Condolences
Condolences from His Majesty King Harald to His Excellency Mr Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Republic.
HE Mr Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
President of the Portuguese Republic,
Belém Palace
Lisboa
Your Excellency,
I was saddened to learn about the passing of the former president of the Portuguese Republic, HE Dr. Jorge Sampaio.
On behalf of myself and of the people of Norway, I ask you to convey my deepest condolences to his family and to the people of Portugal.
Harald R
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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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