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USA 2025: Vesterheim

Official visit to the USA

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon visits Iowa, Minnesota and New York 6 - 9 October 2025. The visit marks the bicentenary of the first Norwegian emigration to USA.

The Crown Prince will visit Decorah in Iowa and Minneapolis/St. Paul in Minnesota, where he will meet with Governor Tim Walz, visit American-Norwegian institutions, and take part in a business conference. 

On 9 October the Crown Prince welcomes the ship «Restauration» in New York. This is an exact copy of the first ship to carry Norwegian immigrants to USA in 1825. 


Crown Prince Haakon visits Vesterheim Museum in Decorah, Iowa. Photo: Ola Vatn, Det kongelige hoff

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Official Engagements

Official visit to the US

06.10.2025 - 09.10.2025
His Royal Highness The Crown Prince visits Iowa, Minnesota and New York, 6–9 October.

Council of State

07.10.2025
His Majesty The King presides over the Council of State at the Royal Palace (11:45).

Formal audience

07.10.2025
His Majesty The King grants the new Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia, His Excellency Mr Dāvis Daudzvārdis, a formal audience (12:45).