Three weeks after King Harald V’ s death on August 28, Norway’s royal house has shown the world where he now rests. The tomb is a study in green, made of a stone that formed deep inside the Earth some 400 million years ago and was later pushed to the surface by the same tectonic forces that shaped Norway itself. That stone is olivine, and it gives the sarcophagus its cool, mossy color and its veining.
The design is a vessel with a rounded hull. The royal house says the shape reflects the king’s lifelong bond with the sea: the hull shields whatever is aboard and carries it safely onward. It also echoes the Viking ship burials, in which a boat…
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