Haakon VIII promises to uphold 1814 constitution but his queen misses ceremony because of post-surgery ‘complications’

Harald V died Friday morning and his 53-year-old son, Crown Prince Haakon, became King Haakon VIII.

Haakon spoke to the Norwegian people on Saturday in a speech broadcast from the Royal Palace in Oslo in which he thanked his father 'for everything he was and everything he did'.

Haakon 8º não passará por coroação, abolida em 1908, para assumir título que era de Harald 5º, morto na sexta (28)