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In Memory of King Harald<\/h2>\n\n
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Photo: Kimm Saatvedt \/ Det kongelige hoff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

It is with great sorrow that we receive the news of the passing of His Majesty King Harald. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Our thoughts are with Her Majesty Queen Sonja, the Royal Family, and all those who were closest to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

King Harald was a close friend of the museum\u2019s founder, Hans Rasmus Astrup, and the Royal Family\u2019s longstanding and profound commitment to Norwegian art and cultural life has been an invaluable source of support for the field as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout his reign, the King helped open public life to a greater diversity of voices and experiences. He championed a sense of community that embraced difference, and a Norway in which more people could feel at home. In doing so, he also helped broaden the space in which art and artists can exist, speak, and be heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harald was often described as the people\u2019s king. But he was also a king who expanded the very idea of who \u201cthe people\u201d are, and whose lives, images, and stories are given a place in the narrative we tell about ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May King Harald rest in peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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