Norway's King Harald in hospital with infection, condition stable

FILE PHOTO: Norway's King Harald gives the New Year's speech at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, December 31, 2020. Haakon Mosvold Larsen/NTB Scanpix/via REUTERS

OSLO (Reuters) -Norway's King Harald has been hospitalised to receive treatment for an infection, the royal household said in a statement on Monday.

The 86-year-old monarch was in a stable condition and will remain in hospital for a few days, it added.