On Tuesday, the King is visiting Pressens hus in Oslo. A reporter from NTB asks the King about Queen Margrethe, who abdicated earlier in January. – There was a bomb from Denmark on New Year’s Eve this year. With Queen Margrethe choosing to abdicate. The King has been clear that it is not appropriate to abdicate… – She said that and, interrupts the King, and is met with laughter at the press conference. However, he denies that his Danish trio’s decision has influenced him. – I maintain what I have said all along; that I have taken an oath to the Storting, and it lasts for life, answers King Harald. Crown Prince Haakon and King Harald visit Pressens Hus on Tuesday. Photo: NTB King Harald has been Norway’s king for 33 years, since 17 January 1991. He is the oldest monarch in Europe. But a month before he turns 87, he is still working full time for the kingdom. The king’s Danish three-persons surprised On New Year’s Eve, King Harald’s Danish three-persons Queen Margrethe, who was then the longest-serving monarch in Denmark, surprised many when she announced that she wanted to abdicate. 14 days later she passed on the royal baton and left the throne to her son. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix / NTB By abdicating, Queen Margrethe did as monarchs in several other European kingdoms, such as the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain, have done before her. But Queen Margrethe’s decision to abdicate was completely contrary to what she had signaled earlier. She had said several times that she would stay until she “fell off the stick”, and that being queen was a job that lasted a lifetime – a “responsibility that did not include abdication”. Photo: Eskil Wie Furunes / news – Eden lasts a lifetime King Harald has also had to answer several times whether he has plans to “retire”. – Do you intend to get rid of me, or, he said first and laughed when he was asked the question when he was out at work in Kirkenes in March last year. King Harald in Kirkenes in March 2023. Photo: Jan Langhaug / NTB Then he continued: – No, I don’t have that. I have said it before, that I will stay here until I can do no more. My grandfather did it, and so did my father. So that’s how it will be. The answer has been equally clear each time. “Once you have taken an oath to the Storting, it lasts for life. It’s that simple for me. We’re at it until the bitter end. There is something about “The king is dead, long live the king!”, said King Harald in the book “The King tells” in 2020. Photo: Eskil Wie Furunes / news Photo: Eskil Wie Furunes / news Photo: Eskil Wie Furunes / news
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