She swore an oath on Tuesday. By Friday, it was a normal day at work.
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- King Haakon attended a regular Council of State meeting at the Royal Palace on Friday.
- The moment followed an extraordinary council a week earlier, when he announced his father’s death and took the name Haakon VIII.
It was a moment of normality. At 11 a.m. on Friday, King Haakon entered the Council of State chamber at the Royal Palace.
A week earlier, an extraordinary council had taken place. The king met the government to announce that his father had died, that he had taken the name Haakon VIII and that he had chosen the same electoral motto used by his great-grandfather in 1905.
Against that recent history, Friday’s meeting offered a return to ordinary business. It also seemed fitting to appoint one particular ambassador on that day.
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