Tens of thousands line the streets as Norway bids farewell to King Harald V

<p>Europe’s royals and global political figures attend ceremony that brings 13 days of national mourning to a close</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/sep/09/europe-ukraine-russia-zelenskyy-germany-merz-afd-norway-king-harald-v-latest-news-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Norway has observed a minute’s silence as it takes leave of King Harald V in a series of ceremonies, bringing to a close 13 days of ​national mourning that followed <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/28/norway-king-harald-dies-leaving-stormy-succession-mette-marit-crown-princesss-epstein-links">the popular monarch’s death</a> last month at the age of 89.</p><p>Tens of thousands of people lined the streets of Oslo and foreign heads of state and government converged on the Norwegian capital for the funeral of the late king, a light-touch and unassuming reformer who ruled for more than three decades.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/09/norway-king-harald-v-funeral">Continue reading...</a>