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GOOD BOOK: First of all, “The King Counts” is a book that highlights the true warmth and humanity that more than anything else has characterized the royal feat of Harald the Fifth, writes the VG critic. Photo: from the book
King Harald shows himself with all his warm compassion in this trusty Harald Stanghelle interview book.
The idea is as good as it is demanding: that King Harald speak about the most important developments in the history of the modern kingdom, reflected in his own biography.
To achieve this, you must not only have a king who is willing to open up a bit, you must also have a writer who is capable of balancing natural journalistic curiosity with an intuitive loyalty to his subject.
In this regard, namesake Harald Stanghelle is the perfect choice.
The former Dagbladet and Aftenposten editor is an outstanding writer at best, but he can also seem conventional and a bit pompous.
Yes, in many respects more rigid than the king himself, a man who in Stanghelle’s pen is almost portrayed as a man without flaws or imperfections. This is in contrast to one of the most striking characteristics of the king, namely that he speaks almost constantly of his own meaning.
INTERVIEW BOOK: Harald Stanghelle has made a book of interviews with King Harald. Photo: from the book
But this is still stylistically petty.
First of all, “The King Counts” is a book that highlights the true warmth and humanity that more than anything else has marked the reign of Harald V. And that has given his reign a completely unique character. Throw in a solid dose of humor and mood, as well as infectious sports interest, and you’ve got the very essence of the stately personality we all know.
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It is still interesting to read about the most crucial moments in the life of the king, as when we retell the story of how for several years he had to fight to marry the “bourgeois” Sonja Haraldsen.
It’s been a long time since the 1960s, but the book clearly shows how this personal experience helps explain the tolerant and inclusive relationship of the royal couple with their unconventional in-laws. The king is very familiar in general. The only one conspicuous by its absence in this fully illustrated book is Durek Verrett, but that’s exactly what I can hardly argue against Harald R or Harald S.
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Speech is the king’s most important platform when speaking to his people. Here, too, King Harald has found his own high and compassionate level. The breakthrough probably came when in 1992, quite new to the role of king, he gave a speech at the partisan monument in Kiberg. It was a historic recognition of the resistance fighters who had collaborated with the Soviet Union during the war.
The speech at the funeral after the terror of July 22, 2011 will not be forgotten. “Now almost all the words have been used up,” said the king, choking in tears. And they all cried with him.
And finally, there is the September 2016 speech, where our king dealt a blow to diverse Norway by stating that Norwegians today are ‘girls who love girls, boys who love boys and girls and boys who love El each other “.
“No, I can have influence, but I can’t,” says King Harald towards the end of the book. It must be the euphemism of the times.
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Reviewed by: Sindre Hovdenakk
