Thank you for the warm wishes
The Royal Family has received many warm wishes that have provided comfort during the past Christmas holidays.
The Royal Family would like to thank everyone in Norway and abroad who has sent them thoughtful Christmas and New Year’s greetings. The family extends a special thanks to everyone who has sent their condolences and expressed sympathy in the wake of the death of Ari Behn.
The Royal Family wishes everyone the best for 2020.
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Welcoming the Restauration to the US
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.
Met with Governor Walz in Minnesota
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.