COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Norway's King Harald has been discharged from the hospital after receiving a permanent pacemaker earlier this week and is doing well, the royal court said on Thursday.

       The king will be on sick leave until April 8 to rest and recuperate, the court said in a statement.

       The 87-year-old was hospitalised late last month for an infection while on holiday in Malaysia, and received a temporary pacemaker at a hospital there on March 2.

       He was later transferred to Norway for further treatment and received a pacemaker implant on Tuesday in a scheduled operation to help compensate for a low heart rate.

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       Crown Prince Haakon has been carrying out his father's duties in the latter's absence.

       (Reporting by Stine Jacobsen, editing by Louise Rasmussen)