Editing Haakon VIII, King of Norway

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
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! colspan="2" |HM The King of Norway
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Glucksburg_Haakon_1973.jpg|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Crown Prince of [[Norway]]
|-
|'''Reign'''
|16 September 2025 - present
|-
|'''Coronation'''
|TBA
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Harald V, King of Norway|Harald V]]
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|'''Heir'''
|[[Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess of Norway]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
|-
|'''Born'''
|20 July 1973 (age 52)
Oslo, Norway
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[Princess Cecilie Cornelie of Prussia]]
(m. 2001)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess of Norway]]
[[Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway|Prince Sverre Magnus]]
|-
|'''Name'''
|Haakon Magnus
|-
|'''House'''
|Glucksburg
|-
|'''Father'''
|[[Harald V, King of Norway]]
|-
|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Christina of Sweden]]
|-
|'''Religion'''
|Lutheran
|}
'''Haakon VIII, King of Norway''' (born ''Prince Haakon of Norway'' on 20 July 1973) is the current reigning King of Norway. He is also a member of the Swedish Royal Family as the nephew of '''[[Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden]]''' and the German Imperial Family as the brother-in-law of '''[[Georg Friedrich, Emperor of Germany]]'''.

==Life==
Haakon was born the second child and eldest son of '''Harald V, King of Norway''' and '''Princess Christina of Sweden'''.

Haakon became heir to the throne upon the death of his grandfather in 1991. He ascended to the throne upon the death of his father in 2025.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 25 August 2001, Haakon married '''Princess Cecilie Cornelie of Prussia''' in Oslo. Haakon and Cecilie Cornelie have two children, '''Ingrid Alexandra''' and '''Sverre Magnus'''. 
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
|-
|[[File:Glucksburg Ingrid Alexandra.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess of Norway]]
|21 January 2004
|
|Unmarried and without issue
|-
|[[File:Glucksburg Sverre Magnus.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway|Prince Sverre Magnus]]
|3 December 2005
|
|Unmarried and without issue
|}

==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Norway Skaugum.png|Skaugum; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
File:Residences Norway The Royal Lodge.jpg|The Royal Lodge; Winter Residence (December-February)
File:Residences Norway Bygdoy Royal Estate.png|Bygdoy Royal Estate; Summer Residence (June-August)
File:Residences Prussia Hohenzollern Castle.jpg|Hohenzollern Castle; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1973-1991'''   Prince Haakon of Norway
* '''1991-2025'''   Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
* '''2025-present'''   Haakon VIII, King of Norway

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Norway_Order_of_St._Olav.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of St. Olav (1991)

[[File:Honours_Norway_Order_of_Merit.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Merit (2001)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Red_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Red Eagle (2001) (Prussia)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
|-
|[[Harald V, King of Norway]]
|[[King Olav V of Norway]]
[[Princess Martha of Sweden]]
|[[King Haakon VII of Norway]]
[[Princess Maud of Wales]]

[[Prince Carl, Duke of Vastergotland]]

[[Princess Ingeborg of Denmark]]
|[[King Frederik VIII of Denmark]]
[[Princess Louise of Sweden]]

[[King Edward VII of the United Kingdom]]

[[Princess Alexandra of Denmark]]

[[King Oscar II of Sweden]]

[[Princess Sophia of Nassau]]

[[King Frederik VIII of Denmark]]

[[Princess Louise of Sweden]]
|-
|[[Princess Christina of Sweden]]
|[[Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden]]
[[Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
|[[King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden]]
[[Princess Margaret of Connaught]]

[[Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]

[[Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein]]
|[[King Gustaf V of Sweden]]
[[Princess Victoria of Baden]]

[[Prince Arthur of the United Kingdom]]

[[Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia]]

[[Prince Leopold of the United Kingdom]]

[[Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]

[[Duke Friedrich Ferdinand I of Schleswig-Holstein]]

[[Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg]]
|}

==Lines of Succession==
{| class="wikitable wiki-table"
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! colspan="3" |Haakon VIII, King of Norway
House of Glucksburg 

Born: 20 July 1973 
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| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
|-
|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Norway|Norwegian]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
|-
|<center><small>Incumbent</small>
'''<small>preceded by</small>'''
[[Harald V, King of Norway|'''<small>Harald V</small>''']]</center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|<center>[[Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess of Norway]]</center>
|}
[[Category:Norway]]
[[Category:House Glucksburg]]
[[Category:Monarchs of Norway]]
[[Category:Monarchs]]