Fonte da imagem, EPAImage caption, Membros da família real da Noruega, incluindo o filho do rei Harald, o príncipe herdeiro Haakon, se reuniram no hospital.
O rei Haroldo V da Noruega está em estado "extremamente grave" no hospital, disse a família real do país.
Sua esposa, a rainha Sonja, e seu filho, o príncipe herdeiro Haakon, cancelaram todos os compromissos reais e se reuniram ao lado de sua cama no Hospital Universitário de Oslo com outros membros da família real.
O homem de 89 anos está hospitalizado há mais de uma semana a receber tratamento para uma doença sanguínea rara, a anemia hemolítica.
Estando no trono desde 1991, o rei Harald é o chefe de Estado mais antigo da Europa.
O príncipe herdeiro Haakon, 53 anos, sucessor do trono norueguês, tem servido como regente enquanto seu pai está de licença.
O Rei Harald foi tratado nas últimas semanas com cortisona para anemia hemolítica, uma condição que faz com que o número de glóbulos vermelhos no corpo seja reduzido e leva à fadiga e falta de ar.
Membros da família real foram vistos chegando ao hospital na manhã de quinta-feira, incluindo a esposa de Haakon, a princesa Mette-Marit.
A irmã do rei Harald, a princesa Astrid, também está no hospital, de acordo com relatos da mídia norueguesa.
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has cancelled a planned trip to Germany, where he was expected to meet Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday.
The whole nation is with us as we send warm thoughts to the king and the rest of the royal family," he said in a statement.
Members of the public have also begun laying flowers in Palace Square, in front of the palace in Oslo.
The king has had multiple health problems in recent years which have forced him to scale back his royal duties.
He was fitted with a pacemaker in 2024 after falling ill on holiday in Malaysia.
The Norwegian royal family has already faced a challenging year in 2026.
Crown Princess Mette-Marit received a lung transplant in June after she had been diagnosed with a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis in 2018.
The transplant came two days after Mette-Marit's son Marius Borg Høiby was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of two counts of rape. He had denied the most serious charges and is to appeal the sentence.
Høiby, 29, was four when his mother married Crown Prince Haakon and is not himself a royal figure.
Also earlier in the year, documents were released revealing Mette-Marit's frequent contact with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
She later apologised to Norway's king and queen for her three-year friendship with Epstein and admitted to "poor judgement", adding in a national TV interview that she wished she had never met him.
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Informação baseada em material público de BBC World, reescrito pela redação ULTRA NOTÍCIAS.
