Denmark

Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Martha of Sweden Prince Carl, Duke of Vastergotland

Princess Ingeborg of Denmark

King Oscar II of Sweden

Princess Sophia of Nassau

King Frederik VIII of Denmark

Princess Louise of Sweden

King Oscar I of Sweden

Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg

Duke William of Nassau

Princess Pauline of Wurttemberg

King Christian IX of Denmark

Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel

King Charles XV of Sweden

Princess Louise of the Netherlands