Cold response 2007
Today His Majesty King Harald inspected the military exercise referred to as “Cold Response 2007”.
Over 8,500 soldiers from 18 nations, including a division from His Majesty The King’s Guard, are participating in the exercise in northern Norway.
Two key objectives of the exercise are to enhance the ability of the participating forces to master full-scale crisis management procedures under winter conditions and to develop interoperability between multinational forces.
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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.