Harald V of Norway

Harald V (born 21 February 1937) is the King of Norway. He succeeded to the throne of Norway upon the death of his father Olav V on 17 January 1991. The son of the then-Crown Prince Olav and of Princess Märtha of Sweden, Harald was born at the Crown Prince Residence at Skaugum, Asker. A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, originally from Northern Germany, Harald became the first Norwegian-born prince since Olav IV, who was born in 1370. Harald V is the formal head of the Church of Norway and the Norwegian Armed Forces. His grandchildren are Maud (2003), Leah (2005), Emma (2008), Ingrid (2004), and Sverre (2005). Harald has two older sisters: Princess Ragnhild (born 1930), who lives in Brazil, and Princess Astrid (born 1932), who lives in Oslo. He's 8th in line in the line of succession to the headship of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. As he is the great-grandson of Edward VII of the United Kingdom, he is also in the line of succession to the British throne (as of 2009, the 63rd in line). He is a second cousin to Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret and also a maternal first cousin to Baudouin of Belgium and his successor Albert II of Belgium.