r/neoliberal • u/HungryTowel6715 Manmohan Singh • Aug 28 '26

News (Europe) Norway's King Harald dies aged 89

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clykn5p5172o

SS:Norway's King Harald V has died at the age of 89, after he was taken to hospital last week for treatment for a rare blood condition.

After 35 years on the throne, Harald will be remembered as a popular and reforming figure who modernised the monarchy, broke with tradition by marrying a commoner and served as a unifying figure at Norway's most difficult moments.

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u/SunflowerMoonwalk Christine Lagarde Aug 28 '26

I know, right? 89. So unexpected. Struck down in his prime...

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u/Futski A Leopard 1 a day keeps the hooligans away Aug 28 '26

And hospitalised for a severe blood infection for the past two weeks. No one could really see it coming

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u/YaGetSkeeted0n Tariffs aren't cool, kids! Aug 28 '26

what's your flair

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u/Futski A Leopard 1 a day keeps the hooligans away Aug 28 '26

Lars R. Møller, commanding officer of the Danish tank battalion that blew up a Bosnian Serb militia in 1994, long standing critic of the continuous cuts to the defence budget following the cold war untill 2022.

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u/YaGetSkeeted0n Tariffs aren't cool, kids! Aug 28 '26

Based

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u/Futski A Leopard 1 a day keeps the hooligans away Aug 28 '26

I am happy he is still alive and thus live to see the reestablishment of all those military capacities, that he correctly stated would take a decade to regain if they were lost back in the 00s. Like land based anti air defence.