the Kong Harald had to call in sick when there was the extraordinary collection of the Norwegian state council on Wednesday.

The 82-year-old king is hit by a virus, which has made, that he must stay calm. You don't know yet if he will be in the council of state on Friday, which was to appoint two new ministers, namely, Sylvi Listhaug, and Terje Søviknes.

Kommunikationschefen for the Norwegian hof, Guri Ofstad Varpe, confirms that the king is ill, and that it is the reason he did not meet up Wednesday.

Subsequently, crown prince Haakon gave a status of his father's sickness.

"He is on sick leave with a viral infection, but it goes well with him," says the crown prince.

He tells that they hope that the king's illness is not going to have an impact for the christmas season.

It was otherwise supposed, that the king and queen to celebrate the christmas together with their daughter, princess Märtha Louise, in a trævilla, which is called Kongssetra. It is located at Oslo.

the royal couple were scheduled to celebrate christmas in their own hut, which they bought in 2007. It is located in the Ulvdal in Norway.

The Norwegian king has also earlier in the year, struggled with health.

At the WORLD cup in sailing in the summer, the king was seen with a towel on his knee, when he had gone on board a boat.

It was confirmed to the Norwegian TV2, that the king struggled with knee problems.

Like her husband, queen Sonja had its problems. She had to cancel an official trip to south Korea, because she had an infection in his right foot.