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Hundreds of Norwegians Pay Their Respects at King Harald V's Lying-in-State
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Hundreds of Norwegians Pay Their Respects at King Harald V's Lying-in-State

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Hundreds of people gathered at Oslo's Royal Palace on Tuesday to view the coffin of King Harald V, who died at 89 from complications linked to a bloodstream infection.
  • The lying-in-state opened shortly after Haakon VIII took the constitutional oath in parliament, marking the beginning of his reign.
  • The funeral will take place at Oslo Cathedral on September 9, followed by burial at Akershus Fortress.

Hundreds of Norwegians began filing past King Harald V's coffin at Oslo's Royal Palace on Tuesday, with many people already waiting outside before the lying-in-state opened at 2 p.m.

Harald V died the previous Friday at the age of 89 from complications arising from a bloodstream infection. His coffin arrived at the chapel a day earlier after a solemn procession led by his successor, Haakon VIII, and attended by close members of the royal family.

The coffin, covered by the Norwegian royal family's flag, was carried from the palace's Red Room to the chapel in a televised ceremony. Haakon VIII walked at the front, followed by Queen Mette-Marit, his wife, and Queen Sonja, his mother and Harald's wife of nearly 58 years.

The chapel remained open for four hours on Tuesday. From Wednesday until the following Wednesday, visitors could pay their respects between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time. Harald, described as Europe's longest-serving monarch, will be buried after the September 9 funeral at Oslo Cathedral.

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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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