King Bhumibol’s funeral

Representatives of royal houses and heads of state from around the world attended the funeral in Bangkok.

Hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the route of the funeral procession. A gilded chariot from 1795 transported the King’s symbolic funerary urn to a specially built crematorium that has taken one year to construct.

Funeral ceremony for King Bhumibol of Thailand. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

The son of the late king, His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn, led the funeral ceremony. Crown Prince Haakon was in attendance as the representative of the Royal House of Norway. King Maha Vajiralongkorn is the tenth monarch of the Chakri Dynasty.

Visited Norway

King Bhumibol became the King of Thailand on 9 June 1946 when he succeeded his brother, King Ananda Mahidol. At the time of his death, King Bhumibol was the world’s longest-reigning monarch.

King Bhumibol and his wife, Queen Sirikit, conducted a State Visit to Norway in 1960.