{"id":330899,"date":"2026-08-27T10:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330899\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:04:22","slug":"norways-king-harald-hospitalized-in-very-serious-health-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330899\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway&#8217;s King Harald hospitalized in &#8216;very serious&#8217; health condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The health of\u00a0Norway\u2019s King Harald, 89, has deteriorated while in hospital and his condition is now \u201cvery serious,\u201d the royal court said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Europe\u2019s oldest living monarch and\u00a0Norway\u2019s ceremonial head of state since 1991, Harald <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/24\/world-news\/norways-king-haralds-health-deteriorates-over-weekend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was taken to hospital on August 17.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The palace said he was being treated for a bacterial infection in his blood.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40533947\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2024-health-norways-89-year-138312779.jpg\" alt=\"King Harald V of Norway poses for a photo at the Bird Room of the Royal Palace during the Danish royal couple's official state visit to Norway, in Oslo on May 14, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-40533947\"\/>King Harald V of Norway poses for a photo at the Bird Room of the Royal Palace during the Danish royal couple\u2019s official state visit to Norway, in Oslo on May 14, 2024. NTB\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40533950\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/norways-crown-prince-haakon-crown-138459459.jpg\" alt=\"Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit leave the hospital King Harald is on August 25, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-40533950\"\/>Norway\u2019s Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit leave the hospital where King Harald is on August 25, 2026. via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>Crown Prince Haakon and Harald\u2019s wife, Queen Sonja, have both canceled all planned events, the palace said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Members of Harald\u2019s family, including the crown prince and the queen, were seen arriving at the Oslo University Hospital where the king is being treated, Norwegian media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said in a statement to the media, \u201cThe whole nation is with us as we send warm thoughts to the king and the rest of the royal family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The speaker of\u00a0Norway\u2019s parliament, Masud Gharahkhani, broke off an official visit to Iceland and was heading back to\u00a0Norway, while the Committee of Foreign Relations and Defence said its members would return home from South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The Lutheran Church of\u00a0Norway\u2019s College of Bishops, in Rome for a rare visit with the pope, announced it would return home as soon as possible, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the king said he would reduce the number of official activities in which he takes part out of consideration for his age, but he ruled out abdication, saying his oath as king was for life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The health of\u00a0Norway\u2019s King Harald, 89, has deteriorated while in hospital and his condition is now \u201cvery serious,\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1948,9,11,10,75537,486,1076],"class_list":["post-330899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-hospitals","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-norway","tag-royal-family","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}