{"id":157327,"date":"2026-09-01T21:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/157327\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T21:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T21:27:20","slug":"norways-king-haakon-pledges-oath-of-allegiance-following-fathers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/157327\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway\u2019s King Haakon pledges oath of allegiance following father’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

OSLO, Norway \u2014 King\u00a0Haakon VIII<\/a>\u00a0pledged an oath of allegiance to Norway\u2019s constitution in parliament on Tuesday, an important symbolic step as he takes over at the helm of the Scandinavian country after his late father\u2019s 35-year reign.<\/p>\n

Haakon became Norway\u2019s monarch when\u00a0King Harald V\u00a0died on Friday at age 89<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He has adopted the motto \u201cAll for Norway,\u201d which dates back to his great-grandfather.<\/p>\n

King Haakon VIII, left, takes the oath according to the Constitution in the Storting, Norway\u2019s parliament, accompanied by Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra in Oslo, Norway, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. Lise \u00c5serud\/Pool NTB via AP<\/p>\n

The coffin of King Harald V of Norway is moved from the Red Salon to the Palace Chapel by members of the royal family, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Oslo. NTB\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

King Haakon VIII of Norway, Princess M\u00e4rtha Louise of Norway, Queen Sonja of Norway and Queen Mette-Marit of Norway look at flowers and tributes laid down by mourners at the Palace Square in Oslo on Monday. NTB\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

He was driven the short distance from the royal palace to the Storting, or parliament, in an open car. <\/p>\n

There, Speaker Masud Gharahkhani read the official announcement of Harald\u2019s death and Haakon\u2019s succession<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Haakon, 53, then took the oath.<\/p>\n

\u201cI promise and swear that I will govern the kingdom of Norway in accordance with its constitution and laws; so help me God, the almighty and omniscient,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Norway\u2019s monarchy has old roots, tracing its origins to King Harald Fairhair in the ninth century. <\/p>\n

King Haakon VIII arrives to take the oath according to the Constitution in the Storting, on Tuesday in Oslo. Cornelius Poppe\/NTB Scanpix via AP<\/p>\n

\u201cI promise and swear that I will govern the kingdom of Norway in accordance with its constitution and laws; so help me God, the almighty and omniscient,\u201d King Haakon VIII said on Tuesday. H\u00e5kon Mosvold Larsen\/Pool NTB via AP<\/p>\n

When Norway regained its independence from Sweden in 1905, three-quarters of voters in a national plebiscite approved restoring the monarchy.<\/p>\n

Today, its role is largely symbolic as power lies with the elected government and parliament, but the Norwegian royal family retains a role in promoting the wealthy nation around the world.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, Harald\u2019s coffin was taken to the chapel of the royal palace in downtown Oslo, where it will remain until\u00a0his funeral on Sept. 9.<\/p>\n

From Tuesday afternoon until Sept. 8, the chapel will be open every day for the public to pay their last respects by filing past the coffin<\/a>. <\/p>\n

From left: Queen Mette-Marit, Queen Sonja, Princess M\u00e4rtha Louise and King Haakon VIII arrive at the Palace Square to greet the crowd and look at flowers and tributes laid down by mourners in Oslo on Monday. NTB\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The royal palace said in a statement that visitors aren\u2019t allowed to take photos or film inside the chapel, and that they can\u2019t leave flowers or other items.<\/p>\n

Haakon\u2019s wife, Queen Mette-Marit<\/a>, joined Monday\u2019s coffin procession in her first official appearance since assuming the title. <\/p>\n

She has been largely absent from the public eye following her\u00a0lung transplant\u00a0in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Norway\u2019s new King Haakon VIII makes his first speech to the nation at the Royal Palace in Oslo on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. NTB\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Before Haakon\u2019s pledge of allegiance, the palace said that Mette-Marit wasn\u2019t going to the ceremony. <\/p>\n

In a statement, it quoted Are Holm, a pulmonologist at Oslo\u2019s University Hospital, as saying that complications following a transplant aren\u2019t uncommon and that Mette-Marit<\/a> has experienced them on several occasions, \u201cincluding today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result, the Queen must remain under observation throughout the day. Unfortunately, the Queen will therefore be unable to attend the swearing-in ceremony at the Storting today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OSLO, Norway \u2014 King\u00a0Haakon VIII\u00a0pledged an oath of allegiance to Norway\u2019s constitution in parliament on Tuesday, an important…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[85],"tags":[5401,62967,157,156,2855,55791,3593,1161],"class_list":["post-157327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oslo","tag-death","tag-deaths","tag-norway","tag-oslo","tag-parliament","tag-prince-haakon","tag-royal-family","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117197907123704097","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}