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A viking in America
Strong as an old Viking feels King Harald of Norway for quite some time. The 74-year-old, therefore, has the summer season, which he had prescribed himself after two serious illnesses, unceremoniously lifted and now dare even big trips abroad. At present, King Harald and Queen Sonja tour the United States for ten days. It started with two goals in the state of Iowa. For example, the regent couple in Northfield attended a college named after King Olav (Harald's father) and Rochester the world-famous Mayo Clinic. After that, King Harald and Queen Sonja attended a ministry in St. Paul and a gala in Minneapolis in Minnesota. A rigorous program that masters the royal couple with flying colors. At the same time King Harald refers all abdication rumors to the realm of fantasy. Thus, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit will probably have to wait a few more years before they are allowed to wear Norway's crown. Speculation for a resignation of King Harald made the round again and again, after the king fell ill in 2003, cancer and 2005 heart.
