Surfing in Hoddevik
Today is the official opening of Eurosurf 2017. On this occasion we publish photographs of The Crown Prince and Crown Princess' family surfing off Stad.
The championship takes place at Borestranda, outside Stavanger. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon is part of the Eurosurf committee and himself an avid surfer. An interest he shares with the rest of his family.
In late September, Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus went surfing in Hoddevik off Stad:
Photo: Fjordlapse Photography
Photo: Fjordlapse Photography
Photo: Fjordlapse Photography
Photo: Fjordlapse Photography
Photo: Fjordlapse Photography
Photo: Fjordlapse Photography
The Crown Prince surfing off Sunnmøre in October 2016. Photo: Fjordlapse Photography
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His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon, along with a couple of thousand attendees, welcomed the sloop Restauration to New York, exactly 200 years after the vessel carrying Norwegian emigrants arrived in the United States. In 1825, they crossed the Atlantic in search of a new and better life. This voyage is regarded as the beginning of organised emigration from Norway.

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Minnesota is one of the states in the United States where a large proportion of the population has Norwegian ancestry. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon is therefore also visiting this state and its largest metropolitan area, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, during his trip to the United States to mark the 200th anniversary of Norwegian emigration to the US.