Kaare Langlete is a retired Norwegian military officer and royal servant.

He was born and grew up in Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

. He started a military career at the age of nineteen, and among others he served for the United Nations

United Nations

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 at the Suez Canal

Suez Canal

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 in 1957. From 1977 to 1981 he was the Chief of His Majesty The King's Guard

Hans Majestet Kongens Garde

Hans Majestet Kongens Garde is a battalion of the Norwegian Army. The battalion has two main roles; it serves as the Norwegian King's bodyguards, guarding the royal residences and Akershus Fortress in Oslo, and is also the main infantry unit responsible for the defence of...

, and from 1982 to 1990 he served as Chief of Staff of the Crown Prince couple staff (Crown Prince Harald

Harald V of Norway

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 and Crown Princess Sonja

Queen Sonja of Norway

Queen Sonja of Norway is the wife of King Harald V of Norway.-Prior to marriage:Sonja was born in Oslo on 4 July 1937 as the daughter of clothing merchant Karl August Haraldsen and Dagny Ulrichsen .Queen Sonja grew up in the district of Vinderen in Oslo and completed her lower secondary schooling...

). In 1990 he became chamberlain to the Crown Prince couple.

When King Olav V

Olav V of Norway

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 died in 1991 and Harald became the new king, Langlete succeeded Ingvald M. Smith-Kielland

Ingvald M. Smith-Kielland

-Personal life:He was born in 1919. His father Ingvald Smith-Kielland served as chamberlain and court marshal from 1949 to 1955 and lord chamberlain from 1955 to 1966, under the kings Haakon VII and Olav V . He was also the nephew of painter Per Smith-Kielland.-Career:Ingvald M. Smith-Kielland was...

 as Lord Chamberlain

Lord Chamberlain of Norway

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, the highest administrative personnel of the Royal Court. He also organized Olav V's funeral. He retired on 1 November 1993, and was succeeded by Rear Admiral Sivert Farstad. He has been decorated with the Grand Cross

Grand Cross

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 of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, a rare decoration for non-royals.

Langlete has two children, and resided in Nittedal

Nittedal

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. He died in July 2009.