Norway’s parliamentary leaders pay their respects at King Harald’s coffin

Norway’s parliamentary leaders filed past King Harald V’s coffin in the Palace Chapel on Wednesday morning as the country prepared to bid farewell to the monarch.

They entered the chapel as the signal to raise the flag sounded down Slottsbakken. After paying their respects, the leaders went outside to Palace Square and placed one rose each.

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I was very fond of King Harald, so I thought it was good to have the opportunity to be in the Palace Chapel.

“I was very fond of King Harald, so I thought it was good to have the opportunity to be in the Palace Chapel,” Trygve Slagsvold Vedum of the Centre Party said. He described the tribute as a way for politicians from across the political spectrum to honor the king together.

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Good, powerful and special. It was incredibly good that Parliament was invited and that we could go together, all the parties.

Tonje Brenna, deputy leader and parliamentary leader of the Labour Party, called the gathering “good, powerful and special.” She said it was “incredibly good that Parliament was invited and that we could go together, all the parties,” adding that seeing the king’s coffin in this way created “a very special sense of devotion.”

The Swedish royal family was also set to attend the funeral in Oslo. King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel were due to travel alongside Prince Carl Philip, Princess Sofia, Princess Madeleine, Chris O’Neill and Princess Christina.

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There is a very special sense of devotion in being able to see the king’s coffin in this way.