King Harald to undergo heart surgery
8th October 2020
King Harald is to undergo heart surgery on Friday. The news was announced on Thursday afternoon by the Royal Court. The King will have the heart valve he had operated on in 2005 replaced. His Majesty was admitted to Rikshospitalet hospital this morning ahead of the procedure.
In 2005, the King underwent an operation on the valve between the heart and the main artery – the aortic valve.