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'''Harald V''', ] (born ], ]) is the ]. He succeeded to the throne of ] upon the death of his father ] on ], ]. The son of the then ] and of ], Harald was born at the Crown Prince Residence at ], ], near ].

Harald became the first ]-born prince since the birth of ] in ]. Harald V is the formal head of the ] and the ]. As he is the great-grandson of King ], he is also in the ] to the throne of each of the sixteen ]s. He is a second cousin to Queen ].

King Harald has two sisters, ] (born 1930), living in ], and ] (born 1932), living in Oslo.

==Childhood and education==
When Prince Harald was born in Skaugum, he was the first heir to the throne of Norway to be born in Norway for several hundred years. The young prince was baptised in the Royal Chapel in the Royal Palace in Oslo on 31 March by bishop Johan Lunde.

In April of 1940 the entire royal family had to flee their homes because of the ]. The dramatic journey northbound was marked by the Germans' repeated attempts to kill the King through bombing. 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.<ref name="Hegge">Hegge, Per Egil; Harald V, En biografi; N.W. Damm & Søn AS; 2006</ref> However when the King and Crown Prince inquired of the Swedish foreign minister whether they could sleep one night in Sweden without being interned, they were denied.<ref name="Hegge"> </ref>

Prince Harald spent the following days in ] before relocating to ] home in ] on 16 April. On 26 April the group moved to ] in Stockholm. Accounts tell us that ] 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 Minster 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.<ref name="Hegge"> </ref> 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. They started planning for them to be relocated to the USA. On 17 August the Crown Princess and her children left for the USA from ], ] aboard the ship '']''.<ref name="Hegge"> </ref>

Harald and his mother and sisters lived in ] during the war (his father Olav and grandfather King Haakon residing in London with the exiled government). One of the notable events he remembers from that time is standing behind ] when he was sworn in for his fourth term on the South Portico of the ] in ]. The young prince also visited Norwegian servicemen on training in the US and ]. He attended The White Hall Country School from 1943. Prince Harald returned to Norway along with his family at the war's end in 1945.

In the autumn of 1945 he was enrolled in third grade of ] as the first royal to attend a public school. In 1955 he graduated from ] and in the autumn of that year, Harald began studies at the ]. Later he attended the Cavalry Officers' Candidate School at ]<!--in ], but we should write a small article about Trandum as well-->, followed by enrollment at the ], from which he graduated in ].

In ], Harald entered ] where he studied history, economics and politics until 1962. He was a keen rower during his student days at Oxford. In 1960 he also made his first official journey abroad, visiting the ] in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the ].

==Adult life==
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The Crown Prince of Norway serves as deputy of the King from the day he is 18 years of age. Crown Prince Harald attended Council of State for the first time on 27 September 1957 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.

Harald married a ], ], in ], a marriage that sparked much public controversy. The couple have two children, ] and His Royal Highness ], heir to the Norwegian throne.

The King heads the government meetings at Oslo Palace every Friday (Council of State). He also has weekly meetings with the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister. He receives foreign envoys, and opens parliament every September. According to the Norwegian constitution, he appoints his government. Since 1884 parliamentarism has been in place in Norway, so the government has to have support from Parliament. The King appoints the leader of the parliamentary block with 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. He travels extensively throughout Norway and makes official ] to other countries. He is the source of all honours in the kingdom, and is the Grand Master of the Order of St Olav.

An avid sailor, Harald represented Norway in the ] events in the ] several times during his Crown Prince years, and carried the Norwegian flag at the opening parade of the ] in Tokyo. With his sailing crew he won World Championship bronze, silver and gold medals, in ], ], and ], respectively. In July ], 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 obtained a sixth place.<ref> (Norwegian) Retrieved 10. September 2007</ref>

Twice during recent years King Harald has been absent as ruler owing to hospitalization and convalescence: in December 2003 to mid-April ] due to urinary bladder cancer, and in April to early June of ] due to aortic stenosis (for details see "The King's health", below). Crown Prince Haakon served as the country's ] on both occasions.

==Positions as King of Norway and honorary titles==

===As king of Norway===

The King is the nominal head of the ].

He is a ], an ] and formally the Supreme Commander of the ]. The infantry battalion ] are considered the King's and the Royal Family's bodyguards, they guard the Royal residences, including the ] and the Crown Prince Residence at ], as well as the Royal Mausoleum at ].

===Honorary titles===

In the ], the King was the final ] of ]. It remains to be seen whether there will continue to be an active association between the 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) and the Norwegian Royal Family. He is also an honorary Colonel in the British ].

The King is a ], and is The Grand Master of the ]. He is also a Knight Grand Cross of the ], and a recipient of the ] as well as numerous other orders of chivalry.

The King is patron of the ], together with ]. He is also patron of the ] (''Norge-Amerika Foreningen'') and the ] (''Nordmannsforbundet'') in the ].

He received the ] ] from ] in 2006 (as did his father, King Olav, in 1937, and his grandfather, King Haakon, in 1943).<ref></ref> The King has earlier been appointed an honorary doctor of law by the ] (1985) in ] and by ] (2001) in ] (2001). He is also an honorary fellow at ].

===Other honours===
* Grand Master of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav - Grand Cross with collar of ]
* Grand Master of ] - Grand Cross
* ] (Norway)
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* ] (Great Britain)
* ] (Commonwealth Realms)
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* ] <!--uncertain translation --> (Latvia)
* ] (Lithuania)
* ] (Luxembourg)
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* Medal to commemorate the wedding of Grad Duke Jean and Grand Ducess Josephine-Charlotte (Luxembourg)
* ] (Netherlands)
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* The ] (Netherlands)
* Medal to commemorate the enthronement of Queen Beatrix (Netherlands)
* ] (Poland)
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* ] (Romania)
* ] (Spain)
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* ] (South Africa)
* ] <!--uncertain translation -->(Thailand)
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A 230 000 km² area in ] is named ] in his honour.

In 2007 he was awarded the ] with ], ], and his wife ].

==The King's health==

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On ] ], King Harald was announced to be suffering from ]. A successful operation took place on ] at Norway's National Hospital, '']'', in Oslo: his bladder was removed and a new one constructed. The King was then on sick leave from all official duties. Crown Prince Haakon was Norway's ] during King Harald's illness and convalescence. The King resumed his duties on ], ].

] and ] at the White House during the March 2005 State Visit to the U.S.]]
The King was once known to be a ], but quit that habit entirely when he was diagnosed with cancer.

On ] ] Harald underwent successful ], an aortic valve replacement, correcting his ]. It had been known for some time that he had this condition; however, until early 2005 it had only been of a moderate degree. During the three-hour operation at ''Rikshospitalet'' the doctors also performed a ] procedure on the King. On ] it was announced that the King had also undergone a ] to treat a complication of surgery, a pericardial effusion (an accumulation of fluid around the heart).

After the two operations in the spring of ], King Harald remained on sick leave for almost two months, Crown Prince Haakon again substituting as the country's regent. The King returned to work on ], a date which carried particular significance in ], with Norway celebrating the ] of the ] of the ]. The King recuperated well enough to win the European Championships in ocean sailing just three months after his latest operation.

Following advice from his personal physician, King Harald finally decided in late 2005 to scale down his official duties, primarily effected by taking Wednesdays off and trying to keep weekends free as much as possible. However, he planned to continue attending weekend sports events of interest, and to lead Friday Cabinet meetings and carry out other constitutional duties.

==Patronages==
*Den Norske Lutherske Mindekirke i ]
*Det frivillige Skyttervesen
*Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab
*Det Nasjonale Aldershjem for Sjømenn
*Det Norske Bibelselskap
*Det norske Skogselskap
*Festspillene i Bergen
*FN-Veteranenes landsforbund
*Kreftforeningen
*] - Norge
*Nasjonalforeningen for folkehelsen
*Nordmanns-Forbundet
*Norge-Amerika Foreningen
*Norges Idrettsforbund og Olympiske Komité
*Norges Jeger- og Fiskerforbund
*Norges Korforbund
*Norges Militære Kameratforeningers Forbund
*Norges Naturvernforbund
*Norges Tekniske Vitenskapsakademi
*Norsk Anchorite Klubb
*Norske Reserveoffiserers Forbund
*] - The Norwegian Church Abroad
*] Summer Camp, Minnesota
*] Foundation
*Stiftelsen Harmonien
*Stiftelsen Offshore Northern Seas
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==References==
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==Ancestry==

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Harald's ancestors in three generations'''
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| rowspan="8" align="center"| '''Harald V of Norway'''
| rowspan="4" align="center"| '''Father:'''<br />]
| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Paternal Grandfather:'''<br />]
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| '''Paternal Grandmother:'''<br />]
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==External links==
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*[http://www.kongehuset.no/c27271/seksjonstekst_person/vis.html?tid=28730 Official Website of the Norwegian Royal Family: biography of the King
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* &ndash; Regularly updated news coverage of the Norwegian royal family ('']'')
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* - Accessed March 18, 2007 {{no icon}}.

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