Mayor Bjørg Wallevik knows the royal couple is already well acquainted with the south Norwegian town, but she says she would still have a lot of surprises in store for them.
The Crown Prince and his fiancée announced on Monday that they were planning a year-long tour of Norway after they were married. They say they want to learn more about Norwegian people and places and give the people a chance to get to know them.
And it's not just in Kristiansand they'd be welcome. Adding their names to the list of host destinations are Svalbard, Kautokeino, Utsira and Fredrikstad.
Every one has offered a host of good reasons whey the couple should visit..
- Svalbard has such spectacular nature
- Utsira - Norway's least populated locality - hasn't welcomed a royal visitor since the sixties
- Fredrikstak has a wonderful "Old Quarter"
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- Kautokeino's royal guest book is only missing one signature.. that of the Crown Prince.
On Monday evening Haakon and Mette-Marit attended a gala celebration to mark the 125th anniversary of the Art History Museum in Oslo. After visiting the exhibition the couple sat down to dinner and enjoyed lobster soup, marinated salmon, reindeer tenderloin en croûte, and a special chocolate mouse on a spicy base with pineapple, to name but a few of the delicacies on the menu.
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