Svalbard Is the Only Visa-Free Zone in the World, Regardless of Citizenship

There is one place on Earth where immigration rules function differently from anywhere else. Svalbard, a remote Norwegian ...
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Fargo-Moorhead to celebrate this week's 200th anniversary of Norwegian immigration

FARGO — Americans of Norwegian descent have reason to celebrate this week as Thursday, Oct. 9, marks the 200th anniversary of immigration from Norway. On that date in 1825, 52 people arrived in New ...
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Royal visit: Crown Prince of Norway honored at Luther College in Decorah

DECORAH, Iowa — Luther College in Decorah welcomed a special guest as the Crown Prince of Norway visited the campus. Students and staff gathered to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the first ...
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Royal visit: Events planned in Decorah to celebrate visit from Crown Prince of Norway

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway will visit Iowa on Monday, Oct. 6, as part of a tour celebrating 200 years of organized immigration from Norway to the United States. Prince Haakon, who is second in line ...
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Rash: Celebrating Minnesota’s rich heritage, 200 years after Norwegians first docked in the U.S.

Two hundred years ago this month, a Norwegian vessel docked in New York, beginning an extraordinary exodus of up to a third of Norway’s population over the next century, creating a diaspora that ...