King Harald is succeeded by his son, who has taken the name King Haakon VIII, with Crown Princess Mette-Marit now queen.
    • Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      171·
      1 day ago

      L̶̨̯͗̂͘o̵͚͐o̵͈͙̽̓k̵͍̪͗̉,̶̧̥͆ ̸̯̝͑̄̓Ḭ̴͔̤̇̋͗’̶̥̄̕v̵̜͂̂͌e̷̦̋̿ ̴̢͎̈́b̵͎̝͂̿̋ë̴̳́̆e̴̥͈̺͑n̵̨̏͐ ̸̯̯̂h̶̩͂a̶̮͌͊v̸̞̰̎͜i̴̫͉͐ͅn̸̘͛ḡ̴̢̫̱͝ ̶͙̎̎t̴̺͐̏̀r̶̜̘̞̓͝͝ờ̸̗͑u̶̹̒̀ḇ̸͋̍̌l̸̹͋̓e̸̳͆͊s̴̛̠̟̯̃ ̴̮̲̭̾͊̅ã̷͈̣͛͠ṭ̴̣͒͐͝ ̸̳͋ḧ̷̥̟̂̍o̶̡̜͕̎m̷̦̲̜̊̚̕ě̵̠̰̳͒̍ ̸̰̦͕̌̓̇ā̸̡͉͛͊ṅ̶̦̔́d̶̥̥͑͆ ̵̢̭͍͐́m̷̨͖̔͐͘ý̶͉͒̄ ̷͙̙͙͒̚͝s̴̛͓k̸̳̥̿͐u̸̮͝l̵̔͌ͅl̸̤̃̓͑ ̷̢̬̼̌͆h̶̡̹͔͝a̷͖͎̲̋̄͠s̶̡̓n̶͚͐’̴̯͕̥̇̑̏ẗ̴͈́ ̵̱̫̄̓͝ͅb̷̦̫̈́̊e̴̟͖͙͊e̴̻͂͝ņ̸̰̞̑ ̷̯̝̬͐̾i̴̖͙̳̐͘͠n̶̦͕͒̽ͅ ̷̻͐̉͗ṱ̸͉̒̑̈́h̷̻͈̅̀̾ẹ̸͑ ̴̟͕̥̄g̸͚̹̐̈́̄ą̷͍̈́͝m̶̠͕͝e̴̲̿̈́ ̶͖͉͍̿͛l̸̥̰̒á̶̮̘ͅṱ̴͇̽́͋e̴͙͇̚l̴͉̰̼̑y̵̼̱̽̓͝.̶̠̌ ̴̛̲̮͇̏̕ ̴̱̆̉Ś̷̹͘͝e̸̗̯͎͛͐ë̸̤́͝ ̸̺̥̿y̵̹̩̐͋͝ó̸̟̘̯u̶͈̓̕͝ ̴͍̆̂̌s̸̱͖͘͝ọ̴̅͂o̷̜̮̠͋̊n̸̬̪̲̓̕̕.̷̛̳͐̅

      • Aneb@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 hours ago

        Fuck off death. No one likes to hear your damn excuses. Finish the job you started like an adult. I cannot be plainer. While we are at it, return Dolly and Tim, or else.

  • Jack@lemmy.caEnglish
    11·
    10 hours ago

    King Harald was going to the opening of the Johan Sverdrup oil field, until people pointed out that celebrating profiting by causing a mass-extinction probably isn’t that great.

    FuckRoyalty FuckOilIndustry FuckCars

      • Kuma@lemmy.worldEnglish
        157·
        23 hours ago

        Just for information for you and everyone else. This king is very special. He is called by the Norwegians grandpa, they feel very close to him. So I assume that is the reason for the down votes. I don’t think they feel the same for the rest of the Royal family, Harald is just very special for all of the Norwegians. I have heard he was a very kind and compassionate king. But it is better to ask a Norwegian about it.

        • BaraCoded@literature.cafeEnglish
          3·
          9 hours ago

          No king is special, no king has ever deserved his crown, and he better had beed good to his people. I know I’d be too if all it took for my ass to get a crown was just to pop out of my mother.

          • Kuma@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            6 hours ago

            It doesn’t really matter whether he deserves it or not if he moved the Norwegians then that is enough to be special for them. Not for you and I because we didn’t grow up with him, but to the ppl who did.

            It is a fact that norwegians are mourning him national wide and it is a huge “event” for them, they care about him deeply.

            I don’t understand how they feel, but I respect their feelings and wanted to share the information so that everyone can make an informed decision about how they interact with the news.

        • GeirGrusom@lemmy.worldEnglish
          71·
          16 hours ago

          Yes, most Norwegians loved the guy regardless of what they think about the monarchy.

  • oyzmo@piefed.socialEnglish
    147·
    1 day ago

    He was a wise and kind king. Loved by his people. The world is a bitt less without him. 😢

      • Big Baby Thor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        81·
        10 hours ago

        He was though. His new years speeches centered around all Norwegians, even if they came from other nations and have shared nationality.

        There was a botched terrorist attack in a Mosque in Oslo. Two old Afghani prevented a lunatic from performing a mass shooting. Afterwards the king awarded them medals of honour.

        He was known as the immigrant king, the refugee king, who fled the nazis and came back to serve until his dying day.

        And also: thank GOD we had such a leader in Norway and that we weren’t stuck with fucking liberals and conservatives. We would have been soooo fucked if it was just those troglodytes, which is funny, because liberals and conservatives are two old monastic European families - two sides of the same coin really - who continue to fuck over the west to this day.

        He will be sorely missed and served in a way no politician really could. But ofc, redditors gonna reddit - even on lemmy.

  • m0darn@lemmy.caEnglish
    122·
    1 day ago

    My wife’s grandmother had a grudge against his older sister.