Haakon VIII
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Haakon VIII is King of Norway, reigning since the death of his father, Harald V, on 28 August 2026.
Haakon in 2025
The future Harald V, then Crown Prince (second from right, standing), holding his son Prince Haakon in his arms and surrounded (from left to right) by, then, Crown Princess Sonja, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Princess Märtha Louise, King Olav V and Princess Astrid, in 1974
Haakon as Crown Prince, 2010
Haakon and Mette-Marit in 2014
Harald V
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Harald V was King of Norway from 1991 until his death in 2026.
Haakon VIII
…Haakon VIII (Haakon Magnus, Norwegian: ; born 20 July 1973) is King of Norway, reigning since the death of his father, Harald V, on 28 August 2026. He is the second child and only son of King Harald V and Queen Sonja. Haakon represents the fourth generation of the reigning…
Harald in 1993
Harald with his mother Crown Princess Märtha in 1937
Harald as mascot for the Royal Norwegian Air Force at its Little Norway airfield in Canada, 1943
Harald as a student in the Cavalry Officers' Candidate School, Trandum, 1956/1957