The royal guests have arrived at the Palace
Photo: Fredrik Solstad / VG
The Danish King and Queen arrived at the Royal Palace at 11.13am, and four minutes later the Swedish royal family followed. Belgium's King and Queen and Luxembourg's Grand Duke and Grand Duchess landed at Gardermoen during the morning. At 1pm a minute's silence will be observed across the country.
Royals from several European countries arrived at the Royal Palace on Wednesday morning, in the hours before the funeral of King Harald V. At 1pm a minute's silence will be observed across the country.
The Danish King and Queen arrived at the Palace at 11.13am. Photo: Fredrik Solstad / VG
• The Danes and the Swedes at the Palace
The Danish King and Queen arrived at the Palace at 11.13am. King Frederik came to the Danish royal ship earlier on Wednesday, while Queen Mary and Crown Prince Christian were already in Oslo. The Danish royal family are staying aboard the royal ship during their visit.
Four minutes later, at 11.17am, members of the Swedish royal family arrived at the Palace. Prince Carl Philip is among those visible in the photograph.
The Swedish royal family arrived at the Palace at 11.17am. Photo: Fredrik Solstad / VG
In Copenhagen, Amalienborg is flying its flags at half mast in honour of King Harald.
• The Norwegian royal family
Princess Märtha Louise and her husband Durek Verrett arrived at the Palace at around 8.30am, according to TV 2. Verrett underwent a successful kidney transplant at Rikshospitalet in August.
King Haakon, Queen Mette-Marit, Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus left Skaugum by car during the morning. At around 10.47am one of the royal family's cars was seen arriving at the Palace.
• Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg
The Swedish royal family landed at Gardermoen at 9.29am, an hour and a half after Crown Princess Victoria. King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia travelled on by coach to central Oslo, the King carrying a sabre. Prince Daniel and Princess Madeleine were photographed leaving the aircraft.
Crown Princess Victoria reached Oslo on Wednesday morning from Bali, where she had stopped over after her field visit to Lombok for the United Nations Development Programme. She is attending the funeral together with Prince Daniel.
At 9.59am Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde arrived at Gardermoen. Travelling with them on the coach were Grand Duke Guillaume and Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg.
The Belgian King and Queen and Luxembourg's Grand Duke and Grand Duchess on the coach from Gardermoen. Photo: Tore Kristiansen / VG
Royals from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, among others, were also expected in Oslo during the morning.
• A minute's silence at 1pm
The funeral ceremony in Oslo Cathedral begins at 1pm. From 1pm to 1.01pm a minute's silence will be observed across the country, opened and closed by three strokes of the bell.
The procession from the Palace to the cathedral sets off at 12 noon. At the same time the Armed Forces will fire a 21-gun mourning salute.
The ceremony in the cathedral is expected to end at around 2pm. The procession reaches Akershus at about 2.40pm, and the ceremony in Akershus Castle Church is expected to finish at around 3.50pm.
At 4.45pm the royal family will appear on the Palace balcony.