Overview

• He is visiting Iowa, Minnesota and New York to mark 200 years since Norwegian emigration to the United States.
• In Decorah, Iowa, he opened a new Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum building and was greeted by large flag-waving crowds.
• Asked by Verdens Gang about ongoing royal controversies, including charges facing Marius Borg Høiby and a Netflix project involving Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett, he gave brief, noncommittal replies.
• He told reporters he would have preferred to travel with his wife and said her participation in lung rehabilitation is the right focus for her health.
• The itinerary includes meetings in Minnesota with Governor Tim Walz and the state’s National Guard, a youth hockey visit with NHL player Mats Zuccarello, a reported honorary degree presentation at a college, and a planned viewing of a Restauration ship replica in New York.