Who is the current monarch of Norway?
Monarchy of Norway There is also broad political consensus on this issue. Monarchy of Norway The Norwegian monarch is the monarchical head of state of Norway, which is a constitutional and hereditary 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 Harald V, who has reigned since 17 January 1991, succeeding his father, Olav V. The heir apparent is his only son, Crown Prince
Unification of Norway Unification of Norway The Unification of Norway (Norwegian Bokmål: "Rikssamlingen") is the process by which Norway merged from several petty kingdoms into a single kingdom, predecessor to modern Kingdom of Norway. King Harald Fairhair is the monarch who is credited by later tradition as having first unified Norway into one kingdom. According to the sagas, he ruled Norway from approximately 872 to 930. Modern historians, including Claus Krag, assume that his rule may have been limited to the coastal areas of western and southern Norway. The tendency in recent research has been to perceive unification of the nation to have