00:01King Haakon, the 8th of Norway, paid an emotional tribute to his late father,
00:06describing him as such a good dad in his first address to the nation since becoming king.
00:43King Harald, who emerged from the shadow of his own well-loved and extroverted father
00:48to become a reformer during more than three decades on the throne, died on Friday, aged 89.
00:55Haakons voice briefly faltered as he spoke about his widowed mother, Queen Sonja,
01:00whose 58th wedding anniversary with King Harald fell on Saturday.
01:03Det var en stor styrke for han å ha moren min, dronning Sonja, som en livspartner å dele gjerningen med.
01:11Hun bidro til at de sammen ble et sterkt kongepar, som utfyllte hverandre godt.
01:18Jeg vet hvor mye hun betydde for Kong Harald, for at Kong Harald sto så støtt i livsgjerningen sin.
01:25I livsgjerningen de delte.
01:27I dag er det 58 år siden de giftet seg.
01:32Gratulerer med bryllupsdagen.
01:34Kjære mamma.
01:35At the end of the speech, mourners watching on their mobile phones outside the palace broke into spontaneous applause.
01:42Since Harald's passing, tens of thousands of people have streamed to the royal palace to pay their respects,
01:48remembering the late king for his inclusiveness and tolerance.
01:51Yeah, it was a really, really good speech, and I think it was like in the spirit of his father.
02:00And what broke me a little bit was when he came to his mother and the fact that they would
02:07have their anniversary since they're married today.
02:12And she's now alone in that celebration, so that was kind of hard.
02:19Håkon said he would do things his own way, as his father had done before him, while reaffirming Norway's constitutional
02:27monarchy.
02:28He will take an oath in Parliament on Tuesday to protect the country's constitution and laws.
02:33Håkon automatically became king following his father's death under Norway's constitutional system.
02:39There will be no coronation, as the ceremony was abolished by Parliament in 1908.
02:45He has adopted the motto, All for Norway, first used by his great-grandfather.
02:51His wife, Metamorite, became queen, while their eldest child, Ingrid Alexandra, became crown princess and heir to the throne.
03:09So thank you very much.
