{"id":6209,"date":"2026-08-30T07:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T07:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/08\/30\/norways-king-haakon-delivers-emotional-first-speech-honoring-dear-father-king-harald-and-vowing-continuity\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T07:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T07:14:25","slug":"norways-king-haakon-delivers-emotional-first-speech-honoring-dear-father-king-harald-and-vowing-continuity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/08\/30\/norways-king-haakon-delivers-emotional-first-speech-honoring-dear-father-king-harald-and-vowing-continuity\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway’s King Haakon Delivers Emotional First Speech, Honoring ‘Dear Father’ King Harald and Vowing Continuity"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his poignant inaugural address as sovereign, King Haakon VIII of Norway paid a heartfelt tribute to his late father, King Harald, remembering him as a “good dad” and an inclusive monarch. He also offered an emotional anniversary wish to his widowed mother, Queen Sonja. King Haakon vowed to uphold Norway’s democratic values and rule of law, embracing his new role with a promise of continuity and national unity.<\/p>\n

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In his poignant inaugural address as sovereign, King Haakon VIII of Norway paid a heartfelt tribute to his late father, King Harald, remembering him as a “good dad” and an inclusive monarch. He also offered an emotional anniversary wish to his widowed mother, Queen Sonja. King Haakon vowed to uphold Norway’s democratic values and rule […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108356094-1788021532232-gettyimages-2276683971-slottet_kongeparet_17052026-14_kqv6ulmt.jpeg?v=1788021555&w=1920&h=1080","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-global-affairs","category-world","rifnote_country-norway"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108356094-1788021532232-gettyimages-2276683971-slottet_kongeparet_17052026-14_kqv6ulmt.jpeg?v=1788021555&w=1920&h=1080","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}