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H.M.
Harald V
King of Norway

1937-

    
 

    Vita
    Titles and Awards
    Honorary Military Appointments

    Military Service
    Other Military Connections

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Index of Reigns & Peerages
full name:   Harald Glücksburg
birth: 1937.02.21 at Skaugum, Asker
father:   Olav V, King of Norway
mother:   Princess Märtha Sophia Louisa of Sweden
marriage: 1968.08.29 Sonja Haraldsen
at at Oslo Cathedral
children: 1971 Märtha-Louisa of Norway
  1973 Haakon Magnus (Crown Prince of Norway)
accession: 1991.01.17 (consecrated at Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, 23 June 1991)
coronation: 1992.01.21 at the Storting, Oslo
death:    
  Titles, Orders and Awards
Titles:
1937.02.21 Prince of Norway, with the style of His Royal Highness
1957.09.21 H.R.H. The Crown Prince of Norway
1991.01.17 H.M. Harald V, By the Grace of God and the Will of the People, King of Norway
   
British Empire/Commonwealth Orders and Awards:
1955.06.24 GCVO
1994.07.05 Royal Victorian Chain
2001.05.30 KG
   
Norwegian Orders and Awards:
  1937.02.21 Grand Cross with Collar, the Order of St Olav - collar 21.2.1955
    Sovereign and Grand Master of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
    Medal of St Olav
    Medal of Merit
  1930.11.18 King Haakon VII's Silver Jubilee Medal
  1955.11.18 King Haakon VII's Golden Jubilee Medal
  1972.08.03 King Haakon VII's 100th Anniversary Medal
    King Olav V's Medal
  1982.09.21 King Olav V's Jubilee Medal
  1991.01.17 Sovereign and Grand Master of the Orders of St Olav and the Lion of Norway
    Medal of Merit with Star
    Norwegian Red Cross Decoration
    Norwegian Reserve Officers Decoration
   
Foreign Orders and Awards:
  1955 Grand Cross, the Order of the Icelandic Falcon (Iceland) - collar 1998
  1958.02.21 Knight, Order of the Elephant (Denmark)
  1958.04.10 Knight, the Royal Order of the Seraphim (Sweden) - collar 5.5.1992
  1958 The Order of St George & St Constantine, 1st class (Greece)
  1960 Grand Cross, the Order of Leopold (Belgium)
  1960 Commander Grand Cross, the Order of the White Rose of Finland - collar 1994
  1960.09 Knight, the Most Illustrious Order of Maha Chakri (Thailand)
  1963 100th Anniversary Memorial Decoration of the Greek Royal House
  1964.11.12 Grand Cross, the Civil & Military Order of Adolphe of Nassau (Luxembourg)
  1964.11.12 Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte's Inauguration Medal (Luxembourg)
  1965.05.13 The Order of the Yugoslavian Star, 1st class (Yugoslavia)
  1965.06.21 Knight Grand Cross, the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy)
  1966 Grand Decoration of Honour for Merit in Gold with Sash (Austria)
  1967 Grand Cross, the National Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil)
  1968 Grand Cross, the Order of the House of Orange (Netherlands)
  1972.11.11 King Gustav VI's 90th Bithday Medal (Sweden)
  1978 Grand Cross, the Military Order of St Benedict of Aviz (Portugal)
  1980 Queen Beatrix Installation Medal (Netherlands)
  1982 Grand Cross, the Order of Charles III (Spain)
  1995 Grand Star, the Decoration of Honour for Merit (Austria)
  1995 The Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
  1995 Knight, the Order of the Golden Fleece (Spain)
  1996 Knight, the Order of the Golden Lion of the House of Nassau (Luxembourg)
  1996 Knight Grand Cross, the Order of the Netherlands Lion (Netherlands)
  1996.04.30 King Carl XVI Gustaf's 50th Bithday Medal (Sweden)
  1998 Grand Cross Special Class, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  1998 Grand Cross with collar, the Order of The Three Stars (Latvia)
  1998 Grand Cross with Collar, the Order of Terra Mariana (Estonia)
  1998 Grand Cross, the Order of the Cross of Vytis (Lithuana)
  1998 Grand Cross in Gold, the Order of Good Hope (South Africa)
  1999 Grand Cross, the Order of the Star of Rumania (Rumania)
  1999 Grand Cross, the Order of Merit (Hungary)
  2000.04.04 Collar, the Order of Hussein ibn 'Ali (Jordan)
  2000 Grand Cross, the Order of the Legion of Honour (French Republic)
  2001 Grand Cordon with Collar, the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy)
  2001 Collar, Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum (Japan)
    Commander, the Order of the Golden Ark (Netherlands)
     
   Honorary Military Appointments
1981.03.18 Honorary Colonel, Corps of Royal Marines
1992.02.06 Colonel-in-Chief, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
1994.07.05 Honorary General
   Military Service
British: none
   
Norwegian:  
  Admiral, Royal Norwegian Navy
  General, Royal Norwegian Army
  General, Royal Norwegian Air Force
   
   
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