# Norway's King Harald V dies aged 89

https://mins.news/en/video/35346

- BBC News, 2026-08-28 08:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcI55tuts4A

> Norway’s King Harald V has died peacefully at 06:35 local time on Friday at Oslo’s national hospital, the royal palace says. He had been admitted the previous week for treatment of a rare blood condition. The palace flag was lowered to half-mast, and his son Haakon will succeed him after 35 years on the throne.

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