Editing Harald V (section)

== Early life and education ==
=== Birth ===
[[File:92. Kronprinsesse Märtha med prins Harald - no-nb digifoto 20160108 00289 bldsa pk kgl0027.jpg|thumb|Harald with his mother [[Princess Märtha of Sweden|Crown Princess Märtha]] in 1937]]
Harald was born at the [[Skaugum]] estate during the reign of his grandfather King [[Haakon VII]] and was baptised in the [[Slottskapellet (Oslo)|Royal Chapel]] of the [[Royal Palace, Oslo|Royal Palace]] in [[Oslo]] on 31 March 1937 by Bishop Johan Lunde. His godparents were: his paternal grandparents King Haakon VII and [[Queen Maud of Norway]]; his maternal grandparents [[Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland|Prince Carl]] and [[Princess Ingeborg of Denmark|Princess Ingeborg of Sweden]]; his maternal uncle [[King Leopold III of Belgium]]; [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] and King [[George VI]] of the United Kingdom; and [[Ingrid of Sweden|Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark]]. His parents already had two daughters, [[Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen|Princess Ragnhild]] and [[Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner|Princess Astrid]].

At the time of Harald's birth, he was second in line of [[succession to the Norwegian throne]] following his father, [[Crown Prince Olav]].

=== Second World War ===
[[File:139. Prins Harald - no-nb digifoto 20160108 00334 bldsa pk kgl0090.jpg|thumb|left|Prince Harald in 1943|upright]]
In 1940 the entire royal family had to flee Oslo because of the [[Operation Weserübung|German invasion]]. It was deemed safer for the family to split up. The King and Crown Prince Olav would remain in Norway and the Crown Princess was to make her way to Sweden with the three children. The latter party reached Sweden on the night of 10 April, but although Crown Princess Märtha was Swedish-born, they encountered problems at the border station. According to Princess Astrid and others who were present, they were admitted only after the driver threatened to ram the border gate. Another account does not describe the escape so dramatically.<ref name="Hegge">[[Per Egil Hegge|Hegge, Per Egil]]; Harald V, En biografi; N.W. Damm & Søn AS; 2006.</ref> However, when the King and Crown Prince inquired of Swedish foreign minister [[Christian Günther]] whether they could sleep one night in Sweden without being interned, their request was refused.<ref name="Hegge" />

Harald spent the following days in [[Sälen]] before moving to [[Prince Carl Bernadotte]]'s home in [[Frötuna]] on 16 April. On 26 April the group moved to [[Drottningholm]] in [[Stockholm]]. [[King Gustaf V]] has been accounted to have had an amicable relationship with his Norwegian guests, but the topic of the war in Norway was not to be raised. However, influential Swedish politicians, including Minister of Justice [[Karl Gustaf Westman|Westman]], wanted the Crown Princess and Prince Harald to be sent back to Norway so he could be proclaimed King by the Germans.<ref name="Hegge" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764542,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202190409/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764542,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2009|title=Kidnapper Foiled?|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=2 September 1940|access-date=17 January 2009}}</ref> After the King and Crown Prince had to leave Norway on 7 June they felt Sweden might not be the best place for the rest of the family, and started planning for them to go to the United States. On 17 August the Crown Princess and her children left for the United States from [[Pechengsky District|Petsamo]], Finland, aboard the United States Army transport ship {{SS|American Legion|1919|2}}.<ref name="Hegge" />

Harald, his mother, and his sisters lived in [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Scottsdale, Arizona]] during the war,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Non-Political Campaign|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764591-2,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203201002/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764591-2,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2009|magazine=Time|page=2|date=9 September 1940|access-date=17 January 2009}}</ref> while his father, Crown Prince Olav, and his grandfather, King Haakon, stayed in London with the Norwegian government-in-exile. One of the notable events he remembers from that time is standing behind [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] when he was [[Fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt|sworn in for his fourth term]] on the South Portico of the [[White House]] in 1945. Such childhood experiences are reflected in a trace of an American accent when he speaks English.<ref name="nyt1971">[https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/14/archives/those-apprentice-kings-and-queens-who-may-one-day-ascend-a-throne.html?sq=akihito%2520%2520and%2520Windsor&scp=1&st=cse "Those Apprentice Kings and Queens Who May – One Day – Ascend a Throne"], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814234830/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/14/archives/those-apprentice-kings-and-queens-who-may-one-day-ascend-a-throne.html?sq=akihito%20%20and%20Windsor&scp=1&st=cse |date=14 August 2018 }} ''[[The New York Times]]''. 14 November 1971.</ref> The Doris Kearns Goodwin book ''No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Home Front in World War II'' contains a picture of the King (then Prince) playing with FDR's dog, [[Fala (dog)|Fala]], on the [[North Lawn]] of the White House in 1944.

Harald visited Norwegian servicemen training in the United States. The prince also made visits outside America, travelling north to visit Norwegian personnel at the training base "[[Little Norway]]" in Ontario, Canada. He attended The White Hall Country School from 1943. Prince Harald returned to Norway with his family at the war's end in 1945.

=== Return ===
In the autumn of 1945 he was enrolled in third grade of Smestad skole as the first member of the royal family to attend a public (state) school.

His [[Confirmation]] took place on 10 May 1953 at the Chapel of [[Akershus Castle]].

Amidst this when he was only 17 years old in 1954, his mother died of cancer. The Crown Princess's death was a tremendous loss for him and his family as well as for Norway,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kongehuset.no/artikkel.html?tid=28675|title=Crown Princess Märtha (1901–1954)|work=Norwegian Royal House|access-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616030151/http://www.kongehuset.no/artikkel.html?tid=28675|archive-date=16 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and he named his [[Princess Märtha Louise of Norway|daughter]] Märtha to honour her memory. Four years later in 1958 he would lose his maternal grandmother, [[Princess Ingeborg of Denmark]].