Editing Harald V (section)

=== Recent years ===
[[File:Sametingsåpning - 51610815769.jpg|alt=|thumb|King Harald V in October 2021 at the opening of [[Sámi Parliament of Norway|Sámi Parliament]] [[Legislative session|session]] of 2021–22]]
King Harald's leadership during Norwegian national crises, such as the [[New Year's Day Storm]] (1992), [[2011 Norway attacks|July 2011 massacre]], [[2020 Gjerdrum landslide]], and particularly the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Norway|COVID-19 pandemic]] (January 2020 to March 2022), have been met with both national and international acclaim.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/world/europe/king-harald-of-norway-proves-mettle-with-response-to-july-22-deaths.html|title=King Harald of Norway Proves Mettle With Response to July 22 Deaths|last=Erlanger|first=Steven|date=15 October 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=24 January 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820080146/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/world/europe/king-harald-of-norway-proves-mettle-with-response-to-july-22-deaths.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/44218860/ns/world_news-europe/t/norway-remembers-killed-massacre/#.WmhwPedrzIU|title=Norway remembers 77 killed in massacre|work=MSNBC|last1=Rising|first1=Malin|date=21 August 2011|access-date=24 January 2018|language=en|archive-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830040820/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/44218860/ns/world_news-europe/t/norway-remembers-killed-massacre/#.WmhwPedrzIU|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/terrorangrepet-22-juli-politikk-og-samfunn/kongen-om-terrorangrepet-vaare-tanker-gaar-til-ofrene/a/10080609/|title=Kongen om terrorangrepet: – Våre tanker går til ofrene|work=VG|access-date=24 January 2018|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015519/https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/terrorangrepet-22-juli-politikk-og-samfunn/kongen-om-terrorangrepet-vaare-tanker-gaar-til-ofrene/a/10080609/|archive-date=25 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/hans-aller-beste-tale/63586924|title=- Hans aller beste tale|date=21 August 2011|work=Dagbladet|last1=Nyfløt|first1=Hilda|access-date=24 January 2018|language=no|archive-date=21 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021035045/https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/hans-aller-beste-tale/63586924|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015, he became the world's first reigning monarch to visit [[Antarctica]], specifically the [[Dependencies of Norway|Norwegian dependency]] [[Queen Maud Land]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20150210/king-harald-to-see-antarctic-coast-that-bears-his-name|work=[[The Local]]|title=King Harald visits Antarctic namesake|date=11 February 2015|access-date=15 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215122659/http://www.thelocal.no/20150210/king-harald-to-see-antarctic-coast-that-bears-his-name|archive-date=15 February 2015|url-status=dead}}<br />{{cite news|url=http://www.newsinenglish.no/2015/02/11/sun-shines-for-king-in-antarctica/|website=newsinenglish.no|title=Sun shines for king in Antarctica|date=11 February 2015|access-date=15 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214050319/http://www.newsinenglish.no/2015/02/11/sun-shines-for-king-in-antarctica/|archive-date=14 February 2015|url-status=dead}}<br />{{cite news|url=http://www.norwaypost.no/index.php/news/latest-news/30607|title=King Harald begins Antarctic visit|work=The Norway Post|agency=NRK/Aftenposten|date=11 February 2015|access-date=15 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215032649/http://www.norwaypost.no/index.php/news/latest-news/30607|archive-date=15 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, King Harald V competed with a team for the sailing World Championships on [[Lake Ontario]], [[Toronto]]. The king came second in the classic fleet category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571945b537013bf7bb9e6f17/t/57d1c2b2d482e9f1f108273b/1473364658906/cc-2016-na-results.pdf|title=North American Eight Metre Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808075004/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571945b537013bf7bb9e6f17/t/57d1c2b2d482e9f1f108273b/1473364658906/cc-2016-na-results.pdf|archive-date=8 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was dubbed "Sailor-King" by Canada's ''[[National Post]]'' as he slept on board his yacht ''Sira''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/norways-sailor-king-why-harald-v-has-been-sleeping-on-a-yacht-moored-on-torontos-waterfront|title=Norway's sailor king: Why Harald V has been sleeping on a yacht moored on Toronto's waterfront|work=National Post|access-date=30 May 2017|language=en}}</ref>

In 2016 Harald, in a speech marking 25 years on the throne, sought to unify Norwegians coming from [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pakistan]] as well as "girls who love girls, boys who love boys and girls and boys who love each other."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsinenglish.no/2016/09/02/the-kings-speech-struck-a-chord/|title=The king's speech struck a chord|date=2 September 2016|access-date=7 August 2021|archive-date=7 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807192348/https://www.newsinenglish.no/2016/09/02/the-kings-speech-struck-a-chord/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since the start of the twenty-first century, King Harald has been unable to perform his duties as sovereign due to ill health on a few occasions: from December 2003 to mid-April 2004 due to urinary [[bladder cancer]], from April to early June 2005 due to [[aortic stenosis]], and in 2020 due to cardiac surgery (replacement of a [[heart valve]]). Crown Prince Haakon served as the country's [[regent]] on these occasions, including giving the [[Speech from the throne|King's Speech]] at the [[State opening of parliament]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Hva-skjer-pa-Stortinget/Nyhetsarkiv/Hva-skjer-nyheter/2020-2021/det-165.-storting-er-apnet/|title=Det 165. storting er åpnet|website=stortinget.no|language=no|date=12 October 2020|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>

When the King and Queen turned 80 years old in 2017, the King decided to open the former royal stables to the public as a gift to his wife, the Queen. The new venue was named [[The Queen Sonja Art Stable]] and is the first institution owned by the royal family which is permanently open to the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalcourt.no/nyhet.html?tid=156408&sek=27262|title=The Art Stable is open|website=royalcourt.no|language=en|access-date=28 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112434/https://www.royalcourt.no/nyhet.html?tid=156408&sek=27262|archive-date=29 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> King Harald was made [[Name of the Year]] by the newspaper ''[[Verdens Gang|VG]]'' in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/P3jpp0/kongebiograf-kong-harald-blir-mer-populaer-jo-eldre-han-blir|title=Kongebiograf: Kong Harald blir mer populær jo eldre han blir|access-date=21 February 2018|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221114959/https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/P3jpp0/kongebiograf-kong-harald-blir-mer-populaer-jo-eldre-han-blir|archive-date=21 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 17 January 2021, King Harald celebrated 30 years on the Norwegian throne.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalcourt.no/fotoalbum.html?tid=186253&sek=28410&kategori=112482|title=King and Queen for 30 years|access-date=17 January 2021|archive-date=1 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701004102/https://www.royalcourt.no/fotoalbum.html?tid=186253&sek=28410&kategori=112482|url-status=live}}</ref> On 11 September 2022, he visited Denmark to celebrate [[Golden Jubilee of Margrethe II|Margrethe II's Golden Jubilee]].<ref>{{cite web|title=50 år på den danske tronen|url=https://www.kongehuset.no/nyhet.html?tid=215577&sek=26939|publisher=The Royal House of Norway|access-date=4 March 2024|language=Norwegian}}</ref> Harald was hospitalized in August 2022 with a fever, being again admitted to hospital that December for an infection. He was also hospitalized for an infection once again in May 2023 just before [[Constitution Day (Norway)|Constitution Day]]. On 15 September 2023 he also attended the celebrations of [[Golden Jubilee of Carl XVI Gustaf|Carl XVI Gustaf's Golden Jubilee]] in [[Stockholm]], Sweden. In October 2023, Harald tested positive for [[COVID-19|coronavirus]], having previously tested positive for the disease in March 2022.<ref name="Health">{{cite web|title=Norway's 86-year-old king tests positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms|date=22 October 2023|url=https://apnews.com/article/norway-king-harald-covid-80763f7263f5ad436217f0926ad2d1b6|agency=Associated Press|access-date=24 October 2023}}</ref> Since the [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|death of Elizabeth II]] in 2022, Harald is Europe's oldest hereditary reigning monarch, at the age of {{Age in years|1937|2|21}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=King of Norway has pacemaker fitted after falling ill on holiday|url=https://news.sky.com/story/king-of-norway-has-pacemaker-fitted-after-falling-ill-on-holiday-13085125|access-date=2 March 2024|publisher=Sky News|language=en}}</ref> Since 9 September 2024 he is the oldest monarch in over 1,150 years of Norwegian monarchy, living longer than his father [[Olav V of Norway|Olav V]], who died at the age of 87 years and 199 days.

On 31 January 2024, the royal palace announced that King Harald was on "sick leave" until 2 February due to a respiratory infection.<ref>{{cite web|title=Norway's aging king, Harald V, is on sick leave because of a respiratory infection|date=31 January 2024|url=https://apnews.com/article/norway-king-sick-harald-infection-645b8803d58c019615f2820b415a565a|agency=Associated Press|access-date=31 January 2024}}</ref> On 27 February, while on holiday in [[Malaysia]], he was again hospitalized on the resort island of [[Langkawi]]; he was admitted to the royal suites of Sultanah Maliha Hospital, a government hospital and the only major hospital on the island, and had a temporary [[pacemaker]] implanted due to a low heart rate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scandinavian Airlines medevac plane lands in Malaysian island where Norwegian king is hospitalized|date=March 2024|url=https://apnews.com/article/malaysia-norway-king-medevac-plane-f5df37bb5188e9651b5dd0c8637b7653|agency=Associated Press|access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/norways-king-has-pacemaker-implanted-malaysia-after-falling-ill-holiday-2024-03-02/|title=Norway's king has pacemaker implanted in Malaysia after falling ill on holiday|agency=Reuters|date=2 March 2024|access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref> During his hospitalization, he was accorded protection and security similar to that of a [[Monarchies of Malaysia|reigning state ruler of Malaysia]]. He was discharged on 3 March and was transported back to Norway on a medical evacuation flight to continue his recovery in a hospital, during which he would be on sick leave for two weeks.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68461542|title=Norway king returns home after Malaysia hospital admission|publisher=BBC|date=3 March 2024|access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/norways-king-harald-will-need-permanent-pacemaker-royal-court-says-2024-03-04/|title=Norway's king to receive permanent pacemaker for his heart|agency=Reuters|date=4 March 2024|access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref> He received a permanent pacemaker on 12 March.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/norway-king-pacemaker-malaysia-fd917bf1ce3b289dbd0c23b230ebce08|title=Europe's oldest monarch, the ailing King Harald V of Norway, gets a permanent pacemaker|agency=Associated Press|date=12 March 2024|access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref> Two days later, he was discharged but remained on sick leave.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/world/900563/norway-s-king-harald-has-been-discharged-from-hospital-after-getting-pacemaker/story/|title=Norway's King Harald has been discharged from hospital after getting pacemaker|work=GMA News|date=14 March 2024|access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref> He resumed his duties on 22 April, with the royal household saying that his official activities would be reduced in light of his condition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/harald-king-norway-malaysia-pacemaker-sick-leave-oldest-b95baf0cb3a7ded70868b125a061b892|title=Norway's King Harald, Europe's oldest monarch, is back at work after pacemaker implants|agency=Associated Press|date=22 April 2024|access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref>