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Long queue to pay respects to King Harald, 54-year-old takes overnight train
🇩🇰 Denmark /Culture & Society

Long queue to pay respects to King Harald, 54-year-old takes overnight train

From Berlingske · () Danish

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

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  • People began queuing outside Oslo’s Royal Palace on Tuesday to pass King Harald’s coffin and pay their final respects.
  • Sølvi Neu, 54, travelled more than 300 kilometres from Osterøy near Bergen by overnight train and planned to return home that evening for work the next day.
  • The public can pay their respects from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, with longer hours from September 2 to 8 before the funeral on September 9.

Sølvi Neu took an overnight train from Bergen so she could be among the first people to pay their respects to King Harald in Oslo. She had travelled more than 300 kilometres from her home in Osterøy and planned to return home the same evening.

“I came by overnight train from Bergen for this occasion. Then I will travel back today so I can go to work again tomorrow,” Neu told the Norwegian news agency NTB.

A long queue formed outside the Royal Palace after the doors opened at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. People from Norway and others have been invited to pass through the Palace Chapel and say goodbye to the king.

The chapel will remain open from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday. From September 2 to 8, visiting hours will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The funeral is scheduled for Wednesday, September 9.

King Harald was admitted to hospital on August 17, where doctors treated him for the blood disorder haemolytic anaemia and a bacterial infection in his bloodstream. The Norwegian royal household said several times last week that his condition had worsened. He died at 6:35 a.m. on Friday, aged 89.

I came by overnight train from Bergen for this occasion. Then I will travel back today so I can go to work again tomorrow.

— Sølvi Neu, mournerNeu described her overnight journey from Bergen to Oslo to pay her respects before returning home for work.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. 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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