Norway's King Transferred to Oslo Hospital after Getting Pacemaker in Malaysia

The MEDEVAC plane carrying Norwayｴs King Harald arrives at Oslo Airport Gardermoen on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Javad Parsa / NTB / AFP)

King Harald V transferred Monday to an Oslo university hospital, with the palace saying he was hospitalized for medical examinations and his health was improving.
The 87-year-old monarch returned to Norway aboard a medical airplane late Sunday, a day after he was implanted with a pacemaker while on holiday in Malaysia.
Harald arrived at Oslo's Rikshospital in a vehicle marked “intensive ambulance” under police escort. According to The Associated Press, the palace said he will be on sick leave for two weeks during which his son, Crown Prince Haakon, will assume the monarch’s duties.
Europe’s oldest reigning monarch was hospitalized for an infection during a vacation on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi.
He underwent surgery at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital on Saturday to implant a temporary pacemaker due to a low heart rate, according to the royal house.
Harald had traveled to Malaysia with his wife, Queen Sonja, reportedly to celebrate his 87th birthday.