Overview
- King Harald V., who died on Friday, August 28 at age 89, has been laid in state in the Royal Palace chapel after a family procession that moved the coffin into the chapel on Monday.
- King Haakon VIII. automatically succeeded on his father's death and will formally swear the constitutional oath before the Storting at 13:00 on Tuesday, September 1.
- The palace confirmed that the public can pay respects in the palace chapel from September 1 through the day before the burial and that a state funeral will begin at 13:00 on Wednesday, September 9 in Oslo Cathedral.
- Queen Mette-Marit is recuperating from a June lung transplant and will take part only in limited events, while prosecutors granted Marius Borg Høiby temporary leave from house arrest to join family processions and possibly the funeral.
- The funeral plan follows long-standing Norwegian royal protocol with a private family service in the palace, a public procession to Oslo Cathedral, and a smaller burial at the Akershus chapel echoing precedents from past royal funerals.