Yesterday afternoon, the royal house announced that King Harald (87) has fallen ill during a holiday in Malaysia and was admitted to a hospital there. The king has been hospitalized with an infection and is receiving good follow-up from both Norwegian and Malaysian health personnel, the press release said. The Malaysian news website Astro Awani reported the same day that the Norwegian king was admitted to the Sultanah Malihai hospital on the Langkawi archipelago. King Harald is on a private holiday in Malaysia with Queen Sonja. Program goes as planned The Crown Prince couple’s program has not been changed after it became known that King Harald was hospitalized. Crown Prince Haakon – who is Crown Prince Regent, a kind of “regent king”, while the king is on holiday – and Crown Princess Mette-Marit will, as planned, visit the Red Cross course in rescue management at Finse today. On Friday, according to the Royal Household’s official calendar, the Crown Prince Regent will lead the Council of Ministers at the Palace. No changes have yet been made to King Harald’s official program either. The King is listed with his first official mission after the winter holidays on Friday 8 March, when he will lead the Cabinet at the Palace, as has been the plan for some time already. King Harald had a busy work program last year and was on several trips. Here he is in Vevelstad church during the royal couple’s county tour in Nordland last summer. Photo: Eskil Wie Furunes / news Crown Prince Haakon is listed in the official program as Crown Prince Regent until Wednesday 6 March. That is to say, the king was initially not expected back from his holiday abroad until 7 March. Last year, King Harald had 431 work assignments – this is what his working day looks like: Sick leave in the past King Harald has been sick with an infection several times in the past. At the end of January, the king was on sick leave due to a respiratory infection, but was back at work after a few days. In May last year, the king was admitted to Rikshospitalet, where he was also treated for an infection. King Harald then had to leave a state visit from Italy to the Crown Prince Regent, but was declared fit just in time to take his place on the Palace Balcony on 17 May. The royal family traditionally greeted the children’s train in Oslo from the palace balcony on 17 May last year. King Harald had then been on sick leave for over a week to receive treatment for an infection, but was declared healthy from 17 May. Photo: Frederik Ringnes / NTB When the royal couple were asked in June how they had experienced the king’s illness, the king himself said about the hospitalizations: – What I can say is that it was boring. Also in 2022, the king had several periods of health problems. He last underwent surgery in 2021, then for a damaged tendon above his right knee. The operation was successful, and the king was subsequently declared to be in good shape. In 2020, King Harald replaced a heart valve at Rikshospitalet, after struggling with heavy breathing. Also in 2005, he also underwent an operation on the heart valve between the heart and the main artery. At that time, the aortic valve was replaced with an artificial heart valve. King Harald has made it clear that he will not stand in the deed for the rest of his life and not abdicate, as his third wife in Denmark, Queen Margrethe, did. Here is King Harald in his office at the Castle. The picture was taken in connection with the news program “The year with the royal family” in 2022. Photo: Eskil Wie Furunes / news
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The Crown Prince couple will not change the program after the king’s hospitalization – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
