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Norway’s King Harald discharged from hospital

King Harald has been discharged from Oslo’s Rikshospital after a week of hospitalization.

Published: 15 January 2020 14:29 CET
Norway’s King Harald discharged from hospital
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The King has left hospital but remains on sick leave, the Royal Palace confirmed.

The Palace announced on last week that King Harald had been admitted to hospital due to dizziness, that he would take two weeks’s sick leave and that no serious illness was found.

One week later, the Palace has confirmed on its website that the King has been discharged, but that he remains on sick leave. Crown Prince Haakon will continue as interim regent.

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When the crown prince spoke to the Norwegian press on Monday, he said that King Harald is on the road to recovery.

“The king is improving and we expect him to be home from hospital during this week,” Haakon said.

King Harald was also briefly laid low last month with a virus which prevented him from attending parliament on December 20th.

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WORKING IN SWEDEN

Swedish Royal Guards scrap ceremonial helmets over safety concerns

The King’s mounted Royal Guards will no longer be able to wear their iconic ceremonial helmets on parades, after the Swedish Work Environment Authority warned of serious safety concerns.

Published: 7 July 2023 13:53 CEST
Swedish Royal Guards scrap ceremonial helmets over safety concerns

“We take the safety of our employees extremely seriously and we are going to address this immediately,” colonel Stefan Nacksten, head of the Royal Guards, wrote in a statement. 

Employed by the Armed Forces, the Royal Guards are the King’s cavalry and infantry units and are a well-known sight at ceremonies in Sweden, including at the changing of the guard at the Royal Palace of Stockholm every day in summer – a popular spectacle for Stockholmers and tourists alike.

The helmets will no longer be used by Royal Guards on horseback from July 7th, as they do not conform to safety standards for riding helmets, although guards parading on foot will still be permitted to wear them.

They are part of the 1895 parade uniforms and were last modified in 2000. The Armed Forces will now create an entirely new helmet which looks the part, but is also safe for riding.

“We’re working on finding an alternative solution as quickly as possible which meets safety requirements and can also be used during parades,” Nacksten said.

“We’ve been working long-term with this issue but now that it has been assessed [by the Swedish Work Environment Authority] we need to take measures immediately,” he added.

“This is good, and now we’re working to make sure something good comes out of this and we can get a safe riding helmet for parades in place as soon as possible.”

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