More than a kilometer-long queue forms to pay respects to King Harald

The queue to pay respects to King Harald at Oslo’s Palace Chapel stretched for about 1.2 kilometers on Saturday. Those at the back faced a wait of roughly seven hours.

By 11 a.m., the line ran from Slottsbakken around Fredriks gate and up to the palace gardens on Kristian IVs gate. The crowds did not deter people from waiting.

“We are here to honor a man who gave everything to Norway. So waiting is the least we can do. We want to return the respect,” 22-year-old Nora Kathrine Kvernenes told VG. She stood at the end of the queue with her sister.

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We are here to honor a man who gave everything to Norway. So waiting is the least we can do. We want to return the respect.

Another mourner, Marianne Kvalsvik, told NRK that the wait was estimated at seven hours. “It is worth it,” she said. Kvalsvik had traveled with Tor Ola Olsen from Ålesund, more than seven hours by car from the capital.

The palace chapel extended its opening hours from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. It had previously closed at 6 p.m. People can pass the coffin until 7 p.m. Tuesday.

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It is worth it.