Editing Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (section)

=== 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>