“Norwegians believe in God, Allah, the Universe and nothing.”
Garden party in the Palace Park: welcoming speech (September 1, 2016)
Harald V is King of Norway, having ascended the throne upon the death of his father King Olav V on 17 January 1991.
Harald was the third child and only son of King Olav V and Princess Märtha of Sweden. He was second in the line of succession at the time of his birth, behind his father. In 1940, as a result of the German occupation during World War II, the royal family went into exile. Harald spent part of his childhood in Sweden and the United States. He returned to Norway in 1945, and subsequently studied for periods at the University of Oslo, the Norwegian Military Academy and Balliol College, Oxford.
In 1957, following the death of his grandfather, Haakon VII, Harald became crown prince. A keen sportsman, he represented Norway in sailing at the 1964, 1968, and 1972 Olympic Games, and later became patron of World Sailing. Harald married Sonja Haraldsen in 1968, their relationship having initially being controversial due to her status as a commoner. The couple had two children, Märtha Louise and Haakon. Harald succeeded his father as king in 1991, with Haakon becoming his heir apparent.
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“Norwegians believe in God, Allah, the Universe and nothing.”
Garden party in the Palace Park: welcoming speech (September 1, 2016)
“Home is where our heart is – and that cannot always be confined within national borders.”
"Home is where our heart is" is an ancient saying, reported at least as early as 1847, in Joseph C. Neal, "Singleton Snippe. Who Married for a Living", Graham's Magazine (1847), p. 166: "Home is where the heart is; and Snippe's heart was a traveler—a locomotive heart, perambulating; and it had no tendencies toward circumscription and confine".
Garden party in the Palace Park: welcoming speech (September 1, 2016)
Context: It is not always easy to say where we are from, what nationality we are. Home is where our heart is – and that cannot always be confined within national borders.
Garden party in the Palace Park: welcoming speech (September 1, 2016)
“Norway is you. Norway is us.”
Garden party in the Palace Park: welcoming speech (September 1, 2016)
Garden party in the Palace Park: welcoming speech (September 1, 2016)
Interview in Wenche Fuglehaug (November 21, 2005). " Norway's monarchy turns 100 http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1161406.ece", Aftenposten, Aftenposten Multimedia A/S, Oslo, Norway.
Garden party in the Palace Park: welcoming speech (September 1, 2016)
Garden party in the Palace Park: welcoming speech (September 1, 2016)