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Harald V
Harald V in 2021
King of Norway
Reign	17 January 1991 – present
Benediction	23 June 1991
Predecessor	Olav V
Heir apparent	Haakon
Born	(1937-02-21) 21 February 1937 (age 87) Skaugum, Akershus, Norway
Spouse	Sonja Haraldsen ​(m. 1968)​
Issue Detail	Princess Märtha Louise Crown Prince Haakon
House	Glücksburg
Father	Olav V of Norway
Mother	Märtha of Sweden
Religion	Church of Norway
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Norwegian royal family
The King * The Queen * The Crown Prince * The Crown Princess * Princess Ingrid Alexandra * Prince Sverre Magnus Princess Märtha Louise, Mrs. Verrett Maud Angelica Behn Leah Isadora Behn Emma Tallulah Behn Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner
* Member of the Norwegian Royal House
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Harald V (Norwegian: Harald den femte, Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈhɑ̂rːɑɫ dɛn ˈfɛ̂mtə]; born 21 February 1937) is King of Norway.

A member of the House of Glücksburg, Harald was the third child and only son of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. He was second in the line of succession at the time of his birth, behind his father. In 1940, as a result of the German occupation during World War II, the royal family went into exile. Harald spent part of his childhood in Sweden and the United States. He returned to Norway in 1945, and subsequently studied for periods at the University of Oslo, the Norwegian Military Academy, and Balliol College, Oxford.

Following the death of his grandfather King Haakon VII in 1957, Harald became crown prince as his father became king. Harald became king following his father's death in 1991. He married Sonja Haraldsen in 1968, their relationship having initially been controversial due to her status as a commoner. They have two children, their elder child Märtha Louise and their younger child Haakon, who became heir apparent due to male-preference primogeniture.

A keen sportsman, he represented Norway in sailing at the 1964, 1968, and 1972 Olympic Games, and later became patron of World Sailing.

Early life and education

Birth

Harald was born at the Skaugum estate during the reign of his grandfather King Haakon VII and was baptised in the Royal Chapel of the Royal Palace in Oslo on 31 March 1937 by Bishop Johan Lunde. His godparents were: his paternal grandparents King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway; his maternal grandparents Prince Carl and Princess Ingeborg of Sweden; his maternal uncle King Leopold III of Belgium; Queen Mary and King George VI of the United Kingdom; and Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark. His parents already had two daughters, Princess Ragnhild and Princess Astrid.

At the time of Harald's birth, he was second in line of succession to the Norwegian throne following his father, Crown Prince Olav.

Second World War

In 1940 the entire royal family had to flee Oslo because of the German invasion. It was deemed safer for the family to split up. The King and Crown Prince Olav would remain in Norway and the Crown Princess was to make her way to Sweden with the three children. The latter party reached Sweden on the night of 10 April, but although Crown Princess Märtha was Swedish-born, they encountered problems at the border station. According to Princess Astrid and others who were present, they were admitted only after the driver threatened to ram the border gate. Another account does not describe the escape so dramatically. However, when the King and Crown Prince inquired of Swedish foreign minister Christian Günther whether they could sleep one night in Sweden without being interned, their request was refused.

Harald spent the following days in Sälen before moving to Prince Carl Bernadotte's home in Frötuna on 16 April. On 26 April the group moved to Drottningholm in Stockholm. King Gustaf V has been accounted to have had an amicable relationship with his Norwegian guests, but the topic of the war in Norway was not to be raised. However, influential Swedish politicians, including Minister of Justice Westman, wanted the Crown Princess and Prince Harald to be sent back to Norway so he could be proclaimed King by the Germans. After the King and Crown Prince had to leave Norway on 7 June they felt Sweden might not be the best place for the rest of the family, and started planning for them to go to the United States. On 17 August the Crown Princess and her children left for the United States from Petsamo, Finland, aboard the United States Army transport ship American Legion.

Harald, his mother, and his sisters lived in Washington, D.C. and Scottsdale, Arizona during the war, while his father, Crown Prince Olav, and his grandfather, King Haakon, stayed in London with the Norwegian government-in-exile. One of the notable events he remembers from that time is standing behind Franklin D. Roosevelt when he was sworn in for his fourth term on the South Portico of the White House in 1945. Such childhood experiences are reflected in a trace of an American accent when he speaks English. The Doris Kearns Goodwin book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Home Front in World War II contains a picture of the King (then Prince) playing with FDR's dog, Fala, on the North Lawn of the White House in 1944.

Harald visited Norwegian servicemen training in the United States. The prince also made visits outside America, travelling north to visit Norwegian personnel at the training base "Little Norway" in Ontario, Canada. He attended The White Hall Country School from 1943. Prince Harald returned to Norway with his family at the war's end in 1945.

Return

In the autumn of 1945 he was enrolled in third grade of Smestad skole as the first member of the royal family to attend a public (state) school.

His Confirmation took place on 10 May 1953 at the Chapel of Akershus Castle.

Amidst this when he was only 17 years old in 1954, his mother died of cancer. The Crown Princess's death was a tremendous loss for him and his family as well as for Norway, and he named his daughter Märtha to honour her memory. Four years later in 1958 he would lose his maternal grandmother, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark.

Crown Prince

In 1955 he graduated from Oslo katedralskole and in the autumn of that year, Harald began studies at the University of Oslo. He later attended the Cavalry Officers' Candidate School at Trandum, followed by enrollment at the Norwegian Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1959. On 21 September 1957 at the death of his grandfather, Harald became crown prince at the age of 20 and he attended the Council of State for the first time six days later and took the oath to the Constitution of Norway on 21 February 1958. In the same year, he also served as regent in the King's absence for the first time.

In 1960, Harald entered Balliol College, Oxford where he studied history, economics and politics. He was a keen rower during his student days at Oxford and was taught to row by fellow student and friend Nick Bevan, later a leading British school rowing coach. In 1960, he also made his first official journey abroad, visiting the United States in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the American Scandinavian Foundation. An avid sailor, Harald represented Norway in the yachting events of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, Mexico City in 1968, and Munich in 1972. The Crown Prince carried the Norwegian flag at the opening parade of the 1964 Summer Olympics. Harald is an honorary president of the International Soling Association.

Marriage

Harald married Sonja Haraldsen at Oslo Domkirke in Oslo on 29 August 1968. The pair had dated for nine years, but Olav was reluctant to allow his son to marry a commoner. Olav only relented when Harald told his father that if he was not allowed to marry Sonja he would not marry at all. This would have ended the reign of his family and the Norwegian monarchy, as Harald was the sole heir to the throne. The couple had two children, Princess Märtha Louise and Crown Prince Haakon, heir apparent to the Norwegian throne.

Reign

On the death of his father on 17 January 1991, Harald succeeded to the Norwegian throne. He became the first Norwegian-born monarch since Olav IV died in 1387, a gap of 604 years. Harald is the sixth King of Norway to bear that name, and the first in 855 years. The five other kings who have borne the name are Harald Fairhair, Harald Greycloak, Harald Bluetooth, Harald Hardrada, and Harald Gille. Harald Bluetooth is usually not given a number in the Norwegian list of kings, therefore Harald is 'only' numbered as Harald V. King Harald made the decision to use his grandfather's royal motto, "Alt for Norge". The King also chose to continue the tradition of royal benediction, a tradition that had been introduced with his father, and was consecrated together with Queen Sonja in the Nidaros Cathedral on 23 June 1991.

The reign of King Harald has been marked by modernization and reform for the Norwegian Royal family. The King has cooperated closely with Queen Sonja and the Crown Prince in making the royal household more open to the Norwegian public and the Norwegian media. King Harald's decision to accept two more commoners into the royal family, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Ari Behn, has been interpreted as a sign of modernization and adjustment. Under King Harald and Queen Sonja's leadership, comprehensive renovation projects on the Bygdøy Royal Estate, the Royal Palace, the royal stables and Oscarshall have also taken place. The latter three have also been opened to the public and tourists. Together with Queen Sonja, the king has also for decades attempted to establish a palace museum in Oslo.

Constitutional role

While the Constitution vests the King with executive power, he is not politically responsible for exercising it. This is in accordance not only with provisions of the Constitution, but with conventions established since the definitive establishment of parliamentary rule in Norway in 1884. His acts are not valid without the countersignature of a member of the Council of State (cabinet)–usually the Prime Minister–and proceedings of the Council of State are signed by all of its members. Although he nominally has the power of veto, no Norwegian king has exercised it since the dissolution of the union with Sweden in 1905. Even then, the King's veto power is suspensive, not absolute as is the case with British monarchs. A royal veto can be overridden if the Storting passes the same bill following a general election.

While the Constitution nominally vests the King with the power to appoint the government, in practice it is impossible for a King to keep a government in office against the will of Parliament. By convention, the King appoints the leader of the parliamentary bloc with the majority as prime minister. When the parliamentary situation is unclear, the King relies on the advice of the President of Parliament and the sitting prime minister. Unlike most constitutional monarchs, Harald does not have the power to dissolve Parliament; the Constitution does not allow snap elections.

The King meets with the Council of State at the Royal Palace every Friday. He also has weekly meetings with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He receives foreign envoys, and formally opens parliament every October delivering a speech from the throne during each opening. He travels extensively throughout Norway and makes official state visits to other countries, as well as receiving and hosting guests.

Until 2012, the King of Norway was, according to the constitution, the formal head of the Church of Norway. The constitutional amendment of 21 May 2012 made the King no longer the formal head, but he is still required to be of the Evangelical Lutheran religion.

On 8 May 2018, the King's constitutional status as holy was dissolved, while leaving his sovereign immunity intact.

Sporting role

In 1994, both the King and Crown Prince Haakon played roles during the opening ceremony of the Lillehammer Olympics. The King opened the games, while the Crown Prince lit the cauldron, paying tribute to both the King and his grandfather as Olympians. The King has also represented Norway at opening ceremonies of Olympic Games, among them Torino and Beijing. However, he was not present in Vancouver; the Crown Prince attended instead, with the King and Queen attending later in the games.

With his sailing crew he won World Championship bronze, silver and gold medals, in 1988, 1982 and 1987, respectively. In July 2005, the King and his crew aboard the royal sailboat Fram XV won the gold medal at the European Championships in Sweden. In the 2007 World Championship the King came in sixth place.

Recent years

King Harald's leadership during Norwegian national crises, such as the New Year's Day Storm (1992), July 2011 massacre, 2020 Gjerdrum landslide, and particularly the COVID-19 pandemic (January 2020 to March 2022), have been met with both national and international acclaim.

In 2015, he became the world's first reigning monarch to visit Antarctica, specifically the Norwegian dependency Queen Maud Land. In 2016, King Harald V competed with a team for the sailing World Championships on Lake Ontario, Toronto. The king came second in the classic fleet category. He was dubbed "Sailor-King" by Canada's National Post as he slept on board his yacht Sira.

In 2016 Harald, in a speech marking 25 years on the throne, sought to unify Norwegians coming from Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as "girls who love girls, boys who love boys and girls and boys who love each other."

Since the start of the twenty-first century, King Harald has been unable to perform his duties as sovereign due to ill health on a few occasions: from December 2003 to mid-April 2004 due to urinary bladder cancer, from April to early June 2005 due to aortic stenosis, and in 2020 due to cardiac surgery (replacement of a heart valve). Crown Prince Haakon served as the country's regent on these occasions, including giving the King's Speech at the State opening of parliament in 2020.

When the King and Queen turned 80 years old in 2017, the King decided to open the former royal stables to the public as a gift to his wife, the Queen. The new venue was named The Queen Sonja Art Stable and is the first institution owned by the royal family which is permanently open to the public. King Harald was made Name of the Year by the newspaper VG in 2017.

On 17 January 2021, King Harald celebrated 30 years on the Norwegian throne. On 11 September 2022, he visited Denmark to celebrate Margrethe II's Golden Jubilee. Harald was hospitalized in August 2022 with a fever, being again admitted to hospital that December for an infection. He was also hospitalized for an infection once again in May 2023 just before Constitution Day. On 15 September 2023 he also attended the celebrations of Carl XVI Gustaf's Golden Jubilee in Stockholm, Sweden. In October 2023, Harald tested positive for coronavirus, having previously tested positive for the disease in March 2022. Since the death of Elizabeth II in 2022, Harald is Europe's oldest hereditary reigning monarch, at the age of 87. Since 9 September 2024 he is the oldest monarch in over 1,150 years of Norwegian monarchy, living longer than his father Olav V, who died at the age of 87 years and 199 days.

On 31 January 2024, the royal palace announced that King Harald was on "sick leave" until 2 February due to a respiratory infection. On 27 February, while on holiday in Malaysia, he was again hospitalized on the resort island of Langkawi; he was admitted to the royal suites of Sultanah Maliha Hospital, a government hospital and the only major hospital on the island, and had a temporary pacemaker implanted due to a low heart rate. During his hospitalization, he was accorded protection and security similar to that of a reigning state ruler of Malaysia. He was discharged on 3 March and was transported back to Norway on a medical evacuation flight to continue his recovery in a hospital, during which he would be on sick leave for two weeks. He received a permanent pacemaker on 12 March. Two days later, he was discharged but remained on sick leave. He resumed his duties on 22 April, with the royal household saying that his official activities would be reduced in light of his condition.

Arms

• Royal coat of arms
• Royal standard
• Royal monogram

Honours and medals

The King is a four-star general, an admiral, and formally the Supreme Commander of the Norwegian Armed Forces. The infantry battalion His Majesty the King's Guard are considered the King's and the Royal Family's bodyguards. They guard the Royal residences, including the Royal Palace, the Crown Prince Residence at Skaugum, and the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Castle.

National honours and medals

The King is Grand Master of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.

Medal record
Sailing
World Championships
	1987 World Championship	Sailing
	1982 World Championship	Sailing
	1988 World Championship	Sailing
European Championships
	2005 European Championship	Sailing

•  Norway – Grand Master of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav – Grand Cross with collar of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav°
•  Norway – Grand Master of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit – Grand Cross°
•  Norway – St Olav's medal°
•  Norway – Defence Service Medal with Laurel Branch°
•  Norway – Royal House Centennial Medal°
•  Norway – King Haakon VII Commemorative Medal 1. October 1957°
•  Norway – King Haakon VII 1905–1955 Jubilee Medal°
•  Norway – Haakon VIIs Centenary Medal°
•  Norway – Olav Vs Commemorative Medal of 30. January 1991°
•  Norway – Olav Vs Jubilee Medal°
•  Norway – Olav Vs Centenary Medal°
•  Norway – Defence Service Medal with three stars°
•  Norway – Army National Service Medal with three stars°
•  Norway – Krigsdeltakerforbundet Badge of Honour°
•  Norway – Norwegian Red Cross Badge of Honour°
•  Norway – Norwegian Reserve Officers Federal Badge of Honour°
•  Norway – The Naval Society Medal of Merit in gold°
•  Norway – Norwegian Shooting Society Badge of Honour°
•  Norway – The Norwegian Confederation of Sports Centenary Medal°
•  Norway – Norwegian Shooting Society Commemorative Medal in gold°
•  Norway – Oslo Military Society Badge of Honour in Gold°

Foreign honours

In the British Army, Harald V was appointed an honorary general in 1994, and he was the final Colonel-in-Chief of the Green Howards. He is also an honorary Colonel in the British Royal Marines. He is patron of the Anglo-Norse Society in London, formerly together with Queen Elizabeth II, his second cousin. Harald is in the line of succession to the British throne, because of his descent from King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. He is a Stranger Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, and a Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain, as well as numerous other orders of chivalry.

Northern European countries

•  Iceland – Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Falcon °
•  Sweden – Knight with Collar of the Order of the Seraphim °
•  Sweden – Gustaf Vs 90th Anniversary Medal °
•  Sweden – HM King Carl XVI Gustaf 50th Anniversary Medal
•  Denmark – Knight with Collar of the Order of the Elephant °
•  Denmark – Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog °
•  Finland – Commander Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland °
•  Estonia – Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana °
•  Estonia – Collar of the Order of the White Star
•  Latvia – Commander Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of the Three Stars °
•  Latvia – Grand Cross of the Order of Viesturs °
•  Lithuania – Grand Cross (1998) with Golden Chain (2011) of the Order of Vytautas the Great °
•  United Kingdom – Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain (1994) °
•  United Kingdom – Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (1955) °
•  United Kingdom – Stranger Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (990th member; 2001) °
•  United Kingdom – Honorary Freeman of Newcastle upon Tyne (November 2008)

Other countries

•  Argentina – Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín
•  Austria – Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (1964) °
•  Belgium – Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold °
•  Brazil – Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross °
•  Bulgaria – Grand Cross of the Order of the Balkan Mountains °
•  Chile – Collar of the Order of Merit °
•  Croatia – Grand Order of King Tomislav °
•  France – Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur °
•  Germany – Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany °
•  Greece – Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer °
•  Greece – The Royal House of Greece Centenary Medal °
•  Hungary – Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary °
• IOC – The Golden Olympic order °
•  Italy – Knight Grand Cross (06/1965) with Collar (10/2001) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic °
•  Japan – Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum °
•  Jordan – Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of al-Hussein bin Ali °
•  Yugoslavia – Order of the Yugoslav Great Star °
•  Luxembourg – Grand Cross of the Order of Adolph of Nassau °
•  Luxembourg – Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau °
•  Luxembourg – Medal to commemorate the wedding of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte °
•  Netherlands – Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion °
•  Netherlands – Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown °
•  Netherlands – Commander of the Order of the Golden Ark °
•  Netherlands – Medal to commemorate the enthronement of Queen Beatrix °
•  Poland – Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle °
•  Portugal – Grand Cross of the Military Order of Aviz (05/11/1980) °
•  Portugal – Grand Collar of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique (13 February 2004) °
•  Portugal – Grand Collar of the Order of St. James of the Sword (26 May 2008) °
•  Romania – Sash Rank of the Order of the Star of Romania °
•  Slovakia – Grand Cross (or 1st Class) of the Order of the White Double Cross (2010) °
•  Slovenia: Recipient of the Decoration for Exceptional Merits (2011) °
•  Spain – 1,192nd Knight and Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece (21 April 1995) °
•  Spain – Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (12/04/1982) °
•  Spain – Collar of the Order of Charles III (30 June 2006) °
•  South Africa – Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope °
•  South Korea – Recipient of the Grand Order of Mugunghwa °
•  Thailand – Knight of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri (19 September 1960) °
•  Thailand – Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Order of Chula Chom Klao °
•  Turkey – First Class of the Order of the State of Republic of Turkey °

The mark ° shows honours mentioned on his official website page about decorations

Miscellaneous honours

Harald V received an honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law from Oxford University in 2006 (as did his father, King Olav, in 1937, and his grandfather, King Haakon, in 1943). The King also received honorary doctorates from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland in 1994, the University of Strathclyde in Scotland in 1985, Waseda University in Japan in 2001, and Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, in 2015. He is also an honorary fellow at Balliol College, Oxford.

•  Ireland – Freedom of the City of Cork
• Spirit of Luther Award, awarded by Luther College of Decorah, IA
• A 230,000 km area in Antarctica is named Prince Harald Coast in his honour.
• In 2007 King Harald was awarded the Holmenkollen medal with Simon Ammann, Frode Estil, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, and his wife Queen Sonja.
•  Portugal – Key of Honor to the City of Lisbon, on 28 May 2008
• In 2013, a 6,500 km area in Svalbard was named Harald V Land.

Issue

See also

• Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark – Lists other members of European royalty who share a common ancestor with Harald V

Notes

1. Coronation requirement discarded by constitutional amendment in 1908. Harald V swore the Royal Oath in the Storting on 21 January 1991 and received the benediction in the Nidaros Cathedral on 23 June 1991.

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External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Official website of the Norwegian Royal Family: biography of the King
• Summary biography of the King
• The Royals – Regularly updated news coverage of the Norwegian royal family (Aftenposten)
• The Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav
• The Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav – H.M. King Harald V the Grand Master of the Order
• His Majesty The King's Life Guard (in Norwegian)
• King Harald V of Norway at World Sailing
• Crown Prince Harald at Olympedia (archive)

v t e Norwegian princes
The generations are numbered from the ascension of Haakon VII as King of Norway in 1905.
1st generation	Olav V*
2nd generation	Harald V
3rd generation	Crown Prince Haakon
4th generation	Prince Sverre Magnus
*Prince of Denmark by birth, but created prince of Norway

v t e Members of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece
Grand Master	King Felipe VI of Spain (1981)
Knights	King Emeritus Juan Carlos I of Spain (1941) King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1983) Emperor Emeritus Akihito of Japan (1985) Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands (1985) Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (1985) King Albert II of Belgium (1994) King Harald V of Norway (1995) Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (2004) Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2007) Javier Solana (2010) Víctor García de la Concha (2010) Nicolas Sarkozy (2011) Enrique V. Iglesias (2014) Leonor, Princess of Asturias (2015)
Note: Within parentheses, the year when inducted into the Order

v t e Current members of the Order of the Garter
Sovereign	The King (ex officio)
Royal Knights and Ladies (Companion)	The Duke of Kent The Princess Royal The Duke of Gloucester Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy The Duke of York The Duke of Edinburgh The Prince of Wales (ex officio) The Queen The Duchess of Gloucester
Stranger Knights and Ladies Companion	Queen Margrethe II of Denmark The King of Sweden King Juan Carlos I of Spain Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands Emperor Akihito of Japan The King of Norway The King of Spain The King of the Netherlands The Emperor of Japan
Knights and Ladies Companion	The Duke of Abercorn The Lord Butler of Brockwell Sir John Major The Lord Luce Sir Thomas Dunne The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers The Lord Stirrup The Baroness Manningham-Buller The Lord King of Lothbury The Lord Shuttleworth Lady Mary Fagan The Viscount Brookeborough Lady Mary Peters The Marquess of Salisbury The Baroness Amos Sir Tony Blair The Baroness Ashton of Upholland The Lord Patten of Barnes The Lord Peach The Lord Kakkar The Lord Lloyd-Webber 3 vacancies
Officers	Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of Winchester (Prelate, ex officio) The Baroness Manningham-Buller (Chancellor) Dr Christopher Cocksworth, Dean of Windsor (Register, ex officio) David White (Garter King of Arms, ex officio) Stephen Segrave (Secretary) Sarah Clarke (Black Rod, ex officio)

v t e Soling Norwegian Championship Winners

Fleet racing

1974 HRH Prince Harald 1976 Spilling 1977 HRH Prince Harald 1978 HRH Prince Harald 1979 H. Wang 1980 H. Wang 1981 H. Wang 1982 H. Wang 1983 T. Wang 1984 Nergaard 1985 T. Wang, Pettersen, Selander 1986 T. Wang 1987 T. Wang 1988 T. Wang, Landsværk, Petterson 1989  East Germany Nauck, Hellreigel, Diedering 1990 Jacobsen, Haaland, Landsværk 1991 Jacobsen, Haaland, M. Andersen 1992 T. Wang 1993 Jacobsen, Haaland, Landsværk 1994 Johannessen, Davis, Stokkeland 1995 P. Skaart 2003 Schøyen, Magdahl, Henriksen 2005 Andersen, Ottestad, Goldeng 2006  Germany R. Koch, Nikoltsis  Norway, Tregde  Norway 2007  Germany R. Koch, M. Koch, Bornemann 2008 Asbjørnrød, Fikse, Husum 2010  Denmark Lavrsen, Andersen, Jørgensen 2013 Ingeberg, Kirkedam, Larsen 2014 Schoyen, Sårheim, Rummelhoff 2015 Schoyen, Sårheim, Pihl 2017 Kristiansen 2018 Kristiansen

• 1937 births
• 20th-century Norwegian monarchs
• 21st-century Norwegian monarchs
• Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
• Holmenkollen medalists
• House of Glücksburg (Norway)
• Living people
• Norwegian Lutherans
• Crown princes of Norway
• Norwegian people of German descent
• Norwegian people of Danish descent
• Norwegian people of English descent
• Norwegian people of Swedish descent
• Norwegian people of French descent
• Norwegian male sailors (sport)
• Olympic sailors for Norway
• People educated at Oslo Cathedral School
• Regents of Norway
• Royal Olympic participants
• Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre
• Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre
• Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling
• University of Oslo alumni
• Norwegian Military Academy alumni
• Norwegian Army generals
• Royal Norwegian Navy admirals
• Royal Norwegian Air Force generals
• Extra Knights Companion of the Garter
• Grand Collars of the Order of Prince Henry
• Grand Collars of the Order of Saint James of the Sword
• Grand Commanders of the Order of the Dannebrog
• Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
• Grand Crosses of the Order of Aviz
• Grand Crosses Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Netherlands)
• First Class of the Order of the Star of Romania
• Grand Crosses with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)
• Grand Crosses with Golden Chain of the Order of Vytautas the Great
• Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
• Recipients of the Grand Order of Mugunghwa
• Knights Grand Cordon of the Order of Chula Chom Klao
• Knights Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• Recipients of the Order of Al-Hussein bin Ali
• Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain
• Recipients of the Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
• Recipients of the Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
• Recipients of the Olympic Order
• Recipients of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)
• Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal
• Sons of kings
• Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)