Monarchy of Norway
The monarchy of Norway is the system used in Norway by which a hereditary monarch reigns as head of state under a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. The Norwegian monarchy can trace its line back to the reign of Harald Fairhair and the previous petty kingdoms which were united to form Norway; it has been in unions with both Sweden and Denmark for long periods. The present monarch is King Haakon VIII, who has reigned since 28 August 2026, succeeding his father, Harald V. The heir apparent is his firstborn daughter, Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra, who undertakes various public ceremonial functions along with several other members of the royal family. Since the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden and the subsequent election of a Danish prince as King Haakon VII in 1905, the reigning royal house of Norway has been a branch of the House of Glücksburg branch of the House of Oldenburg; originally from modern-day Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, agnatically (through...
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