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
Queen Mette-Marit of Norway
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Mette-Marit is Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VIII.
Haakon VIII
…King Harald V and Queen Sonja. Haakon represents the fourth generation of the reigning Norwegian royal family of the House of Glücksburg. He married Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby in 2001, and they have two children, Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus. Haakon is a trained naval officer and, as king, is…
Mette-Marit in 2013