Origin: Haakon VIII ascends Norwegian throne
Crown Prince Haakon became King Haakon VIII the moment his father, King Harald V, died at 6:35 a.m. in Oslo. Succession in Norway is automatic, so he immediately assumes the constitutional duties of head of state.
Harald was 89 and had been hospitalized since August 17 with hemolytic anemia, later complicated by a bacterial blood infection. His death ends more than three decades on the throne and places those responsibilities with his son without any gap.
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