Harald V

In 2015, Crown Prince Haakon’s father, King Harald V, visited Seattle and said it was easy to understand why so many Norwegian immigrants chose the area as their new home, “with the backdrop of hills and mountains and the closeness to the ocean, it looks very much like parts of Norway.”

King Harald V of Norway received a temporary pacemaker in Malaysia on Saturday to help him return home, according to the Norwegian Royal House, after contracting an infection while on the trip.

Among the oldest reigning monarchs in the world, King Harald V was crowned in 1991 and is the country’s first native-born king since the 14th century.

King Harald V, Europe’s oldest monarch at 87, was hospitalized after he fell ill during a vacation, the royal palace in Oslo announced on Tuesday.

King Harald V, Europe’s oldest monarch at 87, was hospitalized after he fell ill during a vacation, the royal palace in Oslo announced on Tuesday.