STORY: Hundreds of Norwegians braved heavy rain to line the streets of Oslo on Friday (August 28) as King Harald's casket was transported from Oslo University Hospital to the Royal Palace, hours after the palace announced the 89-year-old monarch had died.

Crowds gathered with umbrellas and Norwegian flags, standing in the downpour to pay their respects as the motorcade passed through the city.

Soldiers saluted as the hearse entered through the palace gates, before carrying the casket from the royal hearse into the palace.

The casket was placed in the Red Salon before being moved to the Palace Chapel, which will remain open to the public until the funeral.

Harald, Europe's oldest living monarch, died early on Friday after being hospitalised on August 17 with a bacterial blood infection.

Harald's 53-year-old son is now Norway's new king, Haakon VIII, and Haakon's 22-year-old daughter Ingrid Alexandra its crown princess.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: OSLO, NORWAY (AUGUST 28, 2026)(NRK – Access all)

1. AERIAL OF POLICE CARS OUTSIDE OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

2. HOSPITAL WORKERS STANDING ON ROADSIDE OUTSIDE HOSPITAL WITH UMBRELLAS / POLICE ON MOTORBIKES

3. AERIAL OF MOTORCADE CARRYING KING HARALD'S CASKET LEAVING OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, PEOPLE STANDING ON SIDE OF ROAD AS ROYAL HEARSE PASS BY

4. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ON SIDE OF ROAD WATCHING AS MOTORCADE PASSES BY

5. VARIOUS AERIALS OF MOTORCADE DRIVING THROUGH CITY

6. PEOPLE STANDING IN RAIN, HOLDING UMBRELLAS WATCHING MOTORCADE DRIVE BY

7. VARIOUS AERIALS OF MOTORCADE

8. PEOPLE STANDING IN RAIN / MOTORCADE DRIVING THROUGH CITY

9. VARIOUS OF MOTORCADE DRIVING BY CROWDS STANDING IN RAIN, SOME HOLDING NORWEGIAN FLAGS

10. AERIAL OF MOTORCADE DRIVING THROUGH CITY

11. MOTORCADE DRIVING BY CROWDS STANDING IN RAIN, SOME HOLDING NORWEGIAN FLAGS

OSLO, NORWAY (AUGUST 28, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all)

12. VARIOUS OF MOTORCADE ARRIVING AT ROYAL PALACE, PEOPLE LINING UP STREET, STANDING IN RAIN

13. ROYAL HEARSE ARRIVING AT PALACE GATE

OSLO, NORWAY (AUGUST 28, 2026)(NRK – Access all)

14. ROYAL HEARSE ARRIVING AT PALACE GATE, SOLDIERS SALUTING

15. VARIOUS OF ROYAL HEARSE DRIVING THROUGH PALACE GATE ESCORTED BY SOLDIERS

16. AERIAL OF ROYAL PALACE, PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE

17. CASKET BEING CARRIED OUT OF ROYAL HEARSE BY SOLDIERS

18. AERIAL OF ROYAL PALACE, PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE