A Mirror of Nature
On 15 February 2007 Her Majesty The Queen attended the opening of the exhibition entitled “A Mirror of Nature: Nordic Landscape Painting 1840-1910” at the National Gallery in Oslo.
The exhibition centres around the relationship between man and nature, and highlights the important role of landscape painting in Nordic art history.
“A Mirror of Nature” displays over 100 of the most well-known landscape paintings from Norway and the other Nordic countries, and is the result of a cooperative effort over several years between the national galleries in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
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National Gallery: Exhibition
Senior curator Frode Haverkamp at the National Gallery giving information about the exhibition (Photo: Knut Falch, Scanpix)Photo 1 of 1
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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.