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Greeting King and Queen
Bergen Gandrud Pickett, 4, of Edina, Minn. greets King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway at the St. Paul Hotel in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. The King and Queen will be touring through Minnesota and Iowa this week.
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Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja
Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja at the Enger Tower, overlooking Duluth.
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Royal Dinner
From left, Queen Sonja of Norway, Norwegian Consul General Sissel Breie, King Harald V of Norway, and Norwegian Ambassador Wegger Chr. Strommen pause before entering the ballroom at the Minneapolis Hilton for the Royal Dinner in downtown Minneapolis, Sunday Oct. 16, 2011.
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Greeting King and Queen
Bergen Gandrud Pickett, 4, of Edina, Minn. greets King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway at the St. Paul Hotel in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. The King and Queen will be touring through Minnesota and Iowa this week.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson

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