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Norway’s King Harald V, Europe’s oldest monarch, was fitted with a permanent pacemaker on Tuesday, the palace announced, adding that the monarch will remain in hospital for several days.
In a short statement, the royal family announced that the 87-year-old underwent surgery at Oslo’s University Hospital Rikshospitalet.
“The surgery was successful and the King is in good health,” the palace said in a statement.
Harald fell ill last month while on a private holiday with his wife, Queen Sonia, on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi. He underwent surgery for a low heart rate and was fitted with a temporary pacemaker.
Harald was flown back to Norway on a medical plane and immediately transferred to a hospital in Oslo.
The monarch has been in frail health, having been hospitalized numerous times in recent years. He underwent surgery to replace his heart valve in October 2020 after being hospitalized with breathing difficulties.
Harald has repeatedly said he has no plans to abdicate, unlike his cousin, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, who abdicated earlier this year.
Harald’s duties as Norway’s head of state are ceremonial and he holds no political power. He ascended the throne after the death of his father King Olaf in 1991.
His 50-year-old son, Crown Prince Hakan, will take over the duties of king.
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