Editing Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (section)

== Early life and family ==
Haakon was born on 20 July 1973 at [[Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet|The National Hospital]] in [[St. Hanshaugen|St Hanshaugen]], [[Oslo]], the only son and younger child of [[Harald V of Norway|Crown Prince Harald]] and [[Queen Sonja of Norway|Crown Princess Sonja]]. His father was the son of the reigning Norwegian monarch, [[Olav V]]. At birth he was named Haakon Magnus, and it was stressed in the announcement that he would go by the name Haakon. He was baptised in the [[Church of Norway]] on 20 September 1973 in the [[Slottskapellet (Oslo)|chapel]] of the [[Royal Palace, Oslo|Royal Palace]].{{refn|His godparents were the [[Olav V of Norway|King of Norway]] (his paternal grandfather); [[Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner]] (his paternal aunt); [[Prince Carl Bernadotte]] (his paternal granduncle); the [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|King of Sweden]] (his paternal third cousin); the [[Margrethe II of Denmark|Queen of Denmark]] (his paternal second cousin once removed); and [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne of the United Kingdom]] (his paternal third cousin).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ilse |first1=Jess |title=The godparents of Europe's heirs |url=https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/luxembourg/the-godparents-of-europes-heirs-149341/ |website=Royal Central |date=19 September 2020 |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref>}} He was named in honour of his paternal great-grandfather, [[Haakon VII]], his maternal uncle Haakon Haraldsen, and [[Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney|Magnus]] for the Norwegian saint and martyr. When Haakon was 17, his grandfather Olav died on 17 January 1991,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flint |first=Peter B. |date=January 18, 1991 |title=Olav V, Norway's King 33 Years And Resistance Hero, Dies at 87 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/18/obituaries/olav-v-norway-s-king-33-years-and-resistance-hero-dies-at-87.html}}</ref> leading to the accession of his father as King Harald V and his own advancement to crown prince.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Crown-Prince-Haakon Crown Prince Haakon, Britannica]. "Harald became king of Norway upon the death of his father on January 17, 1991. Although the succession law had been changed in 1990 to state that the eldest child, whether male or female, would be first in line to succeed to the throne, it applied only to those born after the amendment’s passage, and thus Haakon became crown prince."</ref>

Haakon has one sibling, [[Princess Märtha Louise of Norway]] (born 1971). In 1990, the Norwegian constitution was altered, granting [[absolute primogeniture]] to the Norwegian throne, meaning that the eldest child, regardless of gender, takes precedence in the line of succession.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-19|title=A look at the Norwegian line of succession|url=https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/norway/a-look-at-the-norwegian-line-of-succession-126706/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Royal Central|language=en-GB|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200945/https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/norway/a-look-at-the-norwegian-line-of-succession-126706/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was not, however, done retroactively (as, for example, Sweden had done in 1980), meaning that Haakon continues to take precedence over his older sister.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-13|title=Absolute primogeniture - How Sweden revolutionized the royal world|url=https://theroyalpages.com/absolute-primogeniture-how-sweden-revolutionized-the-royal-world/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=The Royal Pages|language=en-US|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202339/https://theroyalpages.com/absolute-primogeniture-how-sweden-revolutionized-the-royal-world/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Education and military ===
Haakon served in the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]]. He graduated from the [[Norwegian Naval Academy]] in 1995,<ref>{{Cite web|title=HRH Crown Prince Haakon|url=https://www.soalliance.org/speakers/hrh-crown-prince-haakon|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Sustainable Ocean Alliance |language=en|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202802/https://www.soalliance.org/speakers/hrh-crown-prince-haakon|url-status=live}}</ref> followed with a year aboard missile [[torpedo boat]]s and navy vessels.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-01-18|title=Haakon, thirty years as heir|url=https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/norway/haakon-thirty-years-as-heir-154375/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Royal Central|language=en-GB|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201924/https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/norway/haakon-thirty-years-as-heir-154375/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He attended and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[political science]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1999.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Crown-Prince-Breaks-Tradition-at-Berkeley-2969170.php|title=Crown Prince Breaks Tradition at Berkeley / Norway's royal son has enrolled at Cal|work=SFGate|access-date=2017-05-31|archive-date=25 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225180707/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Crown-Prince-Breaks-Tradition-at-Berkeley-2969170.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Haakon later attended lectures at the [[University of Oslo]] and took the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' civil servant introductory course in 2001. He completed his education in 2003 at the [[London School of Economics]], where he was awarded an MSc in development studies, specializing in international trade and Africa.<ref name=":0" />

As of 15 November 2013, in the Royal Norwegian Navy his [[officer rank]] is [[Military ranks and insignia of Norway|Admiral]], and in the [[Norwegian Army]] and the [[Royal Norwegian Air Force]] his rank is [[General]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/hans-kongelige-hoyhet-kronprinsen-utnevn/id745632/|title = Hans Kongelige Høyhet Kronprinsen utnevnes til admiral og general|date = 15 November 2013|access-date = 20 June 2021|archive-date = 24 June 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202145/https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/hans-kongelige-hoyhet-kronprinsen-utnevn/id745632/|url-status = live}}</ref>

In 2016 he completed the Norwegian Army's paratrooper course and was certified as a military paratrooper. The course attended was administered by the [[Forsvarets Spesialkommando|Special Operations Commando]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalcourt.no/nyhet.html?tid=135008&sek=27262|title=Completed Army paratrooper course|access-date=20 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200953/https://www.royalcourt.no/nyhet.html?tid=135008&sek=27262|url-status=live}}</ref>