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EPISODE · Aug 31, 2026 · 3 MIN

King Harald V of Norway dies at the age of 89 and is succeeded by Haakon VIII.

from Spoken News · host Wana Kau Lani

King Harald V of Norway dies at the age of 89 and is succeeded by Haakon VIII. This podcast is based on excerpts from articles and the In The News section of Wikipedia, using the CC BY-SA 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The script is converted to audio by Google's text-to-speech service, but Wikipedia relies on human volunteers, and the code for extracting excerpts is written by hand. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harald_V&oldid=1372353290 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Death_and_state_funeral_of_Harald_V&oldid=1372346678 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haakon_VIII&oldid=1372347004https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedianshttps://linktr.ee/wanakaulani

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