{"id":13321,"date":"2026-08-28T11:05:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitteater.no\/?p=13321"},"modified":"2026-08-28T11:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:05:37","slug":"his-majesty-the-king-has-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitteater.no\/en\/news\/his-majesty-the-king-has-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"His Majesty The King has passed away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <section class=\"hero transparent   no-profile\">\n        <div class=\"grid-12 wrapper side-padding rg-50 rg-s-15\">\n            \n                             \n                    <div class=\"hero-image start-1 end-12 grid\"><div class=\"image-wrapper start-1 end-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitteater.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BIT-SoMe-KH-260828-16-9-.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><div class=\"image-text start-1 end-7\"><p>Flowers on the Blue stone in Bergen&#8217;s city centre, in commemoration of The King.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>                        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n    <section class=\"text-content section-padding-bottom transparent\">\n        <div class=\"grid-12 wrapper rg-50 rg-s-20 side-padding\">\n                                                    <div class=\"start-2 end-6  start-s-1 end-s-12 grid rg-20 standard acs\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"start-7 end-11  start-s-1 end-s-12 grid rg-20 standard acs\">\n                                                        <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n    <section class=\"text-content section-padding-bottom transparent\">\n        <div class=\"grid-12 wrapper rg-50 rg-s-20 side-padding\">\n            <div class=\"start-1 end-12\"><h1>His Majesty The King has passed away<\/h1><\/div>                                        <div class=\"start-2 end-11 start-s-1 end-s-12 grid rg-20 standard\"><p>His Majesty King Harald V has been King and Head of State of Norway since 1991. He passed away at the Oslo University Hospital \u2013 Rikshospitalet early this morning.<\/p>\n<p>As a cultural organisation dedicated to exploring different aspects of the human experience through the arts and bringing people together, we would like to express our gratitude to His Majesty The King. Throughout his years as monarch, he always spoke with a voice of reconciliation and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe ability to put oneself in another person\u2019s situation and to feel compassion for one another is absolutely essential in the journey from \u2018I\u2019 to \u2018We\u2019. And that is where we must go; that is where we belong.\u201d <\/em>From His Majesty The King\u2019s New Year Address, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Our deepest condolences go to Her Majesty Queen Sonja and the rest of the Royal Family.<\/p>\n<p>Rest in peace, and thank you for everything.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":13335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>His Majesty The King has passed away - Bergen Internasjonale Teater<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bitteater.no\/en\/news\/his-majesty-the-king-has-passed-away\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"His Majesty The King has passed away - 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